The Knitters Thread

tooties

Hiya fellow knitters,
well so far i have resisted the urge to buy new wool and have been busy using up my stash, im on my last garment that im planning on putting into the shop that wants me to supply it with hand knitted items, just not sure of how much to charge yet.
i decided to knit squares wtih my oddments but so far have only managed 2!!! i had planned to do at least one per day this year and i have fallen behind already, hey ho i will get there in the end though.
happy knitting folks
tooties

rosieben

cazarol wrote: »

Just been to see my Auntie who is age 93!! she is wearing some bright multi coloured knitted leg warmers as her legs have been feeling cold, the look fab and funky!!. I thought what a brill idea if I could knit her another pair.
Does anyone have any patterns or links to any which would give me some ideas

Just google 'free legwarmer patterns' and you'll get loads, and some really pretty ones too

bellaquidsin

tooties - Keep up the good work stash busting and all the other stash busters out there. I have just counted my squares, I have done 10 so far and number 11 will be off the pins in a few minutes. I am quite pleased with that as I have also done about half of a babies coat since New Year. It is done in garter stitch and is a coat rather than a cardigan so quite a bit of knitting.

I planning on joining up some of my squares fairly soon so that it's not a mammouth task at the end.

Happy knitting to all,
Bella.

tooties

Hi Bella
thats a good idea about sewing up the squares every so often i think i might do that too. it would be awful daunting to have to sew them all together at the end.
happy knitting folks
tooties

tooties

I am no further forward with my knitting!!!!!
its been taking a back seat at the moment as i have been decluttering, cleaning and trying to construct my household organiser, however i have decided enought is enough and im off to put the kettle on and get the knitting pins out and finish the jacket i feel i have been working on for weeks (only been about a week but feels a lot longer and i haven't done any more squares either)
right im off to put in some quality knitting time
tooties

princesspoppypop

Just to let everyone know Sirdar Firefly wool is a nightmare to work with!
Ive now pulled my scarf out several times! I seem to keep dropping stiches. Im not a very experienced knitter, I have made loads of those fluffy scarfs though as they are so easy. This however is driving me mad but Im determined to finish it.

bellaquidsin

Hi everyone. I think I have made a new convert to knitting. The young mum for whose baby I have recently knitted garments wants to learn to knit. I will give her all the help I can I am sooooo pleased. It's good to know that the younger gerneration are turning their hand to knitting.

Do you think it will ever make a revival?

Bella.

Olliebeak

bellaquidsin wrote: »

Hi everyone. I think I have made a new convert to knitting. The young mum for whose baby I have recently knitted garments wants to learn to knit. I will give her all the help I can I am sooooo pleased. It's good to know that the younger gerneration are turning their hand to knitting.

Do you think it will ever make a revival?

Bella.

It may well do just that - but not until some of our younger generation treat clothes as 'long-term' items and NOT throw-away fashion!

Seakay

I don't see why not - knitting was looking as though it was on the way out until the revival starting with dance knits (legwarmers etc) swiftly followed by big jumpers and fancy yarns in the early eighties. I think that the biggest change then was adopting the European way of showing knitting pattterns on pamphlets and in magazines as though they were high fashion shoots, rather than out of date catalogue fare!
The main problem now seems to be the lack of availability for fashion yarns on the High Street; so many small shops have gone out of business and department stores hardly ever have an adequate area.

bellaquidsin

Seakay wrote: »

I don't see why not - knitting was looking as though it was on the way out until the revival starting with dance knits (legwarmers etc) swiftly followed by big jumpers and fancy yarns in the early eighties. I think that the biggest change then was adopting the European way of showing knitting pattterns on pamphlets and in magazines as though they were high fashion shoots, rather than out of date catalogue fare!
The main problem now seems to be the lack of availability for fashion yarns on the High Street; so many small shops have gone out of business and department stores hardly ever have an adequate area.

Hi Seakay, you make such a valid point. I went into my local House of Fraser yesterday and the wool department has been moved from the top floor by the restaurant and toilets (quite a busy area) to the fourth floor tucked away behind the furniture. Only the most dedicated knitters are going to look for it there, it will just go down and even possibly out. It's as though they don't want us to knit.

I feel another nail in the knitting coffin is that manufacturers of moderately priced yarn have obviously tried to keep the prices down to compete with high street cheap and often rubbish fashion items. In so doing they have compromised the quality so that the garments don't have a very long life and hardly justify all the work that goes into them. It's Ok for young children who only wear things for a month or two but adults need a bit more durability.

I remember my mother having a knitted cardigan with a collar (does anyone remember the Scotch Wool Shops?). She wore it for ages and then passed in on to me and after some long time I gave it to MIL who wore it on an almost daily basis as her house was very cold. I reckoned that the life of that cardigan was some 30 years and the only sign of age was to be found if you lifted the collar and could see where the colour had faded.

Has anyone else got similar tales of a long life knitted garment? Don't think you would get that from today's yarn - unless you know different?

Bella