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| hikerchic |
Posted - Feb 09 2010 : 07:34:22 AM
Hi! I am new to the board and thought I'd see if there are any other knitters out there? |
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| Karen Olson |
Posted - Aug 22 2010 : 8:03:22 PM
Yeah, I'm so glad that I found you gals!!!!!! I too am a knitter and this month I decided I am going to knit me a sweater. I used to knit all the time but I decided I wanted to go to college and get a degree.....what was I thinking! So during my 4 years doing the school thing I totally stopped creating. But now I'm back to knitting and loving it.
Mary Jo yippie for you! I love hand knit socks and making the first one isn't bad but just when you think you're done you have to make another.....You go girl!
Karen O.
walkin in the woods! |
| gypsy goat |
Posted - Aug 20 2010 : 05:45:33 AM
hooray for me-just finished my first sock last nite!!!!! it fit and everything started the second one before i forget how to do it-hee hee
farmgirl#1362 whatever you are be a good one-abe lincoln |
| knittinchick |
Posted - Aug 16 2010 : 2:58:59 PM
Mary Jo, I like bamboo, too! It feels so much better on your hands than metal!
God's Blessings,
Megan aka Loretta Rae
At heart, I am both a sassy city girl and a down-home country gal. |
| gypsy goat |
Posted - Aug 16 2010 : 2:53:32 PM
whatever is more comfortable in your hand-i like bamboo but it is up to you and sometimes what you can afford. hope your blanket turns out like you want it to
farmgirl#1362 whatever you are be a good one-abe lincoln |
| chick-chick |
Posted - Aug 14 2010 : 6:02:34 PM
After thinking about it,you're proberly right Mary Jo. That extra 7" most likely would make a difference.
I found the 36" needles on line, my next question do I want plastic, bamboo or aluminum? |
| gypsy goat |
Posted - Aug 14 2010 : 2:38:53 PM
you would be surprised how much that 7" will make-if i were you i would try to find the size it calls for. ask a friend if they have one you could borrow or go to a yarn shop alot of times they have items like that
farmgirl#1362 whatever you are be a good one-abe lincoln |
| chick-chick |
Posted - Aug 14 2010 : 1:19:13 PM
I'm getting ready to start an afgan, however the directions tell me to use 5mm circular needle that is 36in long. I have the 29 inches and can't seem to find the 36" in the store. My question to you knitters, can I use the 29" instead of the 36" I have to cast on 200 stiches!
Am I asking for trouble?
Thanks for any help |
| gypsy goat |
Posted - Aug 09 2010 : 11:18:37 AM
i am making my first sock(the whole reason i wanted to knit) i am getting ready to do the heel i've heard it's hard anyone have some good suggestions to make it thru this? i am a little nervous because i heard it's the hardest part. i am using 4 double point needles if that is important to know. thanks in advance
farmgirl#1362 whatever you are be a good one-abe lincoln |
| knittinchick |
Posted - Aug 08 2010 : 7:46:57 PM
Tanya, I'm a self-taught knitter, too! But I can only do regular knitting and purling. I do hope to learn more, though!
God's Blessings,
Megan aka Loretta Rae
At heart, I am both a sassy city girl and a down-home country gal. |
| Turtlemoon |
Posted - Aug 08 2010 : 6:46:51 PM
huge time knitter, taught myself just over 4 years ago, have since taken up spinning and dyeing as well. Hubby always asks of something is wrong if i happen to be sitting and not knitting. Friends no longer take it personally if i bring knitting to a bbq to do as we chat by the fire, in the car, etc. Just a relaxing habit, kind of my security blankie!
Raggedy Ann stuck in a Barbie Doll World
FarmGirl#1737
http://www.etsy.com/shop/moonhonu |
| RIgardengirl |
Posted - Aug 08 2010 : 08:53:12 AM
I am a knitter in public...I bring my knitting everywhere. My kids think I am crazy and they are sometimes embarrassed when someone asks me about my knitting. My mom and I have decided (yesterday) that we are going to have a craft night at her house. We are going to start teaching the grandkids how to sew, knit, crochet, etc. Skills that they will need in the future.
The way of cultivation is not easy.
He who plants a garden plants happiness.
- Author Unknown |
| reddhedd |
Posted - Jul 30 2010 : 2:01:35 PM
New knitter here. I long to do socks, and skirts, and such. I'm on dishcloths, scarves and the like though.
I plan to knit these wrist warmers from Lion..simple rectangle, then stitch up the long sides, leaving a hole for the thumb. Sounds simple enough, right?
"It's difficult to think anything but pleasant thoughts while eating a homegrown tomato." --Lewis Grizzard |
| Jackie Ferri |
Posted - Jul 12 2010 : 8:25:43 PM
I too am a knitter. Currently I'm knitting these cloud soft lounging socks for my daughter. Can't wait to finish them, so I can move onto my next project, a scarf with a starburst pattern, using Hemp yarn by Lucci, that I just bought. Didn't I tell myself no more new projects? Don't we all have a stash of unfinished or not started projects at home? Of course my knitting is done between canning, needlepointing, reading, sewing, oh and housework,and many other things!
Happy knitting!
Jackie Farmgirl Sister #1664
Resourceful Creative Organized Mom |
| Boisesue |
Posted - Jul 08 2010 : 2:39:33 PM
Me too!.....I'm a knitter and on Ravelry too as BoiseSue
Boisesue
Farmgirl #1731 |
| weaverbird |
Posted - Jul 05 2010 : 6:15:34 PM
I'm knitting my very first cable down the front of a sweater! And it looks like a cable!! The first sweater I knit was for my daughter (then five) for Christmas, when I learned the hard way about not binding off a neckline too tightly. I can still hear her saying "ow, Mommy, stop!" Fortunately a much better knitter fixed it for me. She's now 11, and I've only knitted her cardigans and socks since then. |
| Celticheart |
Posted - Jul 02 2010 : 9:36:17 PM
Oh, I am on Ravelry but I'll have to see if I can remember my info. Never go there hardly. Too busy with stuff.
"Let us never forget that the cultivation of the earth is the most important labor of man. When tillage begins, other art follows. The farmers, therefore, are the founders of civilization."
Daniel Webster
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| JenniferJuniper |
Posted - Jul 02 2010 : 7:20:55 PM
It's called pretty plumage from Vogue stitchionary 5, I am adapting it in a pattern written for stockinette - If you are on Ravelry email me & I will link you!
Farmgirl Sister #204 |
| Celticheart |
Posted - Jul 02 2010 : 09:18:16 AM
And what pattern would you be using for the lace cardigan?? I love to knit lace.
"Let us never forget that the cultivation of the earth is the most important labor of man. When tillage begins, other art follows. The farmers, therefore, are the founders of civilization."
Daniel Webster
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| JenniferJuniper |
Posted - Jun 30 2010 : 6:39:15 PM
Knitting madwoman here, now working on a lace cardigan with fingers stained from berry picking and canning. I knit cardigans, pullover sweaters & lots and lots of wool socks, 90% of which of are for me. This and Ravelry are the only 2 forums I belong to - any more would take too much time away from my endless projects!
Farmgirl Sister #204 |
| atkinst2 |
Posted - Jun 15 2010 : 11:08:24 AM
I'm a knitter. Also on Ravelry... as atkinst2. Been knitting for 52 years. |
| nelliesue17 |
Posted - May 28 2010 : 04:38:48 AM
I'm a knitter too. Current project is a prayer shawl. Making it for my mom so when she reads on her victorian farm house front porch swing it will keep her warm and give her a hug from me at the same time!
Life is a bowl of beautiful bright berries |
| knittinchick |
Posted - May 27 2010 : 7:03:33 PM
I tried to knit socks once, but I barely got started and was confused!
God's Blessings,
Megan aka Loretta Rae
At heart, I am both a sassy city girl and a down-home country gal. |
| MissLiss |
Posted - May 27 2010 : 10:20:47 AM
Me too! Guilty of knitting! :-)
Melissa ~ Farmgirl #724
Mother Hen to The Knitty Gritty Farmgirls of the Inland Empire
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| Sourceress |
Posted - May 24 2010 : 11:50:32 PM
I totally have a mental block about socks. It's not the double-points - I've used double points before. It's just..there's something about socks. Maybe it's a subconscious excuse to have to go visit my girlfriend for a weekend so she can hold my hand and walk me through it. I don't know. I have started to knit socks like 4 or 5 times, and always ended up getting stuck and pulling the whole thing out. I'm like that sometimes - some things I pick up like breathing, and other things I just can't wrap my head around for the longest time. My husband really wants a pair of handknitted wool socks, and I would really like to make him one, but..I just can't get past my Sock Block :P.
For those of you feeling nervous about the double points - try making legwarmers or something first - a legwarmer (or an armwarmer, for that matter) is just a sock with no foot on it, for all intents and purposes. If you can do that, you're halfway there ;-)
I mostly knit dishcloths because they're quick and easy and useful, and I can make them when I'm between bigger projects or waiting to afford the yarn for my next project or whatever. I am the Dishcloth Queen, because I make so many dishcloths! I have also made some scarves, and a hat and matching pair of mittens for Galen (they don't fit him anymore, so I'll have to make him some new ones for this winter), and one sweater, which I absolutely love, and which I get compliments on every time I wear it. It's a really basic, easy sweater - it's the "Skully" sweater from "Stitch n' B!tch". Lots and lots of stockinette. A lot of people don't like the monotony of a plain stockinette sweater, but I kind of enjoyed it. It made it possible to sit in front of the TV, put my brain in neutral, and just *knit*, without having to keep stopping to check the pattern. I have really got to make another sweater soon...I've promised sweaters to both my husband and Galen (he wants this one in a book of Fairy Tale knits I got that looks like a chain mail shirt - it was, in fact, the reason I bought the book.)
Anyway, it's late, and I need to go to bed. I'll enthuse about knitting more some other time!
Lis
*the Sourceress*
unschooling mama to
Corwyn (4/99)
and Galen (5/01) |
| prayin granny |
Posted - May 24 2010 : 5:01:08 PM
I am knitting and learning more and more. Not brave enough for the double points yet tho! Lol! Linda
Country at Heart |
