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Careful_with_that_Axe

KT1985 wrote: »

Also, bought some wool when I was there- some rowan biggy print

I love that Wool! Sis is near a JL so will have to send her on an errand.

Fishcake_Random

Has anyone got a link to a free patten for a 3d knitted aphabet??? I'm hunting the net and not finding anything which is annoying, I'd love to make the letters of bumps name for her to play with when shes born and then maybe display as a keepsake.
Any ideas?

Careful_with_that_Axe

Fishcake_Random wrote: »

Has anyone got a link to a free patten for a 3d knitted aphabet??? I'm hunting the net and not finding anything which is annoying, I'd love to make the letters of bumps name for her to play with when shes born and then maybe display as a keepsake.
Any ideas?

Have you tried Ravelry.com?

mumslave

Hey all, am very new to knitting, I can do squares lol, since I was quite small, so I know how to cast on, knit and purl, cast off...but thats about it. I would love to knit a simple baby hat fr my son due in feb, can anyone recommend and easy to understand pattern at all? Thanks

KT1985

I made a simple hat- ours is due in feb too
I cast on some stitches (can't remember how many- used an existing newborn hat to measure against- you need twice as many as this) and then knitted a rectangle about 3.5" high. Then, I cast off.
Then, I folded the rectangle in half width-ways, sewed up the side and placed the seam at the back, and then sewed across the top (all sewing done fron inside).
Then, I pulled the 2 top corners inside and sewed them together to make a bobble hat shape, and then added a pom pom to the top.

I realise that makes no sense at all- it is an adapted version of a ravelry pattern though if you need further instructions.

PS- I love the name Noah

mumslave

KT1985 wrote: »

I made a simple hat- ours is due in feb too
I cast on some stitches (can't remember how many- used an existing newborn hat to measure against- you need twice as many as this) and then knitted a rectangle about 3.5" high. Then, I cast off.
Then, I folded the rectangle in half width-ways, sewed up the side and placed the seam at the back, and then sewed across the top (all sewing done fron inside).
Then, I pulled the 2 top corners inside and sewed them together to make a bobble hat shape, and then added a pom pom to the top.

I realise that makes no sense at all- it is an adapted version of a ravelry pattern though if you need further instructions.

PS- I love the name Noah

Hiya thanks a lot, it sounds pretty much the same as the one I eventually found online last night here:

http://www.craftstylish.com/item/2097/make-a-quick-and-easy-newborn-hat

I just need to do the side seam, but have already unpicked it 3 times, I just cant get it to look neat and not bulky, going to check out a few 'sewing seams into knitting' videos today I think

PepPop

Hi, thanks for the advice on the bamboo needles. I think I'll have a look online and get myself some. My hands do tend to ache after a while so I think it will be worth it.

fishcake - I think there might be alphabet blocks in this book
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SIRDAR-BABY-WHITE-KNITTING-PATTERN-BOOKLET_W0QQitemZ400094942831QQihZ027QQcategoryZ41238QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp3286.m7QQ_trkparmsZalgo%3DLVI%26itu%3DUCI%26otn%3D2%26ps%3D6

I have this book at home and can check tonight and let you know for sure if you're interested. (This ebay pattern is not being sold by me or anyone I know - don't want to get into trouble )

I finished my gloves last night, wore them to work today and am now going home to knit another pair for the girl I work with At least I know they look ok

psso thanks for the links to the wool sites - spend spend spend - now who can I knit for....

LizD_2

Hi

Just wondering if someone could help me with this lace pattern, please?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/16010561@N02/4247475633/

Knitting the back in the medium size, I'm just starting the first row of the pattern, which is a knit row.

As I understand it, working right to left, I knit the first stitch as normal. Then, I bring the yarn forward and round the needle, knitting into the 2nd existing stitch and forming a loop. The next symbol is s1, K1, psso. My question is, which stitch do I slip? is it the stitch I've just knitted into, or the next one (the original 3rd stitch on the row)?

This is the first lace pattern I've attempted and I'm a bit confused!

PepPop

LizD wrote: »

Hi

Just wondering if someone could help me with this lace pattern, please?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/16010561@N02/4247475633/

Knitting the back in the medium size, I'm just starting the first row of the pattern, which is a knit row.

As I understand it, working right to left, I knit the first stitch as normal. Then, I bring the yarn forward and round the needle, knitting into the 2nd existing stitch and forming a loop. The next symbol is s1, K1, psso. My question is, which stitch do I slip? is it the stitch I've just knitted into, or the next one (the original 3rd stitch on the row)?

This is the first lace pattern I've attempted and I'm a bit confused!

I've had a wee look at your pattern and I would say that you

• knit the first stitch
• then move the yarn to the front (as if you were going to purl the next stitch)
• then you slip the next stitch
• and knit the next stitch then pass the slipped stitch over the last stitch you knitted

It should look kinda like it would if you knitted 2 together but the loops will lie from right to left instead of left to right. Your yarn round needle with make up for the stitch you slipped so you should still have the same number of stitches at the end as you started with.

Is this a bit long winded.. or any help at all?

LizD_2

Not sure!

My knitting book says that yarn forward means you secure the new loop by knitting the next stitch as normal, so would I slip the next stitch (next to the loop) and treat the following one as the one I secure the loop with, then psso the one I slipped, IYSWIM?