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Zaftig posted:Oh hey, I like knitting. I've knit way more things than I should show at one time, so here's a few I like a lot. Hey you look familiar. o_O hehe awesome portrait knitting, I've been trying to figure out a project with something similar using tapestry crochet but life is too busy right now to actually work on it.
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Thanks. I guess I'll give a pattern a try.  I'll post the results if it's not too miserable looking.
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Ok, first up we have an early foray into color. The idea was to use up some of my aunt's homespun (from her own sheep!) I was going to make a hat in several panels but this is the only one that happened. Unfortunately, I messed up the tension so it's all warpy now. Here is knitty's Mon Petit Chou modeled on a pillow for modesty.  I have this problem where I like all the colors in a variegated yarn so I buy the yarn but then I hate the way variegated yarn knits up in most cases. Finally, my current project: a Doctor Who-esque scarf.  I used https://doctorwhoscarf.com (I love that this is an actual website) as a reference. Still weaving in the ends and doing tassels. Slaughtermelon fucked around with this message at 03:30 on Aug 1, 2008 |
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Aug 1, 2008 03:26
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http://www.coatsandclark.com/Crafts/Crochet/Projects/AfghansThrows/SB300-003+Diamond+Trellis.htm Ok, there's the pattern I'm working. I get through row 3, turn and am having trouble. I have actually finished row 4, but when I go to work row 5, the instructions for the row don't match what I have. Is there anyone who can help decode? This is my first time following a pattern. Thanks in advance. *I will edit to add, I tried to work more of the afghan with what I had, ended up unraveling a whole row, but I got it so that the directions in the 5th row match what was done in the 4th. Got all the way to the 7th row and my diamonds do not look like diamonds and there is some bunching. 'st' can mean any stitch, including the double stitches (from the previous row) or loop? Janelle fucked around with this message at 21:23 on Aug 2, 2008 |
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Aug 1, 2008 22:17
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Janelle posted:http://www.coatsandclark.com/Crafts/Crochet/Projects/AfghansThrows/SB300-003+Diamond+Trellis.htm Depends on the age of the pattern. Modern patterns count loops of any kind - from knit-back-and-fronts, yarn overs, and so on. However, you may have one of those patterns that magically assumes you're dropping the YOs from the previous rows. Do you end up with the right number of stitches in the row? Or do you get to the end of the written row and still have three stitches on the left needle?
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Aug 4, 2008 06:21
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Is Ravelry working for any of you? It's been down since Friday evening (UK) for me, which I think is sort of absurdly long.
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elbow posted:Is Ravelry working for any of you? It's been down since Friday evening (UK) for me, which I think is sort of absurdly long. I actually ordered a "love [1]"-tshirt from the mini-mart today.
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Pile of Kittens posted:Depends on the age of the pattern. Modern patterns count loops of any kind - from knit-back-and-fronts, yarn overs, and so on. However, you may have one of those patterns that magically assumes you're dropping the YOs from the previous rows. No leftover stitches, and the stitch count is right. I can crochet according to the next row, however, it's not making the diamond shaping, it's bunching instead. 
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Aug 4, 2008 20:42
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Janelle posted:No leftover stitches, and the stitch count is right. I can crochet according to the next row, however, it's not making the diamond shaping, it's bunching instead. How many repeats have you done?
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I broke my yarn diet today - Picked up some Kauni that I've been wanting forever, some Malabrigo, and lots of Kureyon. Oh man, my husband's going to kill me  I'm making a chemo cap for my husband's Grandmother who's going through Chemo with the Malabrigo, so it wasn't a total spendfest. (Most of it was, though) Edit: anyone doing the Ravelympics? I signed up for the Hat Dash, and I don't know if I can do it. (I'm a very slow knitter.) fap fucked around with this message at 16:11 on Aug 5, 2008 |
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Aug 5, 2008 15:23
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I just looked back up in the thread, and I posted on April 28th that I had majorly hosed up my fir cone shawl. I JUST finished fixing it, this past weekend. I was in major denail for a long time, and then I took ages to pick back the stitches (no way could I have ripped and actually picked them all up again). Picking out lace stitches SUCKS rear end. Especially tripple decreases. Goddamn. When I got back to the section where I had screwed up, instead of going around and picking out a whole other round, I just picked out the stithces from that side - leaving a really long float that was the working yarn when I first knitted that section. Attached at both ends. Then I put it down for another few weeks... Of course when I re-knit it I ended up running out of yarn at the end of the row, because my tension must have been slightly tighter this time around (I WONDER WHY) and I had to go back and loosed each stitch...and then I had too much leftover and had to tighten up, and then I had to transfer the stitches back to the other needle so I could start knitting the normal way again and they were all really tight...argh! But I'm back on track. I've been working on this drat thing for two years now. Only three chart rows and an edging to go...(watch me run out of yarn). Whenever people tell me that knitting must be such a nice, relaxing hobby, I just laugh.
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Aug 5, 2008 15:43
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^^^^ This is pretty much why I have yet to do any lace, it just scares the hell out of me, and I would never have enough patience and discipline to actually finish it.fap posted:
Hats generally don't take too much time to knit, I'm sure you'll do fine  I'm doing WIP wrestling (I have to line my ugly doctor's bag and finish a cardigan/capelet type thing), mitten medley (Endpaper mitts) and Cowl Jump or something. I'm in Team Zissou, which is the awesomest team out there, obviously!
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Aug 5, 2008 16:38
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Pile of Kittens posted:How many repeats have you done? I'll retry it, I unraveled what I had, it should have been enough to see a full diamond, but it didn't even come close. I'll retry and post pictures of what I do.
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Aug 5, 2008 18:30
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elbow posted:^^^^ This is pretty much why I have yet to do any lace, it just scares the hell out of me, and I would never have enough patience and discipline to actually finish it. Lace isn't bad! You just can't screw up. Janelle, yeah, give it another try with at least two repeats. Sometimes it just doesn't happen until you do it a couple times. Or, you can pick another pattern. That's what I do when a pattern pisses me off.
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Aug 6, 2008 00:58
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Stupid question coming up! I am knitting these and the ribbing around the wrist is loose. My hands are also super duper tiny. Do you think it'd be strange if I weaved elastic into there?
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Shnooks posted:Stupid question coming up! Some people get elastic thread in a matching color to knit into the ribbing on socks, so I don't think it would be terribly weird at all, no.
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Aug 6, 2008 03:02
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Knit and felted Warhammer 40k Ork laptop cozy. This is the most recent problem I've worked on. It's also the most complex. This was my first real project with intarsia work!  Click here for the full 1600x1200 image.
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Aug 12, 2008 03:08
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RubySprinkles posted:Knit and felted Warhammer 40k Ork laptop cozy. This is the most recent problem I've worked on. It's also the most complex. This was my first real project with intarsia work! That is so awesome. I want to make my own companion cube!
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Aug 12, 2008 03:49
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Shnooks posted:Stupid question coming up! You could do the ribbing on smaller needles or fewer stitches. Of course, I hate ripping out my knitting, so the elastic might be your solution this time. My latest-a hat made of my handspun. The pattern is Coronet. 
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Aug 12, 2008 08:56
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elbow posted:^^^^ This is pretty much why I have yet to do any lace, it just scares the hell out of me, and I would never have enough patience and discipline to actually finish it. It's really not that different than anything else - it helps to be able to "read" your knitting (like, look at the previous row and follow the chart and make sure you did it right) rather than just counting on # of stitches. I SHOULD have noticed that I was doing something wrong because I ought to have run out of stitches at the end of the row, but I guess I wasn't paying attention that one time. Now that I've fixed my little problem, I have ten rounds to go, and then the edging. If I can not make any more gently caress-ups, all I really have to worry about is running out of yarn (I swear I had another skein of this somewhere but I can't remember how many times I've joined new balls on and of course I used the really fantastic invisible felted join).
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RubySprinkles posted:Knit and felted Warhammer 40k Ork laptop cozy. This is the most recent problem I've worked on. It's also the most complex. This was my first real project with intarsia work! That looks really good, but using red for the background it would have made your laptop go faster. 
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Aug 12, 2008 21:37
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deety posted:That looks really good, but using red for the background it would have made your laptop go faster. Very true... May do that for mine. This one was for one of my boyfriend's friends. Edit: Inner grammar Nazi caught an error...
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Aug 13, 2008 00:57
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knittedsister posted:You could do the ribbing on smaller needles or fewer stitches. Of course, I hate ripping out my knitting, so the elastic might be your solution this time. After frogging Koolhaas twice, and not getting past the first non ribbed row in two days, I decided to do this as a chemo cap. Thank you, thank you. I was pulling out my hair trying to do cabling without a cable needle. I tried it with a cable needle, and couldn't read the knitting, so I kept getting lost. I guess I like bigger cables. I'm not giving up on the Koolhaas forever though. My coronet is in Malabrigo Alpine Pearl. It's very pretty. I got my yarn in the mail yesterday and I have to say it's the prettiest yarn I've ever seen. Especially the Kauni. I got the rainbow. And I also think I'm over my head again wanting to do this for my first lace project. But you never know until you try (and then promptly pull your hair out.)
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fap posted:After frogging Koolhaas twice, and not getting past the first non ribbed row in two days, I decided to do this as a chemo cap. Thank you, thank you. I was pulling out my hair trying to do cabling without a cable needle. I tried it with a cable needle, and couldn't read the knitting, so I kept getting lost. I guess I like bigger cables. I'm not giving up on the Koolhaas forever though. I'd like to do a Koolhaas someday. That's a lot of cables to track. I tried doing cables without a cable needle and I dropped stitches. It's just not worth it. I stalked you on Ravelry and I think I found your Alpine Pearl hat (http://www.ravelry.com/projects/purple1cow/coronet?). It's lovely. You should definitely go for the northern lights. It looks like a fairly simple pattern with a lot of impact.
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knittedsister posted:I'd like to do a Koolhaas someday. That's a lot of cables to track. I tried doing cables without a cable needle and I dropped stitches. It's just not worth it. I stalked you on Ravelry and I think I found your Alpine Pearl hat (http://www.ravelry.com/projects/purple1cow/coronet?). It's lovely. This is me. I haven't gone very far on the coronet, things are a little crazy right now. And I know I'm not going to be able to do the three hats I pledged for Ravelympics. Oh well.
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Aug 13, 2008 20:43
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fap posted:This is me. Oops! Well, at least you can see how your coronet will look! Here's Me. Coronet doesn't take very long, you'll have it soon.
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Aug 13, 2008 23:01
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Here are this summer's leftover yarn projects. Felted slippers ahoy!   
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I did two projects for the Ravelympics but only finished one before the deadline. I finished the cowl yesterday, but haven't blocked either of them yet. My first fair isle project:  And my first time using Noro, still not sure what I think of it. I'm really proud of myself for mastering the moebius cast-on, even if it took me 3 tries to get it right  I'm making matching fingerless mitts to go with the cowl, hopefully I can manage with the slightly less than one full skein that I have left!
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Aug 25, 2008 18:42
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Love the cowl, elbow.
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What does it mean when a pattern has an instruction at the end of a row in a parenthesis? "Row 2: (Sc, ch 2, dc) in first ch-2 sp, (ch 2, dc in next ch-2 sp) 3 times, ch 2, (dc, ch 2, dc) in last sp. (7 dc)" is the instruction, but the dc, ch 2, dc fills up the last space, where do the 7 double crotchets go?
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Sep 3, 2008 01:36
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I think it means they all go in one stitch.
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Right, but at the end I think it just means that you end up with 7 stitches. Here is a knit I made for my grandmother's 80th birthday:  Click here for the full 1310x1819 image. Excuse my belly. Grandma is about 8 inches short than me. It's made of Lion Brand wool, the kind that is 'great for felting' and therefore makes me slightly nervous. The pattern I mostly just made up, I had some kind of cable pattern that I can find if anyone wants it.
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Sep 4, 2008 16:52
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Stars, that's such a cute sweater.
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I've previously posted a picture of my first ever project, a sweater for my dog. After that I made a scarf, and just last week I finished my third project - a bag for my mom's pilates mat. This is what it was supposed to look like:  But I didn't like the colours nor the pattern particularly, so I made my own:  Here is the finished product. It's the first time I've used two colours before, so it's a bit tight in those areas, otherwise, I think it turned out alright. I had my boss crochet the shoulder strap and drawstring as I can't crochet.    
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elbow posted:I did two projects for the Ravelympics but only finished one before the deadline. I finished the cowl yesterday, but haven't blocked either of them yet. Oh those are gorgeous! I'm working on the same pattern (halfway through mitt number two) with Drops Alpaca (mmmmmmmmmmm). I wasn't man enough for the moebius cast-on, unfortunately . Once I get my camera working again I'll post pics.
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Micomicona posted:Oh those are gorgeous! I'm working on the same pattern (halfway through mitt number two) with Drops Alpaca (mmmmmmmmmmm). I wasn't man enough for the moebius cast-on, unfortunately Thanks! What colors are you using? I love browsing through the Endpaper Mitts project page to see what amazing combinations people have made. Unfortunately I discovered that one of my mitts is short one pattern repeat (  ), but after blocking you can't really tell that much, so I'm not going to fix it.You should definitely try the moebius cast-on, it's so easy! Granted, it took me 3 tries, but that was only because I didn't read the part where it said that every time you loop the yarn from under and then from above the cable, you end up with 4 stitches instead of 2. That would have been a huge cowl.
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I've knit a Le Slouch.
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Sep 11, 2008 17:36
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elbow posted:Thanks! What colors are you using? I love browsing through the Endpaper Mitts project page to see what amazing combinations people have made. I actually kind of regret my color choices: a beautiful mulberry and a dark tealy green. Both lovely colors, and lovely together in the ball, but when they're knit up there is pretty much no contrast so you can't see the pattern as well. I've fallen in love with the yarn though, and I love the mitts themselves (even without pattern definition, they fit great and look awesome), so I figure once I finish up with it I'll buy more and make another pair (mmm maybe a pumpkin orange and a cream).
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stars posted:
Beautiful! It will be fine from daily wear, just make sure she doesn't wash it in the machine or put it in the dryer. Maybe when you give it to her, give her some of that no-rinse wool wash and strict instructions to soak it and then flat dry with no aggitation. And now I will show off some of my handspun skeins, hopefully that's not too off topic for this thread:      I babble about my adventures at http://blog.grittyknits.com
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Some more felted stuff: A wine bottle bag with needle felted heart.   (Cat and wine not included.) 
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