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The Knitters Thread

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  • maytaurus
    maytaurus Posts: 2,115 Forumite
    linni wrote: »
    Hi everyone, lately I have seen a few people wearing knitted body warmers, they almost look like a cardigan but with no sleeves and ribbed armholes and I would love to knit a nice chunky one for myself. Has anyone seen a pattern for something like this?

    http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEfall04/PATTtherocks.html

    rocksBEAUTY.jpg
    The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane[FONT=&quot] —[FONT=&quot] Marcus Aurelius[/FONT][/FONT]
  • MRSMCAWBER
    MRSMCAWBER Posts: 5,442 Forumite
    mardatha wrote: »
    mrs mac is a VERY DANGEROUS WOMAN !! dont listen to her !

    ooohhh YOU AGAIN ?:rotfl:
    Don't listen to her folks..she keeps sending me links to more craft shops :eek: :rotfl:
    -6 -8 -3 -1.5 -2.5 -3 -1.5-3.5
  • MRSMCAWBER wrote: »
    Hi there

    http://www.kempswoolshop.com/

    Always have a brilliant range of wool and patterns on sale -says she who has 48 balls, 5 patterns and 2 lots of bag handles coming :o ..mind it was a few pennies over £40 -so a super bargain..hope you find something in there;)

    Thank you Mrs M :A I'm after wool to knit a sleeveless jumper to keep me warm and my arms free when I'm doing housework :o I'll be having a browse later ;)

    I'll add this to the Knitters thread now, to keep ideas together.

    Penny. x
    :rudolf: Sheep, pigs, hens and bees on our Teesdale smallholding :rudolf:
  • maytaurus
    maytaurus Posts: 2,115 Forumite
    Do you know how to do - oh, what's it called - tricot? (Brain is a bit fuzzy this morning, but I mean the technique where you slip some stitches and then pick them up a couple of rows later, then fold the thing over to give a "bumpy" edge.) You could do a short piece of that, then finish by knitting the last cast-off stitch into the first cast-off stitch to turn it into a circle - that would work as a flower.

    When you go on Ravelry, have a look at my finished items -there's a pair of fingerless gloves with that kind of edging on them - will give you an idea what I mean.

    K1, *yo, k2tog; repeat from * to last stitch, k1. This will form the picot edge when the hem is folded.
    Picot Cast On
    • Using the Knit Cast On, cast on 5 stitches
    • Bind off 2 stitches
    • Slip the lone stitch on the right hand needle back to the left needle
    • Repeat these 3 steps until the required number of stitches have been cast on
    Picot Point Chain Edging
    • Bind off 2 stitches
    • Slip the lone stitch on the right hand needle back to the left needle
    • Using the Knit Cast On, cast on 3 stitches
    • Bind off 5 stitches
    • Repeat the last 3 steps until all stitches have been bound off.
    • picot_cast_on.jpg
    The Picot Cast On is shown at the bottom of the swatch and
    the Picot Point Chain Edging at the top.

    The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane[FONT=&quot] —[FONT=&quot] Marcus Aurelius[/FONT][/FONT]
  • maytaurus wrote: »
    Picot Cast On

    Picot! I knew tricot didn't sound right, but I was too fuzzy-headed (am in bed with flu) to get it right and too lazy to go and look it up!

    Thank you Maytaurus :-)

    I figure if you cast-on, knit one or two rows, then did the cast-off and join the edges (I'd knit them together - sewing is not my thing), you'd end up with a knitted flower. If you don't want a hole in the middle, you could cast on 5 or 7 stitches and increase across as you knit - or do a toe-up sock cast-on which works in a similar way.
  • I'm an experienced knitter but never have recycled old wool. As a child I remember a neighbour hanging out skeins of wet wool on her line to dry andmy mum telling me that she had unravelled an old jumper and was straightening out the wool.

    Has anyone ever done this and, if so, could you let me have any tips please?

    Thanks

    Kathy:beer:
  • rufusdog52
    rufusdog52 Posts: 3,972 Forumite
    I saw a nice cardigan pattern on Ravelry, it is the kind of thing I am looking for to make for my duaghter with the chunky mohair type wool. It is in a booklet though and costs £7.50 to buy plus £1.50 pp for the two uk sites I found it on so not very MSE.

    Have joined the MSE group on ravelry. Still finding my way around on there at the moment.
  • maytaurus
    maytaurus Posts: 2,115 Forumite
    I'm an experienced knitter but never have recycled old wool. As a child I remember a neighbour hanging out skeins of wet wool on her line to dry andmy mum telling me that she had unravelled an old jumper and was straightening out the wool.

    Has anyone ever done this and, if so, could you let me have any tips please?

    Thanks

    Kathy:beer:

    Have a look here
    http://www.az.com/~andrade/knit/thrifty.html
    The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane[FONT=&quot] —[FONT=&quot] Marcus Aurelius[/FONT][/FONT]
  • mioliere
    mioliere Posts: 6,838 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Brilliant advice on there, Maytaurus!
    KNIT YOUR SQUARE TOTALS:

    Squares: 11, Animal blankets: 2
  • Hello everyone, this is my first posting on OS MSE, just joined. I thought I'd share this link, hope it's not on anywhere else. There are beautiful FREE patterns on AND in British/English, unlike alot of free sites that have US instructions.
    Hope there's something there for you all mad keen knitters.
    :j


    http://www.garnstudio.com/lang/en/visoppskrift_nye.php
    GC - Oct £36.17/£31
    GC - Sep £35.56/£30:o
    GC - Aug £30.73/£31
    GC - Jul £30.80/£31
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