The Knitters Thread

alicef

@PipneyJane - those were the days.  I remember the fabric halls of John Lewis, Dickens & Jones etc. They were something! The visual/olfactory/auditory/tactile experience of these establishments' fabric halls cannot be equalled by today's on-line shopping outlets.

Liberty is still there of course, (though I couldn't afford much from from Liberty back in the day, and that stands true today)!

Mrs_Salad_Dodger

Popping out of lurkdom, I believe it is called ‘Snap Tape’

MrsSD

marrob

@PipneyJane @alicef

MrsSD is right, it's called snap tape.  William Gee in London stock it, and they do internet ordering.

Hope that helps.
marrob

PipneyJane

marrob said:

@PipneyJane @alicef

MrsSD is right, it's called snap tape.  William Gee in London stock it, and they do internet ordering.

Hope that helps.
marrob

Excellent!  Thank you so much @marrob.  I will have a browse of their website.

- Pip

C_J

Just de-lurking to say that Amazon sell snap tape, in white or black. Choice of 18mm or 25mm width.

alicef

Thank you @Mrs_Salad_Dodger; @marrob & @C_J The snap tape could well be my duvet closure solution!  I'll have a peruse over the coming weekend and figure out best popper spacing etc.

I have pulled out all my wool stash and think I need to let go of yarn ( ) I am unlikely to use, (chenille springs to mind).

C_J

@alicef : for your duvet closure, could you also use sew-on velcro?

alicef

@C_J  I have used velcro once before on a sewing project.  It could have been the type of velcro I sourced but I found it very difficult to sew the tape onto the garment, (I think I hand sewed it in the end).  The snap tape appears to be either cotton or a poly cotton, which possibly? would be kinder to my sewing machine, (my model is quite basic).  

All experiences and thoughts though, are very, very much appreciated.

London_1

Anyone tried the ten stitch round type patterns I've seen on the 'net I keep thinking perhaps when I move in the summer I'll have a go as you can use up all different colours and odds and ends of wool apparently.

 Cast on ten stitches knit however many rows you want in plain, then do a sort of mitred corner so eventually as it grows in a 'rectangular pattern' it will get bigger and bigger IYSWIM.

Hard to describe really but it looks a different way to knit a blanket and use up odds and ends of wool so any oddments will be used, and you can change the couloirs as you go along I was thinking if I can master it I'd like to try with rainbow colours for one of my great granddaughters.

Just wondered if it was as easy as it appears or do you get totally confused with the mitre-ing bit for the corners.

Only just spotted this thread and I knit every day ,usually for a charity, and also thought the ten stitch method might make a change from just squares.

  JackieO xx 

Savvy_Sue

C_J said:

@alicef : for your duvet closure, could you also use sew-on velcro?

alicef said:

@C_J  I have used velcro once before on a sewing project.  It could have been the type of velcro I sourced but I found it very difficult to sew the tape onto the garment, (I think I hand sewed it in the end).  The snap tape appears to be either cotton or a poly cotton, which possibly? would be kinder to my sewing machine, (my model is quite basic).  

All experiences and thoughts though, are very, very much appreciated.

Two reasons to avoid velcro IMO: it's nigh-on impossible to sew on, with a machine or by hand, AND you then have the problem that even if you 'close' the velcro before washing, it will attach itself to anything fluffy and clog up the 'teeth'. 

I have velcro down the front of my cagoule, and I'll only wear certain scarves with it because otherwise it just eats anything. Today I bought some of those draining pads and they attached themselves to my coat before I could pay for them! DH has side pockets on his trousers with a velcro fastening and I have to make sure they are closed before I start knitting next to him! 

I know, it's marvellous stuff, but only in the right place ...