The Knitters Thread

azzabazza

pennib wrote: »

Here is what I'm knitting at the moment...using up my bits and bobs.
http://www.highlandsockies.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/stripey-blanket.html

Love the texture of that pattern. Think you will need to share that with us!

azzabazza

Have given up trying to unpick. I have hidden the offending garment in the bottom of one of my craft boxes. This is the pattern which was sent free with some other yarn I had purchased.

http://www.purplelindacrafts.co.uk/king-cole-tinsel-chunky-knitting-pattern-scarves-snood-bolero-11680-p.asp

As you can see it is not the easiest to unpick! I had more than a ball left over so I have reknitted the back and have done both the sleeves. Just need the rest of the replacement yarn to be delivered and then I can do the two fronts. Any left overs will be made into hedgehogs!

http://www.purplelindacrafts.co.uk/king-cole-hedgehog-tinsel-knitting-pattern-9015-13635-p.asp

azzabazza

Have spent ages trying to source a pattern for a knitted shoulder bag for a 3 year old child. Tried Ravelry and other sites but no joy. Nearest I came was a crocheted one but I am not an accomplished crocheter. Any suggestions please?

KKmatters

Hi hope you dont' mind me gate-crashing your thread.. I do knit but have turned my hand to crochet in recent months and after reading your comments realised I'm not alone... our wool shop closed down, I used to love visiting, something cosy and therapeutic about shelves of wool!!

I found the best DK wool is Stylecraft Special I LOVE it so soft even for baby clothes and usually order from Wool Warehouse (brilliant shop/service) but in case you're interested the wool is currently on offer for £1.59/100g ball from http://www.countrycrafts.org.uk/knittingyarns.htm

berrybug

Hi azzabazza have you looked on pintrest I had a quick look there for you and saw a lovely little bag in the shape of a little dolls house .
But i am really sorry I can't post a link as I have no idea how to do that but maybe you could find what I saw on pintrest yourself .

azzabazza

berrybug wrote: »

Hi azzabazza have you looked on pintrest I had a quick look there for you and saw a lovely little bag in the shape of a little dolls house .
But i am really sorry I can't post a link as I have no idea how to do that but maybe you could find what I saw on pintrest yourself .

Thanks for your reply - I did have a look at Pinterest too but couldn't find anything. I need it to be traditional - an envelope shape if that makes sense!

nutty1

hi,does anyone know where i will get a handmade aran cardie from, my mum whos 80 said she would like one for xmas size 14-16

Apollonia

azzabazza wrote: »

Have spent ages trying to source a pattern for a knitted shoulder bag for a 3 year old child. Tried Ravelry and other sites but no joy. Nearest I came was a crocheted one but I am not an accomplished crocheter. Any suggestions please?

What did you search for? If it was 'bag', don't forget that Ravelry tends to default to American English and what we call a bag is a purse in the USA.
So searching for knitting + purse gets 4,997 results, filtering to 'free' (this is MSE after all!) = 1,620 purses/bags. You could also filter by age but these are the search results I got for free purses:

http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/search#craft=knitting&query=purse&view=captioned_thumbs&availability=free&sort=best

Lots of envelope style bags there.

ETA: And now I have some ideas for xmas presents - thank you!

azzabazza

Thank you so much Apollonia. I am obviously not very good at searching! Never thought to use an Americanism!

KKmatters

kathrynt wrote: »

hi,does anyone know where i will get a handmade aran cardie from, my mum whos 80 said she would like one for xmas size 14-16

Hi Kathynt ... not sure if you have a craft centre/shop locally but sometimes they have knitters that take custom orders and would probably be able to point you in the right direction.

For handmade/custom items I always check out Etsy they have quite a few 'shops' that will take orders for you. If you click the link you can claim £5 off your first order http://etsy.me/1qweYrm


EDIT: I've just been surfing - I found one on Etsy that maybe of interest https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/123705851/ladies-traditional-cream-aran-bobble?ref=sr_gallery_1&ga_search_query=aran+cardigan+handmade&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery I didn't realise quite how expensive handmade clothing had become!!