The Knitters Thread

ginnyknit

Went to craft class - hmm I was the youngest there by 40 years, not that I have a problem with that but I think it was a group from the local care home, so it would have been stressful. I found another group that starts in September - school term, gives me a hope they may be younger. ( Im 51 by the way) Feel much better though after a bit of fresh air and an hour looking through knitting books in the library.

mardatha

Trying very hard to imagine a circle of wee 91 yr-olds busily knitting in a library...

Careful_with_that_Axe

JeanieGY wrote: »

It was all going so well!

What I think happened was...I went to make a cup of tea leaving half a row unfinished, then I got back and did the classic of not finishing the row I was knitting but knitting back on myself i.e. finishing the next row. In my defence, if I may, because you kind of knit in sections in entrelac a row takes a long time to complete, I know usually the thing to do is complete a row when you leave your knitting.

Could anyone help?
1. Any tips/tricks for taking the work back? Whenever I've previously tried this I end up losing stitches all over the place and ultimately unravelling the whole thing. But I was going so well and had so much done, I can't bear to lose all that work.
2. Any tips/tricks for making sure next time I realise which direction I'm meant to be going to stop me making the same mistake again?

I'm guilty of knitting back on myself too if I put knitting down. What I do now is slip a stitch marker on the end of the needle in the direction I'm knitting iyswim, or pop a pin in the knitting pointing the way I should be going. It's solved the problem for me (or am I speaking too soon?)

Careful_with_that_Axe

mardatha wrote: »

Trying very hard to imagine a circle of weeing 91 yr-olds busily knitting in a library...

Corrected that for you

Herbyme

For some lovely patterns (NB not knitted any of them but look lovely) try berroco and lionbrand websites. Wool shops have sales on at the mo and ebay is often good, esp if you need just one more ball to finish a garment!

btw did anyone know if you can knit on a plane?!

Herbyme

have just checked on Liverpool airport website, no knitting needles, boo!

ginnyknit

I read that wrong! thought you wanted to 'knit a plane' and was going to recommend a pattern :rotfl:

JeanieGY

Careful_with_that_Axe wrote: »

I'm guilty of knitting back on myself too if I put knitting down. What I do now is slip a stitch marker on the end of the needle in the direction I'm knitting iyswim, or pop a pin in the knitting pointing the way I should be going. It's solved the problem for me (or am I speaking too soon?)

Very oddly, I went back to it last night after psyching myself up to tink (love it!) and then couldn't find what I thought was wrong. 10 minutes of stretching it, turning it, laying it out, referring back to the pattern and the picture and everyting else and at the end of it I realised I hadn't gone wrong at all! I think I must have got to the point of looking too long at the pattern and so I stopped "seeing" it. Does anyone else ever have this problem?

But thanks for this advice, I'll start doing that from now on, this time it would have assured me I hadn't actually messed up!

Careful_with_that_Axe

I had been told you could use acrylic or plastic needles on a plane. I use interchangeable tip circulars and I was told they would be OK is they were acrylic ones. May be worth a double check?

Careful_with_that_Axe

ginnyknit wrote: »

I read that wrong! thought you wanted to 'knit a plane' and was going to recommend a pattern :rotfl:

I did hear of someone who knitted a scaled down version of a fishing boats complete with men and accessories. I'm sorry to say that my first thought was "Why?"