2020 Fashion on the Ration Challenge

PipneyJane

Liverpool_Anne said:

Sorry to finish....the hat will be about 56cm.  I am still doing the rib bit and I am using chunky wool so maybe I have a lot less stitches than you but so far it seems to be manageable. Hope this helps but I am no expert, I am not even following a pattern, just sort of making it up from something I googled a video for when I made the baby hat working on the principle that I can always undo it and start again if it's not right.

Sorry to hear that you're having issues with circular needles. The issue may be that you're using interchangeables. A fixed-cable set may be better for you, because they usually have thicker cables too.   Also, they have longer tips that the interchangeables, which makes the knitting easier (I find that I need longer tips for thicker needles or my hands cramp).  

- Pip

Shropshirelass

@Liverpool_Anne, I've just 'found'  this thread, looks v interesting, haven't had time to read back, but sympathise with problems knitting with dark wool. Have you tried putting a white cloth on you knee, under your work. I use an old pillow case. Sorry if I'm repeating the obvious, but I had a real duh moment when it occurred to me.

Laura_Elsewhere

Hi @Shropshirelass and welcome - I'm waving at you from Telford  

Shropshirelass

Hi @Laura-Elsewhere Damp greetings from Ellesmere 

maddiemay

Hi @Shropshirelass waving from Ludlow, windy and dry here, been gathering leaves .... lots of leaves

Shropshirelass

Hi @maddiemay  windy and damp, everything seems to be blowing arround, had to wear my woolly hat to walk dog. Not gathering leaves, hoping they will all blow away by tomorrow!

thriftwizard

Just been assessing my resources, aka attempting to tidy the craft/sewing room, with a view to rainy lockdown day projects. (Sunny days, of course, will be spent tidying the allotment and/or garden.) I have so many scraps of fabric! I've offered a bag of tiny ones on Freegle - no takers yet - but have decided to make a whole bunch of scrappy cot quilts with the reasonably-sized bits. Nothing fancy, just straightforward squares & strips. It's a stashbuster exercise, basically, and hopefully I'll end up with a selection of small quilts to give away as the Offspring & their close friends start to produce the next generation.

Not mentioning yarn, because DD2's galloping through my stash at an alarming rate, conjuring up hats & scarves for herself, her siblings & their partners. So I may be forced to buy some (with her coupons, I think - only fair) but I probably should use up some of my fibre stash instead & spin my own! I've even found a couple of fleeces whilst tidying the garage; hoping they'll be moth-free, but if not, they'll be a good mulch for the allotment beds over winter. One, I know, is a lovely soft dark grey Shetland, but I suspect the other will be a Portland, which might be a bit - obvious - on an allotment bed, as it's a bright pearly cream!

TwibbleDee

I might have given up on knitting for the moment.  I'm pondering sewing a skirt this weekend, but I'm not sure that my shoulders and back will cooperate.  Maybe if I just take it piece by piece and go slowly, I can stop before it gets too bad.  I'm notorious for working through pain and discomfort to finish things (one of the problems with having a high pain tolerance).  I'm going to have to ponder more how to do it without hurting.  I might have to borrow a table that I can raise to counter-height from the church to cut on.

PipneyJane

TwibbleDee said:

I might have given up on knitting for the moment.  I'm pondering sewing a skirt this weekend, but I'm not sure that my shoulders and back will cooperate.  Maybe if I just take it piece by piece and go slowly, I can stop before it gets too bad.  I'm notorious for working through pain and discomfort to finish things (one of the problems with having a high pain tolerance).  I'm going to have to ponder more how to do it without hurting.  I might have to borrow a table that I can raise to counter-height from the church to cut on.

What have you done to yourself, Hun?  Why are your back and shoulders playing up?  Hope the cause can be resolved soon.

- Pip

TwibbleDee

PipneyJane said:

TwibbleDee said:

I might have given up on knitting for the moment.  I'm pondering sewing a skirt this weekend, but I'm not sure that my shoulders and back will cooperate.  Maybe if I just take it piece by piece and go slowly, I can stop before it gets too bad.  I'm notorious for working through pain and discomfort to finish things (one of the problems with having a high pain tolerance).  I'm going to have to ponder more how to do it without hurting.  I might have to borrow a table that I can raise to counter-height from the church to cut on.

What have you done to yourself, Hun?  Why are your back and shoulders playing up?  Hope the cause can be resolved soon.

- Pip

Honestly...have done nothing.  It's always been like that.  

Currently working with a chiropractor to work on untangling the knots I've got in there.  He told me that any motion that puts my shoulders back is counterproductive right now.  I asked him if that means I should have ignored my mother when she told me to put my shoulders back and stand up straight and he just started laughing.  It also help explain why I've never been able to do a proper push-up - mechanically, I just don't "fold" correctly.  It is at least loosening up some after a few weeks working with the chiro; you can feel a huge difference in the tightness of the muscles.  

Mom had Dad custom-build her a higher table for cutting and piecing because she couldn't stand to do it on a low table.  Honestly, I chop veggies up on the bar because I don't like having to bend down even to counter-height (I'm 5'10 - not extremely tall, but tall enough that the height of regular counters, sinks, etc., are too low for me).  Honestly, I'd love to rip out all the counters in the kitchen and put in higher counters and change the island to where it's bar height all the way around, but that's definitely not in the budget any time soon.  Maybe a few houses from now...