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Unity

For those looking for DK socks knit on two needles - Sirdar Balmoral DK pattern no: 9226 has four sock patterns and you can see the picture of them here http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Sirdar-Balmoral-DK-Sock-Pattern--9226---Men%2fWomen_W0QQitemZ160474517907QQcmdZViewItem?rvr_id=143836210610&rvr_id=143836210610&cguid=39d8642e12b0a0aad4858e55ffdd83fd

Hope this helps

lambanana

What do you mean by inside out NualaBuala? If the purl side is facing outwards it's possible you're knitting your rounds in the wrong direction but you can always just turn it inside out when you're done. I find ribbing slow, I'm much happier once I'm on the stockinette of a sock.

OrkneyStar your sock is looking great, I love the colours.

NualaBuala

lambanana wrote: »

What do you mean by inside out NualaBuala? If the purl side is facing outwards it's possible you're knitting your rounds in the wrong direction but you can always just turn it inside out when you're done. I find ribbing slow, I'm much happier once I'm on the stockinette of a sock.

OrkneyStar your sock is looking great, I love the colours.

I wouldn't put it past me - but how on earth did I manage to do that?!
The stocking/purl is in the inside of the tube if that makes any sense.
Well that's great if it will end up ok but I wish I knew the right way all the same!

La_escocesa

lambanana wrote: »

I finished the knitting on my shawl, I just need to "block" it now so all the lace looks open and pretty and any wonky stitches can be evened out

Can I ask how you block it? wet it?

My kindle cover is coming along nicely. I found a really helpful tutorial about Judy's magic cast on and the magic loop: http://heidibearscreative.blogspot.com/2010/04/judys-magic-cast-on-and-magic-loop.html

maytaurus

La_escocesa wrote: »

Hi everyone :wave:

Not sure if this is me being completely daft but is there some way to judge how many to cast on compared to what the pattern says if you use a different yarn/needle size?

So this pattern uses aran weight but I've got DK so I guess I need to cast on more stitches... but how do you know how many? Trial and error, just guess by the size of it?

this might help substituting yarn
http://www.knittingbrain.com/yarns.php

JESTER HAT, MITTENS, AND SCARF (EASY KNIT) 2/4 (6/8) years


http://www.bernat.com/data/pattern/p...carf.en_US.pdf

HAT, MITTENS AND SCARF (EASY KNIT) 2/4 (6/8)


http://www.bernat.com/data/pattern/p...carf.en_US.pdf

lambanana

La_escocesa wrote: »

Can I ask how you block it? wet it?

I gave it a little soak in some water with a drop of wool wash then pinned it out on the spare bed to open the lace pattern up and stop it looking crumpled. I didn't do the best job of it to be honest because whilst I'd followed the instructions my cast off was still not quite stretchy enough to pin out into points. Still it's pretty, it just doesn't quite have the deeper scalloped edge it should have.

I got some new "stitch markers" for my lace knitting, they're not really stitch markers but instead are the teeny, tiny elastic bands they sell for when you braid hair, they're about 1cm across or possibly less and there were 100 in the back for £2.50. They wont interfere with the knitting (I had to use some that were a bit too big on my shawl and it was visible where I'd used them as it made the stitches stretch across a bit) and at that price if I lose one or two it's not such a big deal though of course I'll try not to. They even came in a little zippy bag to keep them together. I've seen the same sort of thing being sold as stitch markers on ebay and such for £6!!

mrs-moneypenny

such beautiful work in here :T i love sneeking in to look at the photos.

im knitting a cable top at the mo, havent done cable in ages its a pattern from simply knitting mag from sept 09, ive done the back, front and cap sleeves. im working on a long cabled band that goes all around the neck at the mo, has anyone else done this pattern?

furball

Love this thread, have to confess to being a fairweather gardener and a coldweather knitter:D. It's out with the socks i'm knitting for the first time since april. Using silversocks class, first pair after a trial big sock, using 4 dpn's I am great at starting knitting projects but always hate the sewing up and used to always end up buying lots of expensive wool and never finishing the garment:o so socks are great for me as i can buy 2 balls of any lovely wool without it costing a fortune and feeling guilty. Now please can some of you lovely ladies advise on wool for a baby blanket. Is it worth buying the wool or cashmere mix wool or is the acrylic mix baby wool just as good, can anyone recommend a nice DK baby wool please. Thankyou in advance oh and this is the blanket only garter stitch and i am knitting the edging on as show on this blanket.
http://www.ravelry.com/projects/BexDesigns/easy-baby-blanket-with-lace-option

mam2B

Hi
I hope you don’t mind me asking on this thread but as you are all knitters I hope someone can help me.


Granny knit my 2 little ones some gorgeous clothes and blankies for when they were babies –which they have now outgrown. They are all knitted in white baby wool. I have given them all a very good wash and all stains have been removed-but can someone give me advice on how I can store these for the grandkids?? Yes we are talking a good few years but she went to such an effort and so much time to make them I really do want to have them for when the kids have their own little ones.

Any advice would be most grateful.

Many thanks
Eileen

albionwarrior

sorry if this site has been posted before:

http://www.knittingpatterncentral.com/index.php