The Knitters Thread

lynseydee

Love the jumper plumduff, where did you get the pattern?

plumduff55

Hi Lynsey, the pattern is King Cole 3804 sizes 12" - 22" and there is a santa pattern included with a pompom on the end of the hat.

Hidden, you could knit a chunky pattern and add the pic - 32 stitches and 29 rows.

I'm going to see grandchildren tomorrow and that will be my last visit before Xmas so I knitted 18 month dgs the Rudolph jumper and had already knitted a hat and snowman mitts for 3yo dgd then thought I couldn't leave 6yo dgs out so started a Star Wars storm trooper beanie off Ravelry. It'll be a late night tonight trying to get it finished.

Why do I always do this ???

*Jellie*

Hi everyone.
I'm just learning to knit on a loom (I have arthritis and it hurts less with a loom). Any loom knitters on here? Unfortunately I'm not a big fan of scarfs and hats. I'd love to manage jumpers/tunics but I'm not sure how successful I'll be on a loom.

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knitting with a loom sounds very do-able, a good idea. Seems like an extension of when we all learned to knit a tube with a cotton reel and a pin. I cannot help but I watch with interest. I used to have knitting machines and made lots and lots of lovely things, a loom is just a basic version of a machine, I think. Hope you get help jellie

Last night I ordered short circular knitting needles in several sizes, only 9" from tip to tip and when they arrive then I am going to re-sort my circulars. There is no easy way to sort them but I may well put all the shorter ones (9-23") in one flat storage wallet with pockets, so that all the sizes are separated. I decided after using dpns on the small sleeves, started with 5 pins but soon realising that 4 pins are quicker and so one circular will be the fastest. I am liking not having seams to sew, I can sew good seams but for now it is all about stash busting and the sooner the better. I want to get on with sewing and spinning but am being good and doing one project at a time

I made a crochet tasselled wall hanging in the old days, crochet in natural colours from various lakeland sheeps wools. When macrame was in vogue and I was a young thing. Took it off the wall months ago, cut off the tassels and beads and put it in the washing machine on 60. It came out felted as I had hoped, became 4 shades lighter and is now a lovely thick and attractive rug but is too good to walk on so covers a large padded box/seat in my hall. Perfect and so glad I managed to save it. Love wool. In the past I have made larger woollen mitts and felted them, now a perfect size and windproof. Also made sleeveless tops just by felting old larger garments and using scissors, wool gets stable when felted and gets a new life and warmer properties

mardatha

I'm interested in trying felting kittie, it's very warm and the Scandinavians seem really into it. I've seen lovely felted slippers. Only prob is that I think you need a tumble drier to di it and I haven't got one.

hiddenshadow

mardatha wrote: »

I'm interested in trying felting kittie, it's very warm and the Scandinavians seem really into it. I've seen lovely felted slippers. Only prob is that I think you need a tumble drier to di it and I haven't got one.

You can hand-felt on the hob, yarn felts pretty easily from dramatic changes in temperature, so if you put your item in a pot of water and slowly heat it, you should be able to scoop it out and put it in a cold (possibly ice?) bath and that will help it felt. Also friction, so once it cools a bit you could rub with your hands.

(I haven't tried it myself, just basing this off things I've seen in youtube videos, lol)

nursemaggie

They were felting a long time before the tumble drier was invented Mar. Just go have a look on YouTube.

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mar, you just need detergent, heat and movement. You could dance on sopping wet, hot wool to make felt, or you can bash it with a stone or anything else. You can wrap in clingfilm and bash. Washing machine is easiest I haven`t got a tumbler

You need something bigger and looser to felt eg old mans jumper is good, got to be wool and not superwash or mittens bigger than your hands, or gloves, which is what I actually made warm.

I have to be careful not to felt when I finish and process my skeined spun yarn. Sometimes I do a little felting on purpose in a bowl of hot water, just to add stability to the yarn, before I bash a wet rinsed skein on the garden table, which straightens and lengthens beautifully. Merino felts easily, sometimes even keeping it in just a damp atmosphere. Oh btw needle felting is fab, makes lovely small things, from fibre

THIRZAH

DH bought me a felt bag kit last year. The instructions just said to put finished bag through the washing machine on a hottish wash-can't remember the exact temperature. No tumble dryer involved.

I did accidently felt a pair of pure wool mittens once by putting them in the washing machine.

cbsexec

EmberJ - I am not such an experienced knitter as those on this thread but I have knitted baby cardigans in garter stitch. They are easy patterns and some you knit all in one piece including sleeves. Sorry dont have links to the patterns but if you put easy baby cardigans into Ravelry or google they will come up. They are free patterns too.