The Knitters Thread

Disflop

Blueberrypie - thank you so much for that information, will have a look there later.
Have googled and see that knitting pattern central have some as well, so should now be able to find something suitable - am not a very good knitter lol.

ZCC72

Some time ago, I posted asking whether anyone knew of a red coat pattern with raised leaves and flowers down the back - I had seen it on a blog somewhere, and didn't bookmark it. Unfortunately, my history was blank (the laptops, not mine!) and so I have spent the best part of 2 months trying to track it down! Do you know how many knitting blogs there are out there??

LOTS!!!

Anyhoo, the good news is, I FOUND IT!!

As it is sooooo beautiful I thought I would share it with you all......

It's a download pattern from The Twist Collective - not free, I'm afraid, but it is lurverly!!

p.s. I have just finished my first PAIR of socks - no second sock syndrome yet - and I am chuffed to bits! I think I am addicted, as I have already cast on for the next pair!!
:j

janb5

I`ve just got into making socks too and have just finished my first sock! It`s in a lovely mixed wool so looks like you have done Fair Isle! Very addictive!

maytaurus

HLK wrote: »

Given the demise of the high street wool shop, where is the best place to get needles ? I have looked on ebay and various sites just wanted to get some site wisdom. Also things have moved on since I was an avid knitter and there seem to be bamboo needles everywhere.. not sure if these are worth a try .. do they not catch on the wool fibres ?

Thanks for you help

15 Pairs Bamboo Knitting Needles 34cm


Only £14.99

maytaurus

Disflop wrote: »

Hi everyone - just wondering if any of you know of a site where I might find a pettern for 'mug warmers' please? Have got the notion to make a few of these as presents and fill the mug with goodies - but not doing very well in my quest to find a pattern and am certainly not an experienced enough knitter to make one up lol!

MUG Cozys

http://knitting.about.com/od/accessories/p/coffee-cozy.htm

http://www.chroniclebooks.com/excerpts.php?isbn=0811852555&store=books

dreamyd

MissKool, who are you on Ravelry? I love that site.
I also like http://lionbrand.com . It's an American site which supports LB wool and it has thousands of downloadable Adobe patterns(most of them free) available once you register with them. You get a weekly email and it's all free. Admittedly, there is some translation involved as they use slightly different terms, but they're worth a trawl.
Sorry if I'm repeating a previous poster's response - I've only just discovered this thread.

mardatha

I love ravelry as well, I've downloaded tons of free patterns.
I cant find any patterns for socks on two needles Tootie, and to be honest its easier on four once you get past the first awkwardness.
I cannot use bamboo needles, they're just not for me at all. I get mine on ebay.

Karmacat

Hi there

I've had this thread bookmarked for months, and been lurking for a few weeks. I've just started back knitting again, and am doing a "folkwear caftan" for my little great-nephew, born in October. I'm doing okay, but what always confuses me are the abbreviations used in knitting patterns. This one, for instance, I'm really stuck on:

"FRONT
Work as for Back until piece measures same as back to underarm, ending with a WS row; pm as for back.
Cont in St st, work 0 (2, 6) rows even, ending with a WS row; place marker (pm) each side of center 6 (6, 8) sts.
Shape placket: (RS) Work across to marker; join a second ball of yarn and BO center sts, work to end—18 (20, 21) sts each side. Working both sides at same time, work even for 15 rows, ending with a WS row."

So, my questions are:
- what does BO mean?
- what's a placket?
- and, in general, what's it talking about (in blue)? When it says join a second ball of yarn, does it mean I'd then be knitting with two strandes of yarn?

I'm stopped dead in my tracks till I can sort this, I'm afraid. Heeeelllp....

Phoebe45

Hi Karmacat'
I'm a bit confused too but googling it seems that BO means cast off.
Placket is the opening.....is there a button band?
So........you work the first few stitches up to the marker then leave that yarn hanging there, join in second ball, cast off the centre 6 or 8 with new wool and knit to the end..........then you have two sides each with their own ball of wool.

Does that help?

blueberrypie

The placket is just the opening at the front - in other words, the bottom of the front of the neckline. On a kaftan-style neckline, that'll be a slit followed by a v-neck or round neck.

BO is an American knitting term - Bind Off - and just means Cast Off.

The bit in blue is telling you how to knit the two front bits - it's all one piece until you get to the the neckline, and then it splits into two (one to go up each side of the neck!) It wants to you to work the two at the same time, so that you are certain to have the same number of rows, identical decreasing etc. You'll have both parts on the same pair of needles, and you'll work across one side, then leave the ball of wool for that and use a separate ball of wool for the other side.

To translate the blue: You'll have placed two markers which are showing you where the centre 6 stitches are. On the first row (the front of the garment facing you), work to the first marker. Leaving the first ball of wool aside for a moment, take a new ball and start working with it. Cast off the stitches between the two markers. With the new ball of wool, work across the rest of the row. Then turn your piece and work back across it as usual, but switching to the first ball of wool when you get to the centre bit where you cast off stitches.

"Work even" just means keep knitting without any decreases - this will give you the "slit" in the front of the garment.

If some of that seems very obvious to you, forgive me - I wanted to make sure I explained everything fully so I covered whatever it was you didn't understand :-)

HTH.