The Knitters Thread

lynseydee

PipneyJane said:

lynseydee said:

PipneyJane said:

lynseydee said:

I was wondering if anyone had any patterns for a 1-2 size girl?  I've had a look on ravelry but the only things I've found I like are knitted in the round.  The yarn I have is 4ply but can't say any more than that as I no longer have the band.  I have about 150 grams of yarn. Thanks

Refine your search on Ravelry to look at patterns published by Trove for fingering weight/4-ply yarn.  Trove is a digital archive of newspapers and magazines held by the National Library of Australia.  The patterns are free.

What is your problem with knitting in the round?  I love it because it means less seaming up (my pet hatred).  I can give you tips, if you need them.

- Pip

I don't have an issue knitting in the round, just don't have the tools 😂

That’s easier to fix.  I was wondering if, like my friend’s mum, your technique would make knitting-in-the-round difficult.  (She clamps her ?right needle under her arm.  Can’t knit with circulars at all.). 

Did you try the Trove patterns?  Any luck?

- Pip

Not sure what you mean about technique. I can knit with circulars but don't have any circulars to knit with at the moment.

I found some trove patterns and the couple I liked were old copies and I couldn't read them. Did manage to find a pattern I like that came in an age 4 so have saved that for when my great niece is that age and instead doing her a dress in some dk I have. Having trouble already as not sure if I should be gaining stitches or going wrong 😂

lynseydee

CAFCGirl said:

Hello all,
My long scarf continues but I'm at the point of boredom with it, so yesterday I finished off a 'CupCake Cup Cosy Sleeve' as a quick knit, and a friend has enquired about ordering some of my cotton body buffs. Will work out a price to charge her for those today, and get started. They're pretty quick too so will also help break up the monotony of seed stitch scarf.

Next up I may attempt another plant....

I'm in awe of people making all these socks with the skinny yarns!

How do you make the body puffs?  Think I've got one ball of cotton yarn I wasn't sure what I was going to do with.

Savvy_Sue

PipneyJane said:

@Savvy_Sue - I don't knit socks two at a time, but that's mainly because a) I usually do them on 6 inch DPNs and b) on the odd occasion when I've been forced to knit from both ends of a ball at the same time, it's been a nightmare.  I do knit sleeves in the round, two at a time on a long circular needle.

I've been known to cannibalise the toe of a sock, in order to "feed" the knitting of the other, until I can get them both the same length, then knit the remainder of the foot on both socks in a different yarn. 

Knitting two sleeves at a time sounds 'interesting'. I'm thinking I should look at Youtube for how to knit two socks at once, but I do agree that knitting from both ends of the same ball of wool is tricky - the wool twists and tangles. I've done baby bootees that way, I've got a strange pattern, and because they're small you can get away with using the same ball. 

PipneyJane

It's a smooth yarn, @MrsCD, so quite easy to frog.  I believe it wears well but I've never worn a pair of socks that I've made in it.  I've made - and given away - three pairs.

Savvy_Sue said:

PipneyJane said:

@Savvy_Sue - I don't knit socks two at a time, but that's mainly because a) I usually do them on 6 inch DPNs and b) on the odd occasion when I've been forced to knit from both ends of a ball at the same time, it's been a nightmare.  I do knit sleeves in the round, two at a time on a long circular needle.

I've been known to cannibalise the toe of a sock, in order to "feed" the knitting of the other, until I can get them both the same length, then knit the remainder of the foot on both socks in a different yarn. 

Knitting two sleeves at a time sounds 'interesting'. I'm thinking I should look at Youtube for how to knit two socks at once, but I do agree that knitting from both ends of the same ball of wool is tricky - the wool twists and tangles. I've done baby bootees that way, I've got a strange pattern, and because they're small you can get away with using the same ball. 

It's easy and you don't need to hunt through YouTube for instructions, @Savvy_Sue.   Here's how:-

1. You will need either two long circulars (over 1m in length) or two sets of interchangeable tips with a long cable, in the needle sizes required by the pattern/your gauge.  It helps if you have two balls of yarn, too.
2. With the smaller tips, cast on the first sleeve.   Then, using the second ball of yarn, cast on the second sleeve.
3. Working flat, work three rows of the cuff rib specified in the pattern.  Work the first cuff, then the second cuff, for each row.  Towards the end of the second sleeve, hang a row counter from a stitch marker.  This will mark where the rounds end, so that you can keep track. 
4. Commence working in the round on the fourth row.  First, turn your knitting so that the yarn is dangling from the right hand side.  (The second sleeve should be on your right.)  Now, ensure that your knitting lies smooth and isn't twisted.  At the midpoint of each sleeve, pull out a length of cable (about six inches long will do).   The sleeves should fold in half.  Is the second sleeve still on your right?  Good.  Are they still untwisted?  Good.  Pull the yarn for the left sleeve under the cable and work the fourth round on it.  When you have finished it, your needle tips will be in the right place to start the fourth round of the second sleeve.   The sleeve "seam" will always be in the middle of your cable needle.
5. Continue knitting until you get to the underarm cast-offs and then swap to knitting flat for the sleeve heads.  (It won't sit flat for a dozen or so rows, so don't panic.)  

Does that make sense?

- Pip

Savvy_Sue

PipneyJane said:

Savvy_Sue said:

Knitting two sleeves at a time sounds 'interesting'. I'm thinking I should look at Youtube for how to knit two socks at once, but I do agree that knitting from both ends of the same ball of wool is tricky - the wool twists and tangles. I've done baby bootees that way, I've got a strange pattern, and because they're small you can get away with using the same ball. 

It's easy and you don't need to hunt through YouTube for instructions, @Savvy_Sue.   Here's how:-

1. You will need either two long circulars (over 1m in length) or two sets of interchangeable tips with a long cable, in the needle sizes required by the pattern/your gauge.  It helps if you have two balls of yarn, too.
2. With the smaller tips, cast on the first sleeve.   Then, using the second ball of yarn, cast on the second sleeve.
3. Working flat, work three rows of the cuff rib specified in the pattern.  Work the first cuff, then the second cuff, for each row.  Towards the end of the second sleeve, hang a row counter from a stitch marker.  This will mark where the rounds end, so that you can keep track. 
4. Commence working in the round on the fourth row.  First, turn your knitting so that the yarn is dangling from the right hand side.  (The second sleeve should be on your right.)  Now, ensure that your knitting lies smooth and isn't twisted.  At the midpoint of each sleeve, pull out a length of cable (about six inches long will do).   The sleeves should fold in half.  Is the second sleeve still on your right?  Good.  Are they still untwisted?  Good.  Pull the yarn for the left sleeve under the cable and work the fourth round on it.  When you have finished it, your needle tips will be in the right place to start the fourth round of the second sleeve.   The sleeve "seam" will always be in the middle of your cable needle.
5. Continue knitting until you get to the underarm cast-offs and then swap to knitting flat for the sleeve heads.  (It won't sit flat for a dozen or so rows, so don't panic.)  

Does that make sense?

- Pip

I'm not sure, but I think so. I shall have to look at my needle sizes: I may not have the right cables / interchangeable tips. But the sleeves are the next thing to do, when I get back to it. My socks-for-a-friend were interrupted by the need for a chemo hat, but I've finished that now, heading back to the socks tonight, and then it's the cardigan. 

I shall save your instructions into my Knitting folder! 

MrsCD

Not a lot of knitting going on here at the moment, but I have crocheted a set of angel wings and a star for my friend who has knitted a nativity set. I've also crocheted numerous mask clips for nurses in a local hospital, and I've sewed about a dozen fabric masks for a friend, DH and me! Thinking I might start some ankle socks with left over sock wool. Take care  all 😊

CAFCGirl

lynseydee said:

CAFCGirl said:

Hello all,
My long scarf continues but I'm at the point of boredom with it, so yesterday I finished off a 'CupCake Cup Cosy Sleeve' as a quick knit, and a friend has enquired about ordering some of my cotton body buffs. Will work out a price to charge her for those today, and get started. They're pretty quick too so will also help break up the monotony of seed stitch scarf.

Next up I may attempt another plant....

I'm in awe of people making all these socks with the skinny yarns!

How do you make the body puffs?  Think I've got one ball of cotton yarn I wasn't sure what I was going to do with.

I loom knit but the lovely people on this thread have allowed me in. 
I do a drawstring cast on for 44, then do a basic 'ewrap' which I think translate as knit stitch for 5 rows, then 5 rows of garter stitch (one row knit,one row purl repeat 5 times), 5 rows of the ewrap again and then drawstring cast off. Cinch both ends and they end up a bit or a puffed up round flannel?

lynseydee

CAFCGirl said:

lynseydee said:

CAFCGirl said:

Hello all,
My long scarf continues but I'm at the point of boredom with it, so yesterday I finished off a 'CupCake Cup Cosy Sleeve' as a quick knit, and a friend has enquired about ordering some of my cotton body buffs. Will work out a price to charge her for those today, and get started. They're pretty quick too so will also help break up the monotony of seed stitch scarf.

Next up I may attempt another plant....

I'm in awe of people making all these socks with the skinny yarns!

How do you make the body puffs?  Think I've got one ball of cotton yarn I wasn't sure what I was going to do with.

I loom knit but the lovely people on this thread have allowed me in. 
I do a drawstring cast on for 44, then do a basic 'ewrap' which I think translate as knit stitch for 5 rows, then 5 rows of garter stitch (one row knit,one row purl repeat 5 times), 5 rows of the ewrap again and then drawstring cast off. Cinch both ends and they end up a bit or a puffed up round flannel?

They look good. My stepmum bought me a loom for Christmas one year but haven't got the hang of it. Good excuse to try again 😊

PipneyJane

CAFCGirl said:

lynseydee said:

CAFCGirl said:

Hello all,
My long scarf continues but I'm at the point of boredom with it, so yesterday I finished off a 'CupCake Cup Cosy Sleeve' as a quick knit, and a friend has enquired about ordering some of my cotton body buffs. Will work out a price to charge her for those today, and get started. They're pretty quick too so will also help break up the monotony of seed stitch scarf.

Next up I may attempt another plant....

I'm in awe of people making all these socks with the skinny yarns!

How do you make the body puffs?  Think I've got one ball of cotton yarn I wasn't sure what I was going to do with.

I loom knit but the lovely people on this thread have allowed me in. 
I do a drawstring cast on for 44, then do a basic 'ewrap' which I think translate as knit stitch for 5 rows, then 5 rows of garter stitch (one row knit,one row purl repeat 5 times), 5 rows of the ewrap again and then drawstring cast off. Cinch both ends and they end up a bit or a puffed up round flannel?

They look lovely, @CAFCgirl.  What are they like to use?

- Pip

CAFCGirl

PipneyJane said:

CAFCGirl said:

lynseydee said:

CAFCGirl said:

Hello all,
My long scarf continues but I'm at the point of boredom with it, so yesterday I finished off a 'CupCake Cup Cosy Sleeve' as a quick knit, and a friend has enquired about ordering some of my cotton body buffs. Will work out a price to charge her for those today, and get started. They're pretty quick too so will also help break up the monotony of seed stitch scarf.

Next up I may attempt another plant....

I'm in awe of people making all these socks with the skinny yarns!

How do you make the body puffs?  Think I've got one ball of cotton yarn I wasn't sure what I was going to do with.

I loom knit but the lovely people on this thread have allowed me in. 
I do a drawstring cast on for 44, then do a basic 'ewrap' which I think translate as knit stitch for 5 rows, then 5 rows of garter stitch (one row knit,one row purl repeat 5 times), 5 rows of the ewrap again and then drawstring cast off. Cinch both ends and they end up a bit or a puffed up round flannel?

They look lovely, @CAFCgirl.  What are they like to use?

- Pip

I find them very soft. As long as they're allowed to dry out between uses (I have 2 on the go). But they can go in the washing machine too which I like to get them themselves clean. I put them in a laundry bag along with other small things.
I don't use shower gels (my business is natural vegan soap making) so for me they work more for boosting circulation and then I use them as part of my rinsing off as opposed to applying the soap to them or for increasing bubbles (Like plastic ones do with shower gel). So buff to boost, soap onto skin, buff to rinse if that makes sense?