knitting patterns

tsuki

size 8 is about 4mm, 7 is 4.5mm - both good for standard double knit (DK) wool. New needles are almost always mm now, but most of the older ones you find in charity shops are English sizes (00-15) or sometimes American (which goes the other way, bigger numbers are bigger, where bigger numbers are smaller in English sizes)

Chunky knits go well on a number 4 or 6.5mm sort of size (I do scarves on that)

Also, I know it's hard, but you could try adapting your knitting style a bit? I use a wonky method of holding one needle under my arm and one in my left hand (like my nanna taught me when I was little) which seems to help.

ziggy2407

Hi

Have you tried:

https://www.simplyknitting.co.uk

they also do a magazine of the same name (usually £3.99 an issue)

Hope this helps.

tsuki

size 8 is about 4mm, 7 is 4.5mm - both good for standard double knit (DK) wool. New needles are almost always mm now, but most of the older ones you find in charity shops are English sizes (00-15) or sometimes American (which goes the other way, bigger numbers are bigger, where bigger numbers are smaller in English sizes)

Chunky knits go well on a number 4 or 6.5mm sort of size (I do scarves on that)

Also, I know it's hard, but you could try adapting your knitting style a bit? I use a wonky method of holding one needle under my arm and one in my left hand (like my nanna taught me when I was little) which seems to help.

shona_2

Worth a look at https://www.craftster.org as well - no patterns on there, but loads of links to patterns and also inspiration!!

Shona

alanobrien

Lots about here's a few............


http://www.bellaonline.com/subjects/207.asp

http://www.knittinghelp.com/knitting/free_patterns/wm-cardigans.php

http://www.straw.com/cpy/free_patterns.html

http://freeknittinglibrary.co.uk/ (sing up reqd)

http://www.craftown.com/knit.htm

http://www.dailyknitter.com/exclusive.html

http://www.freepatterns.com/list.html?cat_id=378

http://www.chicknits.com/free.shtml

http://warmwoolies.org/patterns.html

shona_2

Wow alanobrien,
loads of good sites there... must buy yarn, must buy yarn...

hermoine_2

Hi guys, can anyone tell me where I can get a novelty knitting pattern for a Christmas Jumper with a Reindeer on it. Full face with the antlers. Like on Bridget Jones Diary!

I have looked on the net and cannot find anything like it or anything that could be adapted.

Any ideas. If I get started now it may be ready for next Christmas.

Thanks

H

Psykicpup

I did a jumper for my dd when she was small of a tortoisey type thing by finding a picture I liked & tracing in on to graph paper - the type that just small squares not the full on grid. I then coloured it in to work out whether a square would be a coloured square or a background one & if coloured which colour. Then when you knit each square is a stitch... it sounds harder than it is honestly - I'm no expert knitter. Actually the jumper 'grew' slightly every time it was washed (see no good at tension then lol) & lasted her from 18 month to 3 yrs lol :eek: - how money saving was that!:money:

As long as you chose a pic thats doesnt have tooo much detail your reindeer should work fine that way!

dorry_2

I am sure that I have seen patterns like that on ebay:D

Savannah02K

Apols if this isn't the right place to post this, I've done a search and come up with nada. I managed to snag a great deal in the John Lewis clearance, some Debbie Bliss Stella wool. Only problem is it's one of those new wools whereby they want you to buy a pattern book (£8.00 ish) as opposed to a single pattern. I'm loath to do this as apart from the cost, I'm not likely (unless I get another bargain wool buy) to make anything else in this wool. I've managed via googling to find one free pattern but I'm not that keen on it. Before I get out of deadline for returning the wool, does anyone know anywhere else (or have a pattern and be willing to share) I could get a free pattern from? Thanks,