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brightmeadow
True Blue Farmgirl
2045 Posts
Brenda
Lucas
Ohio
USA
2045 Posts |
 Posted - Apr 22 2010 : 3:57:19 PM
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Knitting with 5 needles looks a lot more complicated than it really is - you only actually use 2 at a time, the rest of the needles are just hanging there waiting for their turn..
If you really don't want to attempt it, though, there are sock patterns for two needles - you seam them up the sides when you are done.
You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands - You shall be happy and it shall be well with you. -Psalm 128.2
Visit my blog at http://brightmeadowfarms.blogspot.com ,web site store at http://www.watkinsonline.com/fish or my homepage at http://home.earthlink.net/~brightmeadow |
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carolbrigid
True Blue Farmgirl
263 Posts
Carol
Glen Burnie
Maryland
USA
263 Posts |
Posted - May 02 2010 : 12:23:05 PM
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Thanks Stacey, I can knit a scarf AND a discloth!! LOL! I guess I'm officially a knitter, too, then. COOL! And I just learned about Ravelry yesterday while at the Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival. Did any of you go to that festival??? It's WONDERFUL!!!!
Farmgirl Hugs,
Carol
Farmgirl Sister #222
Member, Crafty Bay Farmgirl Chapter |
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carolbrigid
True Blue Farmgirl
263 Posts
Carol
Glen Burnie
Maryland
USA
263 Posts |
Posted - May 02 2010 : 12:25:30 PM
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And Catherine, you're just like me. I can knit a discloth pretty easily now, and a scarf, but I'm a little scared to try something like a sweater. I heard that knitting socks from the toe up isn't real hard to do.... but someone told me yesterday that if I can knit a dishcloth I can knit a sweater or a shawl or something, so I may get brave and try! I bet your daughter is right!!
Farmgirl Hugs,
Carol
Farmgirl Sister #222
Member, Crafty Bay Farmgirl Chapter |
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StarMeadow
True Blue Farmgirl
940 Posts
T
MI
940 Posts |
Posted - May 03 2010 : 06:13:55 AM
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I did a quick washcloth the other day just to try to crochet around the edge. Just a plain square one. Didn't turn out so badly.
Here is my favorite dishcloth pattern.... http://www.mielkesfarm.com/dishclth.htm It's round and it looks very pretty all worked up!
I love knitting socks on multiple needles. I like the way they feel in my hands. |
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smiley
True Blue Farmgirl
650 Posts
lea
pea ridge
arkansas
USA
650 Posts |
Posted - May 08 2010 : 8:10:07 PM
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Bart
True Blue Farmgirl
115 Posts
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Posted - May 14 2010 : 06:38:26 AM
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I knit a bunch and love, love, love it!! Anything circular I do with just one circular needle set - I love not using 5 needles and being able to do the thumb on a mitten with 48" #2 needles. It's an awesome method and very easy to learn (there are U-Tube videos and lots of internet material on it).
One of my big "blahs" in knitting has always been the Dreaded Second (sock, glove, sleeve, etc); I've recently learned (not mastered) the two at a time magic loop knitting technique!! Oh hallelujah!! no more dreaded second.
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chick-chick
True Blue Farmgirl
322 Posts
Liz
New Britain
CT
USA
322 Posts |
Posted - May 22 2010 : 6:52:59 PM
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JudyT
True Blue Farmgirl
196 Posts
Judy
Southwest
Wisconsin
USA
196 Posts |
Posted - May 23 2010 : 05:16:57 AM
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I'm a knitter and I also crochet.
Judy~Farmgirl Sister #599
I was born a city girl, but I'm a "farmgirl" at heart, sharing my life at...http://dailyyarnsnmore.com
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Bart
True Blue Farmgirl
115 Posts
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Posted - May 23 2010 : 08:21:25 AM
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Originally posted by chick-chick
Bart, Please share with me what is the two at a time magic loop knitting technique?
Well - it's knitting both mittens, socks, sleeves, etc. at the same time on one giant long circular needle. So.. say it's socks - you buy a 60" or longer if you want circular needle with the needle size your pattern calls for and you cast on both socks.
The videos are your best bet for learning it. They're all over the internet. If you're a member of www.ravelry.com you can look up the group "two at a time" (or there are other groups too- and they'll give you a bunch of links.
It's confusing as heck, at first, but becomes very clear once you have the first couple of rows done. |
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prayin granny
True Blue Farmgirl
1874 Posts
Linda
Kansas
1874 Posts |
Posted - May 24 2010 : 5:01:08 PM
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I am knitting and learning more and more. Not brave enough for the double points yet tho! Lol! Linda
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Sourceress
True Blue Farmgirl
76 Posts
Elisabeth
Thurmont
MD
76 Posts |
Posted - May 24 2010 : 11:50:32 PM
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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)
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MissLiss
Farmgirl Legend Schoolmarm
322 Posts
Melissa
Corona
CA
USA
322 Posts |
Posted - May 27 2010 : 10:20:47 AM
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Me too! Guilty of knitting! :-)
Melissa ~ Farmgirl #724
Mother Hen to The Knitty Gritty Farmgirls of the Inland Empire
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knittinchick
True Blue Farmgirl
1854 Posts
Megan
Wisconsin
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Posted - May 27 2010 : 7:03:33 PM
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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. |
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nelliesue17
Farmgirl in Training
37 Posts
Nellie
PA
USA
37 Posts |
Posted - May 28 2010 : 04:38:48 AM
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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 |
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atkinst2
True Blue Farmgirl
907 Posts
Theresa
Canal Winchester
OH
USA
907 Posts |
Posted - Jun 15 2010 : 11:08:24 AM
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JenniferJuniper
True Blue Farmgirl
359 Posts
Jennifer
New Hampshire
USA
359 Posts |
Posted - Jun 30 2010 : 6:39:15 PM
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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!
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Celticheart
True Blue Farmgirl
811 Posts
Marcia
WA
USA
811 Posts |
Posted - Jul 02 2010 : 09:18:16 AM
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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
True Blue Farmgirl
359 Posts
Jennifer
New Hampshire
USA
359 Posts |
Posted - Jul 02 2010 : 7:20:55 PM
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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!
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Celticheart
True Blue Farmgirl
811 Posts
Marcia
WA
USA
811 Posts |
Posted - Jul 02 2010 : 9:36:17 PM
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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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weaverbird
Farmgirl at Heart
5 Posts
Anne
Virginia Beach
Virginia
USA
5 Posts |
Posted - Jul 05 2010 : 6:15:34 PM
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Boisesue
Farmgirl in Training
30 Posts
Susan
Boise
ID
USA
30 Posts |
Posted - Jul 08 2010 : 2:39:33 PM
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Me too!.....I'm a knitter and on Ravelry too as BoiseSue
Boisesue
Farmgirl #1731 |
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Jackie Ferri
Farmgirl in Training
33 Posts
Jacqueline
Trumbull
CT
USA
33 Posts |
Posted - Jul 12 2010 : 8:25:43 PM
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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 |
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reddhedd
Farmgirl at Heart
6 Posts
Kate
Lawrenceville
Ga
USA
6 Posts |
Posted - Jul 30 2010 : 2:01:35 PM
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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 |
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RIgardengirl
Farmgirl in Training
15 Posts
Monique
Woonsocket
RI
USA
15 Posts |
Posted - Aug 08 2010 : 08:53:12 AM
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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 |
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Turtlemoon
Farmgirl Legend Schoolmarm
378 Posts
Tanya
Port Orchard
Washington
USA
378 Posts |
Posted - Aug 08 2010 : 6:46:51 PM
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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 |
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Gathered Up: any other knitters out there? |
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any other knitters out there?
