The Knitters Thread

lynseydee

nursemaggie wrote: »

lynseydee I make lots of mittens in different sizes, use different sized stripes to make patterns and it ends up using even little bits up. Keep them in a bag you have something to give for garden parties, Christmas fairs etc and you can take a bag full to your favourite CS. I take these around the end of September. I even use up the ends from sewing up as I put a thread through a pair and tie them together with contrasting wool.

At the moment I am knitting hats and mittens for Christmas Shoe boxes, https://www.ssj.org.uk/‎

There may be more things you can knit for other charities and hats and matinee coats for premi babies. There are several sites for that or call your local hospital Maternity department. Sites will have patterns and your local hospital may have some.

Small sort toys for Christmas Fairs etc. https://www.jeangreenhowe.com look here for patterns. Some are for free. There are lots of free patterns just right for fundraising. Cheapest way to get stuffing is to buy a cheap polyester pillow and use the stuffing from that.

Thanks for that. I love the idea of knitting for preemies but don't think the yarn I have is soft enough unfortunately.

thriftmonster

PipneyJane wrote: »

There is always a sock on the needles, lurking in my handbag for those quiet moments on the Tube or whenever. I can knit without looking at my hands. If they ever film the really cheap seats at the Proms, I'm the knitter sitting in the gods working on a sock. (I do not knit if the performers can see me.). Apparently, I was filmed knitting at the Women's Cricket World Cup Final.

Hello, my name is Pip and I'm a yarn-aholic.

I was knitting at the Old Trafford test match this year (and last year!). Dh and DS1 always cringe when one of the commentary team mention someone knitting because they're convinced it'll be me but it never is - so there are obviously loads of us. :rotfl::rotfl:

charles839

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FrugalinShropshire

Cricket and knitting just go together. I always have socks on the go too, and I miss living in Canterbury for the joy of knitting and watching Kent play!

mrs-moneypenny

Haven't been in for ages but still knitting, hope everyone is well
I'm currently knitting the first of two boleros for the flower girls at my dd3s forthcoming wedding.

BOBS

Thought I had my knitting mojo back and knit the back of a cable pattern Aran jacket, meant to measure to fit 22 inch ish. Just measured across back and will be lucky if it hits 18. Havent the heart to rip out as fab cable pattern that i was quite proud of getting right first attempt - might adjust lengths so that it fits a smaller child. Wasnt for anyone in particular to start off with.

Mrs Moneypenny - love wee bolero jackets - are you adding flowers to it ? -have just bookmarked some which I thought may come in handy at some point !! http://www.lovefibres.com/free-patterns.html

PipneyJane

thriftmonster wrote: »

I was knitting at the Old Trafford test match this year (and last year!). Dh and DS1 always cringe when one of the commentary team mention someone knitting because they're convinced it'll be me but it never is - so there are obviously loads of us. :rotfl::rotfl:

We have a knitting "Cricket Aunty". I watched the Saturday highlights of the Edgbaston Test and they filmed an elderly lady knitting something in lemon yellow. It looked like a baby's jacket.


My knitting has witnessed all sorts of sporting events: the London Olympics; the Glasgow Commonwealth Games; multiple football matches at Wembley; even the Rugby World Cup (where I lost a needle, dammit!). I don't normally knit at Chelsea home matches, because there isn't sufficient room, but my WIP-sock-du-jour is always present.

PipneyJane

hiddenshadow wrote: »

That blouse looks lovely, PipneyJane. I knit a cardigan in Blacker's Swan DK and it was lovely, I want to try their Tamar and Lyonesse lines as well.

Thank you.


I love their 4-ply Blue Faced Leicester. It is so soft that you can wear it next to your skin without any prickling. I've knitted two jumpers in it and, stupidly, managed to shrink/felt the second. The first goes through the wool cycle on the washing machine without any issues, using "normal" soap-powder and (usually) a cold wash. For the second, however....


The first time I washed the second, I stupidly used one of these no-rinse wool washes in the washing machine (Euclan). I put a capful in the washer drawer, ran the cycle as usual and it just destroyed the jumper. Not only did it shrink, there was fibre coming off it all over the place. The only variable was the wool wash; the yarn came from the same batch as the first jumper. (I knitted the second to use up leftovers.)


In my defence, I've used a "normal" wool wash in the machine in the past, one that requires rinsing, and had no issues.

PipneyJane

BOBS wrote: »

Thought I had my knitting mojo back and knit the back of a cable pattern Aran jacket, meant to measure to fit 22 inch ish. Just measured across back and will be lucky if it hits 18. Havent the heart to rip out as fab cable pattern that i was quite proud of getting right first attempt - might adjust lengths so that it fits a smaller child. Wasnt for anyone in particular to start off with.

Oh no! Poor you! I feel your pain. Did you do a tension square first? If you have plenty of yarn and haven't got to the armholes, how about adding panels for the underams, leaving this panel to be the back? Or are you knitting it all-in-one?