The Knitters Thread

Apollonia

nooney wrote: »

I wonder if anyone can tell me where to buy woven labels for hand knitted garments.Im making Xmas presents and the ones Ive seen seem quite expensive.
thanks in advance

Did you find these?

http://www.gbnametapes.co.uk/craft-labels-c-33.html

£9.95 for 36 labels seems quite reasonable to me. And the standard delivery charge is only 99p.

nooney

thanks,Ill have a look.

Raksha

MoonJelly wrote: »

Has anyone here tried the wool from China sold on Ebay? Is it good, bad, or what? It seems such a good price and with my hubby being so tall his jumpers require quite a bit of yarn weight. At the same time I don't want to use something that it is going to grow "fuzz balls" (I know this is not the right term but I'm tired today) after a couple of months.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/200832617083?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649

No, but thanks for the heads up - some of the hand dyed wools on Ebay.co.uk look lovely.

bagpuss38

Does anyone know of a pattern knitted on single pointed needles for wrist warmers.
I am a total novice to dpn so would like to try it in singles
Many thanks in advance x

knithappens

Hello all, i just had a quick question, i want to knit some ear warmer head bands, but not sure which type of wool to use as i dont want it to loose its shape too much, and ideas?? Thank you in advance

aggypanthus

Raksha wrote: »

Yesterday I was mostly knitting these:



My Dr goes on maternity leave soon, and has been such a great support over the past year, I wanted to give her a little something.

Pattern came from Ravelry - Oh! Baby Baby Booties

love them x

moo2moo

Regia Design Line sock lands in your shopping basket at a rather ridiculous £1.15 per ball at The Black Sheep.

anakat

Thanks for that, just ordered enough to keep my sock addiction going for some time

OrkneyStar

knithappens wrote: »

Hello all, i just had a quick question, i want to knit some ear warmer head bands, but not sure which type of wool to use as i dont want it to loose its shape too much, and ideas?? Thank you in advance

I have used all sorts of yarn fibres and weight (eta though high wool content), and have found the key to be some sort of ribbing in the band, allows it to stretch as needed on your head but return to shape too.
If you look on my ravelry page (OrkneyStar, and you will need to join ravelry if you haven't already, it's free) you will see a few of the headband pics, to check this is the style you mean. There are loads of free patterns on ravelry too (https://www.ravelry.com).

OrkneyStar

bagpuss38 wrote: »

Does anyone know of a pattern knitted on single pointed needles for wrist warmers.
I am a total novice to dpn so would like to try it in singles
Many thanks in advance x

Any of these any use?
(you'll need to join ravelry if you haven't already).
I searched for wristwarmers and filtered for knitted, free, and worked flat (two needles).
HTH