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Tia_Maria06

Morning. Well I am havinga dreadful time trying to sort this 'easy' hot water bottle cover... I am only on row1 of the pattern and already I'm stuck. I have 6 stitches left on the needle and the pattern is followed to the letter... I'm getting really dispondent now

Could someone please help me out or give me the simpliest pattern lol xx

OrkneyStar

Tia_Maria06 wrote: »

[yo, sl1wyif, p2tog, psso, yo, p2]
twice, p1, [yo, sl1wyif, p2tog, psso, yo,
p2]


Just a little stuck on this bit of pattern (tut sorry)

Where it says YO, does that mean put the yarn to the other side to what it is naturally falling due to the stich ie if I've done a purl I need to put it to the back, then do I slip a stich and put my yarn forward the purl another 2, so I probably will have 1 stich and a new one?

Sorry if this sounds gobbledgook...

This:
http://www.knittinghelp.com/videos/knitting-glossary
has a glossary of all terms and even a video for some....I suggest you look at this as it might be easier to watch than someone try to explain!
I cannot find sl1wyif but think it means slip one, with yarn in front, so basically you will be slipping a stitch and then when you go to make next stitch you are effectively laying yarn over front of slipped stitch to get to next....found this :

• “sl 1 wyib” means ” slip 1 with yarn in back”. This means, hold the yarn in back of the work, which where you normally hold the yarn when you knit a stitch, slip the next stitch. Do remember, the convention in knitting is: slip a stitch by inserting the tip as to purl unless otherwise stated.2
• “sl 1 wyif” means “slip with yarn in front”. This means hold the yarn in front of the work as you would to purl, slip the next stitch inserting the tip as to purl.

on here http://www.thedietdiary.com/blog/lucia/300.

OR JUST TRY THIS ONE
http://www.lionbrand.com/patterns/90655AD.html
(you will have to register with lion brand but it is free!).
They use 5.5mm needles and the yarn they specify is an aran weight (so aran or thick dk would work).......there seems only to be knitting, purling, the odd yarn over and knitting 2 together.

OR THIS ONE
http://www.knitrowan.com/editorial-image/pdf/Hug%20Hottie.pdf#
Using DK (they say alpaca but as long as it is DK, and 3.25 and 4mm needles.

I think the problem is a lot of the patterns are made for having a fancy design and you just want something simple!

Tia_Maria06

thank you OrkneyStar. You right about being shown what to do, so I will do some research, right now I just wanted to get knitting, patients (sp) isnt my strong point. I'll join Lions now.

Thanks again. By the way do you live in the Orkney's, when I was at school I did a project on the Islands and really loved it!

charlies_mum

Tia_Maria06 wrote: »

Morning. Well I am havinga dreadful time trying to sort this 'easy' hot water bottle cover... I am only on row1 of the pattern and already I'm stuck. I have 6 stitches left on the needle and the pattern is followed to the letter... I'm getting really dispondent now

Could someone please help me out or give me the simpliest pattern lol xx

Try registering here https://www.lionbrand.com/cgi-bin/register.fcgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lionbrand.com%2Fpatterns%2F90655AD.html it's free and they have a free pattern for a hot water bottle cover that looks really easy to do.

OrkneyStar

Tia_Maria06 wrote: »

thank you OrkneyStar. You right about being shown what to do, so I will do some research, right now I just wanted to get knitting, patients (sp) isnt my strong point. I'll join Lions now.

Thanks again. By the way do you live in the Orkney's, when I was at school I did a project on the Islands and really loved it!

It is ok, I have put another link on, read through patterns properly this time and they look much easier- as long as you have the needles/wool.
Yeah I live in Orkney although did not grow up here!

TBH if I was knitting a cover I would just make it up as I went lol!
x

OrkneyStar

charlies_mum wrote: »

Try registering here https://www.lionbrand.com/cgi-bin/register.fcgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lionbrand.com%2Fpatterns%2F90655AD.html it's free and they have a free pattern for a hot water bottle cover that looks really easy to do.

SNAP! xx
:T;):T

Tia_Maria06

Oh how lovely to live up there away from the rat race! Do you love it, is it a more simple life? Do you want a lodger hahaha...

Thank you Charlies mum.. I'm going to register on that now.

I just want to get going with the cover then hopefully I will be more confident to try something harder... at the mo, to knit a square would go horribly wrong for me haha x

charlies_mum

OrkneyStar wrote: »

SNAP! xx
:T;):T

Really like that hot water bottle cover. Might have to knit one now

My friend said the other day that her 16 year old son said that hand-knitted things were really fashionable now, so guess what my next project is going to be

OrkneyStar

Tia_Maria06 wrote: »

Oh how lovely to live up there away from the rat race! Do you love it, is it a more simple life? Do you want a lodger hahaha...

Thank you Charlies mum.. I'm going to register on that now.

I just want to get going with the cover then hopefully I will be more confident to try something harder... at the mo, to knit a square would go horribly wrong for me haha x

Yeah it is a nicer, slower paced life, but there are the same worries and niggles a lot of people have.
I'd say the plusses are: scenery, quieter, good schools, great produce/food, community aspect, less pressure to buy the latest fashions.
I'd say the minuses are: expensive to travel anywhere, lots of things have to be ordered from mainland/less choice in shopping, gossips in small community, fuel costs, dangerous rural roads, weather.

A lot of people think you can escape your problems coming to a small island but the problems follow you!
We like it though!
x

Keiss_21

charlies_mum wrote: »

Really like that hot water bottle cover. Might have to knit one now

My friend said the other day that her 16 year old son said that hand-knitted things were really fashionable now, so guess what my next project is going to be

I am knitting loads of Christmas presents this year - beanie hats and socks! Did a couple of beanies last year and they were a great hit! I am using mainly Sirdar Crofter for the hats this year..it knits up with a Fair Isle-look, without all the different balls of wool!! It's great fun as you are never quite sure what they will look like!

Here's my latest pair:



I did make the pinkish one for me originally, but have decided I like the traditional hat with a decent rib and turnover, my SisIL will love it though!!

Right, off to get some walls and ceiling washed down before painting them this afternoon....busy, busy.

As to living in Orkney...I would move back there tomorrow (not sure if DH is that keen ). My mother's family is from there and I lived there from the age of 2 to 7. We didn't move far though...just to Caithness, where my dad and sis still are, so I get up there once in a while.

I just love the big sky, the sea (soooo miss this!) and the pace of life. There was a time that DH said yes we would retire to Orkney...but now the time is geting closer (well another 15 years or so...if not more ), he is having second thoughts. He is a Fifer, where it is even colder than Orkney...but we have lived in England since '82. so we have gone soft!!!

Have a great day everyone.