The Knitters Thread

PipneyJane

annieb64 said:

Pitney Jane -I do like those "use-em-up"socks. There is nothing like warm socks on cold days.

We have accepted an offer for our house and I'm  trying to use up all my yarn etc before we move. I've  done a couple of twiddle muffs and now am making dolls clothes for DGD. I've sorted out a bundle of surplus  needles for my knitting group and now need to sort out lace, buttons and trimmings

Good luck with the move, @annieb64.  Don’t forget that you can vacuum-pack your yarn so that it takes up less space.  It does make a significant difference.  I have a grey jumper that I knitted in Sublime’s discontinued Organic Merino DK.  I’d mentioned how much I loved knitting in that yarn, so my friend bought me10 balls of it on a flying visit to London from the United States.  She only had a carry-on case, so used a vacuum bag to squish the yarn down to a third of the size of the original packet.

- Pip

meanmarie

Piney Jane.......your stash is not bad.....,I reckon that I need to live to about 300 to finish all the yarn I have bought or been given, added to the problem is the fact that my hands have become stiff since I was on chemotherapy.

Marie

wondercollie

I was wondering where this thread had disappeared to!

My Christmas knitting was market bags for coworkers.   Lovey cotton from Hobbii.  I'd make them again.

Just found out a coworker is pregnant, so some of the stash will be utilized.

Jazee

I've just finished a baby cardigan, waiting on buttons to arrive.

PipneyJane

meanmarie said:

Piney Jane.......your stash is not bad.....,I reckon that I need to live to about 300 to finish all the yarn I have bought or been given, added to the problem is the fact that my hands have become stiff since I was on chemotherapy.

Marie

@meanmarie now that is SABLE.  (Stash Acquisition Beyond Life Expectancy.)  

Hope you've recovered well from the chemo and that it did its job properly.

- Pip

mary_hinge

This thread has really quietened down during my break away from the forum! Everyone too busy knitting to post?! 

I'm currently knitting a lovely cabled aran cardi for my toddler, he has had this one in every size so far  in many different colours and I am sick of the sight of it! For once I only have a main project and a travel project (socks!) on the go for the first time in many many moons...... will 2022 be the year that I finish what I am making before Istart something new?! 

wondercollie

Been on holiday and completed a Maple Leaf Shawl.

Ravelry: Knit Me Maple Leaf Wrap pattern by Kelsi Morris

Third time I've done it.   I like to have something to give to coworkers if they are leaving and I like them, lol.

CAFCGirl

@mary_hinge I'd love to say yes 2022 will be that year but as yarn people we all know that's highly unlikely LOL

What a lovely shawl @wondercollie - did you use the same colourways as on the pattern photos?

I haven't loom knitted anything in some time. I was trying my hand at crochet for a little while and made some cacti, but fell out of the yarn basket and into a host of other creative hobbies.
But I have been positively YEARNING to loom knit something so I think today I might have a go at trying something new (to me) with some mosaic fingerless mittens I found a pattern for...Its a wet grey late winters day so I think that feels apt 

MrsCD

I finished my Yuletide blanket (attic24's pattern) and two pairs of fingerless gloves ( owl pattern from kweenbee online). Now a friend wants a pair for her granddaughter who is potty about owls!

wondercollie

CAFCGirl said:

@mary_hinge I'd love to say yes 2022 will be that year but as yarn people we all know that's highly unlikely LOL

What a lovely shawl @wondercollie - did you use the same colourways as on the pattern photos?

I haven't loom knitted anything in some time. I was trying my hand at crochet for a little while and made some cacti, but fell out of the yarn basket and into a host of other creative hobbies.
But I have been positively YEARNING to loom knit something so I think today I might have a go at trying something new (to me) with some mosaic fingerless mittens I found a pattern for...Its a wet grey late winters day so I think that feels apt 

I've done it once in the colourway she has shown.  I've also knitted it in a wonderful scarlet varigated wool and the most recent one is in a colour called autumn spice which is golds, oranges, and brown.  The colours I've used have all been colours you'd see on trees as the leaves change.

It's a fairly simple pattern once you grasp row five.   The first time I knit it, I just couldn't get my head around the terms she used (I'm old and find many of the new patterns use strange words for very simple combinations).   I took a gamble and contacted Kelsi via instagram and she walked me through the steps.   She is a lovely young woman and has her own shop in Ontario.  

Currently, I'm doing a monster granny square blanket for my oldest son.  It's a gag gift.   He collects unicorns and everyone knows it.   Just imagine a 185cm Army Sgt with with a collection of unicorns.   As he said, "nobody ever uses my coffee mug".   It's a unicorn who's horn changes colour when hot liquids are added.