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You do knit nice and straight, especially for your first project. And I want to give your doggies kisses! I still have my first swatch, which was supposed to be a square. It's more like a smiley face and has tons of dropped stitches. Whenever I'm on a difficult pattern, I break out my swatch to remind that I've come a long way. Oh, and it's great to show people who want to learn how to knit, and then show them a current or finished project. I guess I'm just a little crazy  Also, I lost my brand new wallet while visiting a yarn store in California, so I'm bummed. It was a pretty nice (and brand new) wallet too.  I did pick up some Kureyon for a hat, and some Noro Taiyo too. I love the Taiyo (cotton, silk, wool and nylon), it's pretty soft. Has anyone else heard of this yarn, cause it's the first I've seen it.
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fap posted:You do knit nice and straight, especially for your first project. And I want to give your doggies kisses! I still have my first swatch, which was supposed to be a square. It's more like a smiley face and has tons of dropped stitches. Whenever I'm on a difficult pattern, I break out my swatch to remind that I've come a long way. Oh, and it's great to show people who want to learn how to knit, and then show them a current or finished project. I guess I'm just a little crazy I just saw it for the first time on Monday (I got to go to WEBS). It's beautiful! I love Noro. I bought $50 worth of sock yarn. I need help.
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Jun 11, 2008 16:19
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I like to make toys. A brain slug on the left and an octopus on the right. I will be doing several other cephalopods.
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Jun 15, 2008 17:55
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So cute! 
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Jun 15, 2008 22:09
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oh my god that octopus is amazing!!!
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Jun 16, 2008 01:29
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There both amazing! I like how the underside of the legs on the octopus are a lighter color (or at least it looks that way). I'm still working on learning the purl. =/ It's by far my least favorite.
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Jun 17, 2008 22:25
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Are you up for sharing the octopus pattern or..."
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Jun 19, 2008 03:50
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I got the octopus (and the others I'm planning to do) from http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?ref=sr_list_1&listing_id=12697476
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Jun 19, 2008 23:43
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 I made yarn! Yay for drop spindles and being too sick to knit, but not too sick to spin.
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Jun 21, 2008 08:26
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I've never done intarsia, but the lure of the police tape scarf is proving impossible to resist. 1. Am I crazy? I've been knitting for awhile, but my most ambitious project to date is, like, a striped hat. Like I said, no intarsia yet, so this would be a learning project -- is it too difficult for that? 2. What yarn should I use? I can't get to an upscale LYS, but I really want to avoid Red Heart or anything similar. What's the best yarn I can get at a store like Jo-Ann Fabrics or Michaels? 3. Should I knit it in the round instead? If so, how can the pattern be converted? I would hate to do what seems logical only to realize I have the letters backwards or something.
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Jun 22, 2008 05:00
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i like nice words
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Anne Whateley posted:I've never done intarsia, but the lure of the police tape scarf is proving impossible to resist. I don't see how the letters could be backwards at all. Do you plan to have them on either side, or just one side and solid color on the other? I don't have any suggestions for yarn, because I'm not American and don't know of your fancy yarn! And by the way, you're not crazy. Be fearless, I say!
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Jun 22, 2008 12:37
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TauntTheOctopi posted:I got the octopus (and the others I'm planning to do) from http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?ref=sr_list_1&listing_id=12697476 AHA! I knew it seemed vaguely familiar. Too bad it's sold out for some reason (???).
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Jun 22, 2008 19:09
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That particular listing was sold. hansigurumi relisted it here: http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=12724496
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Jun 22, 2008 23:49
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elbow posted:Oh wow, that's awesome. I love the handles and the flap!
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Jun 23, 2008 00:23
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Anne Whateley posted:2. What yarn should I use? I can't get to an upscale LYS, but I really want to avoid Red Heart or anything similar. What's the best yarn I can get at a store like Jo-Ann Fabrics or Michaels? I haven't worked at Michaels in two years so I imagine they have a lot of new stuff, but a good cheap one is Caron Simply Soft, so long as you aren't anti-acrylic. It is a bit squeaky but it's also quite soft, comes in many colors, and is very affordable. $2.99 for 270 yds last time I checked. Lion Brand Woolease is okay, an acrylic/wool blend, not expensive, but it's not super soft. They have been branching out into 100% natural fibers too. I understand Patons Classic Wool is fairly popular for a craft store brand, though I've never worked with it before. Your store should have a sample swatch of most of the yarns hanging in the aisle if you want to do a little fondling before you choose.
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Patons Wool is a good value, but felts really easily, so I think it would be great for a felting project but probably not that great for an intarsia project that would want to be more clear in its different colors. edit: to Anne: I jumped right into socks after a couple of scarves, and I think the challenge of a more complicated project helped me learn a lot about knitting. (I just got my Favorite Socks book when I ordered my Starting Strength book, so hopefully I can start doing socks again!)
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Jun 23, 2008 23:41
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Drei posted:yarn! Midnight Sun posted:The first thing I thought of when I saw your post was knitting in the round. I think it would look better and be a lot easier when the threads doesn't show in the back. jomiel posted:I jumped right into socks after a couple of scarves, and I think the challenge of a more complicated project helped me learn a lot about knitting. (I just got my Favorite Socks book when I ordered my Starting Strength book, so hopefully I can start doing socks again!) W&W represent -- this week I'm signing up for a rec center with a pool, so a lot of my knitting will be done with pruney fingers!
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Jun 24, 2008 01:43
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Anne Whateley posted:I totally agreed, but then I looked up circular intarsia and found it's legendarily difficult -- so perhaps not quite the best idea for me. Like real police tape (I'm pretty sure), I'm only going to have letters on one side, so the blank parts should go pretty quickly, and then I just have to seam it up the middle. (Not that I'm looking forward to 9' of seaming, but what are you gonna do So I say just go for it!
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Jun 24, 2008 03:13
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Anne Whateley posted:
Have you looked at Knitpicks.com? It's not a local store, but they sell wool in lots of colors for starting at 1.99 a skein. I bought the color cards to keep as reference. They were cheap, a few bucks. I have been pleased with what I have gotten from them so far.
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Bad Mitten posted:Have you looked at Knitpicks.com? It's not a local store, but they sell wool in lots of colors for starting at 1.99 a skein. I bought the color cards to keep as reference. They were cheap, a few bucks. I have been pleased with what I have gotten from them so far. Thanks for the suggestion. Their yarn colors on the website looks so dark that I've been afraid of ordering
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Jun 24, 2008 21:19
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jomiel posted:Thanks for the suggestion. Their yarn colors on the website looks so dark that I've been afraid of ordering They do seem to lack pastels. But, that isn't my taste for the most part.
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My mom wants to get into spinning and dyeing her own yarn. Her birthday is coming up soon and I wondered if anyone had any ideas for a present I could get her related to that interest. So far as I know she doesn't have any items yet. Should I get her a spinning wheel? How would I buy a spinning wheel anyway? Should I get a smaller purchase, since she hasn't done any spinning yet? If I get her something smaller, what should it be? My mom is a very advanced knitter and I know she can figure out this next interest. However, I'm all at sea as to how to help her new hobby 
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Jun 26, 2008 18:57
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logorrhea posted:My mom wants to get into spinning and dyeing her own yarn. Her birthday is coming up soon and I wondered if anyone had any ideas for a present I could get her related to that interest. So far as I know she doesn't have any items yet. Should I get her a spinning wheel? How would I buy a spinning wheel anyway? Should I get a smaller purchase, since she hasn't done any spinning yet? If I get her something smaller, what should it be?
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I'd also say a drop spindle. I've always wanted one from here: http://www.goldingfibertools.com/ or from here: http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5207884 Both of them are beautiful. Just don't get her one of those kits that come with fiber, the spindle I got with my kit was total crap. Buy the fiber separably off of etsy. If she needs help figuring out how to spin, send her to youtube for drop spindle video instruction. That's what I did.
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fap posted:I'd also say a drop spindle. I've always wanted one from here: http://www.goldingfibertools.com/ or from here: http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5207884 Both of them are beautiful. Just don't get her one of those kits that come with fiber, the spindle I got with my kit was total crap. Buy the fiber separably off of etsy. If she needs help figuring out how to spin, send her to youtube for drop spindle video instruction. That's what I did. This pretty much works. You can go pretty cheap (google products returns $10 wooden drop spindles, and a few ounces of plain wool to get started is just $5 more or something), or you can get her one of those nice hand-carved spindles with some squishy hand-dyed merino to play with and a lesson or two at your LYS. But you might want to get her some cheap wool to begin with just so she doesn't get depressed at turning pretty roving into barf on her first try! I know I would. Oh, and my pound of Corrie cross came in the mail and I'm researching dying options. Anyone have experience with nice, easy to use dyes? Not sure if I want to invest in a bunch of colors AND the weird chemicals to mix with it AND handling equipment (extra crock pot, basters, etc) since I'm just starting out. I don't want to be limited to the Kool-Aid colors, though. I was thinking nice emerald green and black...
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Well, I was going to say Easter Egg dyes do pretty colors, but they don't come in emerald green or black. You could see what you could do with Wilton cake dyes. Some Easter egg dyes: http://www.ravelry.com/people/Chrisknits/stash/220-wool http://www.ravelry.com/people/AliceKathryn/stash/220-wool-2 Note: I've never dyed before.
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Pile of Kittens posted:This pretty much works. You can go pretty cheap (google products returns $10 wooden drop spindles, and a few ounces of plain wool to get started is just $5 more or something), or you can get her one of those nice hand-carved spindles with some squishy hand-dyed merino to play with and a lesson or two at your LYS. Jacquard Acid Dyes are incredibly easy. You can use them just like Kool-Aid powder, except that you need to add vinegar and can use a cheap enamel pot like the blue-speckled tamale pot things they have at wal-mart (I paid all of $8 for mine, and a gallon of vinegar will last you a long time and will only set you back $2). I have three primary colors, turquoise, and black. I've never had a problem making any color I want. Emerald green and black can be accomplished with a bit of blue, yellow, turquoise, and obviously black.
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Midnight Sun posted:A drop spindle, perhaps? fap posted:I'd also say a drop spindle. I've always wanted one from here: http://www.goldingfibertools.com/ or from here: http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5207884 Both of them are beautiful. Just don't get her one of those kits that come with fiber, the spindle I got with my kit was total crap. Buy the fiber separably off of etsy. If she needs help figuring out how to spin, send her to youtube for drop spindle video instruction. That's what I did. Pile of Kittens posted:This pretty much works. You can go pretty cheap (google products returns $10 wooden drop spindles, and a few ounces of plain wool to get started is just $5 more or something), or you can get her one of those nice hand-carved spindles with some squishy hand-dyed merino to play with and a lesson or two at your LYS. Thanks to all of you! I think I'll be getting her a drop spindle, some cheap roving (for her first try) and some nice roving (for when she feels more comfortable with spinning). The roving from that one etsy user is amazing!
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Menolly posted:Jacquard Acid Dyes are incredibly easy. You can use them just like Kool-Aid powder, except that you need to add vinegar and can use a cheap enamel pot like the blue-speckled tamale pot things they have at wal-mart (I paid all of $8 for mine, and a gallon of vinegar will last you a long time and will only set you back $2). I have three primary colors, turquoise, and black. I've never had a problem making any color I want. Emerald green and black can be accomplished with a bit of blue, yellow, turquoise, and obviously black. This is good for dying yarn as well, right? Do you guys have any experience dying your own yarn? How easy/hard is it to get a decent result? (Pictures please  ) Lorna's Laces and all those specialty yarns look so yummy.
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Anne Whateley posted:What yarn should I use? I can't get to an upscale LYS, but I really want to avoid Red Heart or anything similar. What's the best yarn I can get at a store like Jo-Ann Fabrics or Michaels? Don't be too afraid of Red Heart. The last scarf I knitted, I used Red Heart's "I Love This Yarn!" and although it's acrylic, I really, truly did Love This Yarn!. I've used Caron's Simply Soft on the same pattern, and I liked this stuff better. It's got a little more density to it, and it's nice and soft and has a good drape to it. Plus, it's super warm. And cheap
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Calienta posted:My very first project ever. And I mean ever. I had never even held needles before when I decided to start on this sucker. I started back in October and worked solidly for three months before I gave up after knitting half of one little sleeve in the round - was very frustrating. I just finished it recently, so now I can work on other things. I knitted some Endpaper Mitts. I'm really happy with them, I knitted the pair in about a week; it's my second colour project. 
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Jun 28, 2008 13:56
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Really pretty mittens, artificial! I'm so impress with people who can knit with both different colors AND dpns!
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Jun 28, 2008 14:00
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There's no way in hell I'm ready to post anything I've made (I'm a beginner, and not a natural!), but I just want to thank the thread regulars for recommending Ravelry. What an absolutely awesome resource
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Midnight Sun posted:Really pretty mittens, artificial! I'm so impress with people who can knit with both different colors AND dpns!
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I do a lot of weaving/garments in addition to knitting, and I always use Pro-Chem dyes-- http://www.prochemical.com/starterkits.htm They seem to hold a lot better than jacquard, and although you will need soda ash and/or synthrapol to use them, I think they're still cheaper and definately worth it. I've dyed whole wefts with a quarter of container, it's really concentrated stuff. And the colors are beautiful--their hot pink and ultra violet are amazing. The only color I have trouble with is red, and any non-commercial red is going to be fugitive as hell.
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So I'm making this entrelac scarf, really simple, but I've come across something I just don't get. I'm at the first all-block row now, which started on the WS. The pattern says to pick up and purl 7 stitches, but how am I supposed to do that? Do I pick up one, move it to the left needle and purl it, pick up the next one, move it to the left needle and purl it? Right now I'm just picking them up and not purling them, since the squares are more like rectangles anyway, I figure the fewer rows the better, but am I doing this horribly wrong?
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Jun 30, 2008 11:01
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elbow posted:So I'm making this entrelac scarf, really simple, but I've come across something I just don't get. Pick up the loops with your left needle, it's a lot easier.
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Jun 30, 2008 21:25
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So I do still have to purl them? Wouldn't that look weird, with the yarn half wrapped around the stitch? I'm secretly just continuing like this 
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Jun 30, 2008 22:13
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Yep, you still have to purl them, if only to provide a base for your next row of knitting.
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After reading a Knitty article just now about picking up stitches, I've discovered that while I thought I was simply picking up stitches, I was actually already picking up and purling 
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