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hiddenshadow

kittie wrote: »

I am also eyeing up the afterlife yarn remains and the one spare hank will make a pair of socks, might even get 2 pairs from all the remnants. I am thinking that maybe I will try sock circulars, I have some the right length ie 9" but that is a fiddling length to work with, maybe I am missing something, youtube will show me

I've knit one pair of socks on tiny circs. It was fiddly at first but OK, and definitely went quickly. I haven't been inspired to pull out the tiny needle again, though, so not sure it was a success overall? Might have to try another pair and see if I'm similarly "meh" on them. (I usually do magic loop two at a time.)

[Deleted User]

I have fished out a 10" circular with small bent tips and I have fished out a nice ball of opal. Plenty of youtube videos on using a small circular for socks and I quite like a challenge. That is my next project, doubt I am going to rest my fingers, I want to get cracking

Also I weighed up the left over hat yarns and I have the full amount to make another hat, I just have to reverse two of the darks and 2 of the lights. Definitely value for money, 2 warm very attractive hats for £15

blackcatsx2

Kittie, the hat sounds wonderful. Will you post a photo please when it’s finished off?

babs_103

Hi, I wonder if anyone can give me some advice please, I brought a pack of DK Stylecraft to make a blanket but never got round to it. I have a favourite pattern for a cardigan which uses the same yarn and has the same tension. I would like to use this yarn to make a stripy cardigan but as each ball is a different colour (although I know they all 'go together') and I have plenty, 18 100g balls I think - I dont know how many stripes of each colour to use, as I wouldn't want to run of one colour .

Do you think if I did 4/8 rows of each colour until I ran out it would be ok? I'm not worried about the stripes not matching up as I'd only wear it around the house.

Or is there another way to do it?

I hope I have explained this correctly, I know what I want to say but it doesn't always come out right when I type it!

Thank you in advance x

nursemaggie

Kittie The idea of hats or socks as presents sounds great. I would think if you keep switching the colours you could end up with most hats different.

babs 103 would thinner stripes of varying sizes appeal. I did that with lots of odds and ends for my GDS a couple of years ago. I had some 25gm wool some 50gm wool and a ball of 100gm. I cast on for a sweater with the 100gm and did all the welts with that colour and thin stripes between the other colours in that colour.

It ended up like a rugby shirt so I made a collar for it like rugby shirts. It was very handy for a 2 year old easy to take on and off. If you just use broad stripes it can make even the skinniest person look fat. The trick is to vary the width and keep your stripes in the same order.

babs_103

Brilliant idea nursemaggie, I will have to do the front, back and both sleeves at the same time on different needles to make sure the stripes were the same tho, but it may work. thank you

Laura_Elsewhere

babs_103 wrote: »

Brilliant idea nursemaggie, I will have to do the front, back and both sleeves at the same time on different needles to make sure the stripes were the same tho, but it may work. thank you

I'm currently doing just this!

I was given four balls of Noro Kureyon in green-purple-blue colours and it is gorgeous, but I spotted a project on Rav by someone who'd done narrow, single-row, stripes using different parts of the same colourway. I'm doing two-rounds in each stripe, but it means I can ignore the colour-changes, really, because unless I'm unlucky and get a long turquoise against a long turquoise then I should be fine!

nursemaggie

You don't need to do that, just keep copying your previous rows. Just make a pattern with the stripes.

europe2014

Hi All
I've knitted a beautiful blanket for my youngest son which I need to block and also weave in the ends - which do I do first, block and then weave in ends or weave in ends and then block?

Also any tips on how best to block - it is knitted in Aran and is about 100cm by 80cm

Thanks in advance

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I always weave ends then block.
You just wash very gently in something like eucalan or wool wash, really just a soak and squeeze, then roll in a big towel and squeeze, it will end up almost dry. Wool needs to be treated differently than acrylic, acrylic goes floppy and lifeless with steam heat, so wrt acrylic, I would lay out a bit at a time on the ironing board and steam from a height and pat gently with my fingers. You could do the full works ie lay out and pin on a blocking board, I have jigsaw floor tiles in white for this and large pins and wires for edges but would only really bother for something like a shawl. You can lay on a board and then spray with water mist too, then just leave to dry

Wool is much more robust to block and I use steam much closer and pat. The ironing board is enough for me for most things. I am thinking cot blanket size but if bigger then I would probably look at using the tiles and a spray. Avoid pressing hard on the cables, esp if acrylic

Re socks, I did 5 inches on a small 9" circular with bent needles and I had to push every single time to take a stitch off the left needle, it left my r hand sore. I changed to dpns and the knitting flew and was so much more comfortable. It was a good test but I will never use the small circulars for socks. My dpns are karbonz in 2.25. I don`t need socks for me but dd has a birthday next month and they all love hand made knits