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Firequirks posted:
Some pooling is awesome, like on that scarf. But I swear to God every time I get yarn that has splashes of white in it I always get all of the white in one large ugly blob. 
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I like pooling usually. I mean, when you look at a really pretty hank of handdyed yarn what do you see? Not colors all jumbled up together, but big blobs. Usually, anyway. I like that pooled items look more like the skein. Whereas, if all the colors get totally jumbled up, to me it looks like cat sick. That said, it's NOT an effect I'd want on anything other than socks, a hat, or a scarf type object. I have no idea why people make whole sweaters out of that type of stuff. It's just too distracting for a sweater. For me, anyway.
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Feb 3, 2010 20:50
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Fionnoulla posted:
I have two copies of Knitting With Balls; people think "oh hey, Notgothic knits and is a boy, perfect!" Assuming I can find the second one, I don't see why I couldn't mail it to you, Drei (if you're in the US). I'll take a look through my room for it this evening. Most of the patterns are interesting, the only really dire one I can remember off the top of my head is this vest. That said, I didn't learn to knit from it (I just asked this girl I was interested in at the time if she would teach me). So I can't say if it's a good teacher or not. Hats are by far my favorite thing to make, something about knitting in the round with dpns just makes me say "this is awesome". I don't know if that's a man-thing or a me-thing, but I would always suggest moving on to hats ASAP. Notgothic fucked around with this message at 22:57 on Feb 3, 2010 |
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Feb 3, 2010 22:11
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Notgothic posted:I have two copies of Knitting With Balls; people think "oh hey, Notgothic knits and is a boy, perfect!" Assuming I can find the second one, I don't see why I couldn't mail it to you, Drei (if you're in the US). I'll take a look through my room for it this evening. Most of the patterns are interesting, the only really dire one I can remember off the top of my head is this vest. That said, I didn't learn to knit from it (I just asked this girl I was interested in at the time if she would teach me). So I can't say if it's a good teacher or not. That's kind of you, but I'm actually in Canada. I think I've seen the book at my university bookstore so next time I'm in there I'll have a looksie. Thanks for the rec, though! Re: pooling - I like the effect quite a bit in the scarf which is nice a big, so it almost looks like striping along the bias. I can see why someone might not like a big honking splotch of color on their sock, though. Also I'm a fairly loose knitter so had I gone down a size on my needles I'd probably end up with something different.
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Feb 4, 2010 00:14
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Fionnoulla posted:Funny you should bring that up, my mom just spent the afternoon with some of her quilting friends. One of them is a dude-knitter who only comes to the quilting poo poo cause he's accompanying his wife. Anyway, they got talking about knitting and my mother said something about my husband wanting to learn (but NOT from me, because I don't know why...maybe he's afraid I'll laugh at him?). Anyway, the dude recommended the book Knitting With Balls by Michael Del Vecchio. Hat Heads, by Trond Anfinnsen. My mom gave me this book for Christmas and it's written by a dude and is great for beginners. There are two downsides: it's only hats, and the hat patterns seem to focus more on colorwork than real patterns for the most part. There are a couple cool ones in there, like one with a spiral rib, but most of it is just colorwork, which is pretty irritating to me because I make my own patterns for color. I'd recommend checking it out of the library rather than buying it. I kind of wish I could return this and get an actual knitting book, but it would be fantastic for someone who hasn't been knitting for years and years.
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Feb 4, 2010 00:36
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Dancing Ewe Yarns is having a sale thursday, friday and saturday! 25% off all yarns. 
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Feb 4, 2010 06:06
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madlilnerd posted:No worries. I don't have a problem with imperial measurements because all my tape measures have inches on the back, but none of my needles have dual labelling except my 9mm Brittanys. Don't feel like a schmuck, writing a pattern is a lot of work so you've done really well just to get it done in the first place. Sorry for the abbreviations! I was typing from my notes and wasn't paying attention. Inc means increase and kfb is knit front and back. I'm really excited to see finished squids! Y'all make me feel so special. I made a little eyepatch for Ol' Salty since he said he was embarrassed that I posted pics of him with his missing eye. Here's a pic of him with his buddy Alexander Fairchilde.  Click here for the full 1600x1200 image. fake edit: yeah this project will make your hands really sore. When I was finishing it last week I tried to do a finish-up-marathon-tentacle-knit and I regret it. actual edit: edit for table rape another edit: I'm really glad i was directed over to this thread. I'm still working on reading it all the way through but so far I've learned a ton! I've never really discussed knitting with anyone so this is a great opportunity to learn terms and stuff about needles and things! I think I like the metal ones cause they make a clink clink sound and they're cold when you pick them up. I'm not sure that's the right reason to prefer them, though ): Blackish Sheep fucked around with this message at 19:33 on Feb 4, 2010 |
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Feb 4, 2010 19:27
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Hahaha the little squid is so cute.
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Blackish Sheep posted:fake edit: yeah this project will make your hands really sore. When I was finishing it last week I tried to do a finish-up-marathon-tentacle-knit and I regret it. Oh boy. The tentacles. Pfft. I think this squid race may have gotten a flat tire already (this is also partly due to the fact I'm supposed to be doing all this other arty-farty poo poo to top up my portfolio). Maybe he will be a one legged squid. I love the noise metal needles make too! A friend of mine found it really soothing and used to ask me to knit when she was having problems sleeping so she could drift off to the gentle click-clack 
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Feb 5, 2010 00:16
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Blackish Sheep posted:I think I like the metal ones cause they make a clink clink sound and they're cold when you pick them up. I'm not sure that's the right reason to prefer them, though ): People like them for other reasons? 
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Feb 5, 2010 00:29
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Good point.
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Feb 5, 2010 02:20
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I've finished all the hansigurumi cephalopods! It only took me a year and a half or so. The dumbo octopus is the fastest and probably second easiest of the lot.  This guy is getting traded for some silk screenin'. I tried to make him look like this one: 
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Feb 5, 2010 04:22
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TauntTheOctopi posted:I've finished all the hansigurumi cephalopods! It only took me a year and a half or so. The dumbo octopus is the fastest and probably second easiest of the lot. I've been wanting to order those patterns for awhile now but I'm too poor! I'm so jealous! They're just adorable!!! Wonderful job!
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Feb 5, 2010 06:52
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TauntTheOctopi posted:I've finished all the hansigurumi cephalopods! It only took me a year and a half or so. The dumbo octopus is the fastest and probably second easiest of the lot.  Blackish Sheep, I've totally downloaded that octopus pattern. Awesome. 
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Feb 5, 2010 14:10
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What happened to the Hansigurumi Etsy store? I've really wanted to purchase some of her patterns but the shop has been empty so long I'm beginning to lose hope. Is there somewhere else I can purchase them? 
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Feb 5, 2010 16:42
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Scooty Puff Jr. posted:What happened to the Hansigurumi Etsy store? I've really wanted to purchase some of her patterns but the shop has been empty so long I'm beginning to lose hope. Ravelry! http://www.ravelry.com/designers/hansi-singh
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Feb 5, 2010 18:18
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Aw, yus! Thank you so much! Is there anything ravelry can't do? For content: I am doing a strange thing with my sock knitting. I am knitting a pair of socks for myself and a pair for my boyfriend (we are sock junkies.) I've knit one for myself, now I'm going to knit one of his. Then one of mine. Then one of his. Both pairs are from Cookie A.'s new book "Sock Innovation" which my mom refers to as "Sock Porn" I'm knitting Eunice for myself: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/eunice out of Dream in Color Knitosophy Sock Yarn And Sam for him: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/sam-5 out of Noro Silk Garden Sock. I moved to Vancouver about 5 months ago and the yarn stores here are fabulous! Though quite spread out, which is lame for us public transit-takers.
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Feb 6, 2010 03:33
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Scooty Puff Jr. posted:What happened to the Hansigurumi Etsy store? I've really wanted to purchase some of her patterns but the shop has been empty so long I'm beginning to lose hope. She's also published a book: http://www.amazon.com/Amigurumi-Knits-Patterns-Cute-Mini/dp/1589234359/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1265424361&sr=8-1
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Feb 6, 2010 03:46
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I just bought the pattern for Hansigurumi's Dumbo Octopus tonight and so far I have 3 arms done. Its looking pretty good so far! The colours I chose arent exactly fantastic because all I have is some dollar store cotton that I used to learn to crochet. Hopefully I will be able to get it done this week and finally have a finished project!
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Feb 6, 2010 04:05
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Hansigurumi has a book, too, by the way I bought it at work one day on a whim. I haven't made anything in it yet though.
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Feb 6, 2010 14:56
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okay, this is driving me batty. I have a small bag that's 24 stitches in a circle. I want to knit a flat bottom but I can't figure out how to decrease it. Everything I've tried just results in a pointy bottom instead. Can anyone help?
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Feb 6, 2010 23:46
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There's a formula for knitting flat circles - it's an EZ thing - I think the rule is every time your row number doubles you double your stitch count? So if you were knitting from the center out it would be row 1: 8 stitches, row 2 16 stitches, row 4, 32 stitches, row 8 64... So if you could do that in reverse for decreasing it should work.
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Feb 7, 2010 00:51
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I finished my Dumbo Octopus! I'm actually really proud of myself for finishing it. The first arm I made was...I dont know what the gently caress, but after I got the hang of wrap and twist and stopped knitting as tight as a Catholic school girl it was smooth sailing!. He has a couple of flaws but for the most part hes alright. I dont have a darning needle so I cant finish the fine points but I'll pick one up when I go to work on Monday. Here is a picture of him (sorry about the quality): 
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I finally managed to take pictures of my knitting efforts so far in 2010 AND figure out how to upload pictures without the stupid camera cable which is apparently hibernating for the winter. January socks #1: pattern is Kristi, from Cookie A's book "Sock Innovation". I LOVE THESE TO DEATH. It almost seems a shame to put them on feet. Yarn is Dream In Color Smooshy in the colorway "Pansey Golightly"  Click here for the full 768x1024 image.  Click here for the full 768x1024 image. And January socks #2: This is a free pattern from Knitty called "Blackrose". Very nice, easy pattern. I wanted something I could memorize and carry around with me, since that obviously wasn't going to work with the Kristis. Sadly, I did not manage to memorize the lace pattern until the second to last repeat. Sigh. Yarn is Cherry Tree Hill Supersock and the colorway is apparently "water" (what?). Free yarn from my sister in law.  Click here for the full 1024x768 image.  Click here for the full 768x1024 image. And the madness continues with February socks #1: Gentleman's Fancy Socks from "Knitting Vintage Socks" and the yarn is Malabrigo sock in "Archangel". More impressive in real life, it looks like it's on fire, seriously.  Click here for the full 1024x768 image.
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What did you think of the pattern for the Kristi's? Enjoyable? I'm thinking about hitting those up once I finish the few pairs I mentioned above. (And find a nice kettle dyed solid)
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Scooty Puff Jr. posted:What did you think of the pattern for the Kristi's? Enjoyable? It's fine if you don't mind charts! At first I was like "holy poo poo this chart is burning my eyeballs" but after a repeat or two I had all the cable crossings memorized and I didn't have to translate anything. I used post-its to keep track of what row I was on. I really liked knitting them, and honestly it's pretty shocking that I knit both of them in 23 days. Usually I knit 3/4s of one sock and then wait six months to finish and start the second.
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Bob Shadycharacter posted:I used post-its to keep track of what row I was on. I use jellybeans! My sister has a huge jar of jellybeans and I'll lay them out in a nice little pile. When I finish a row, I eat one. When I eat the last jellybean, I'm done. It is fun
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Look Under The Rock posted:I use jellybeans! My sister has a huge jar of jellybeans and I'll lay them out in a nice little pile. When I finish a row, I eat one. When I eat the last jellybean, I'm done. It is fun Heee. That is definitely more fun than a row counter...I may have to steal that idea for the current socks because apparently I can't count rows correctly when it keeps changing from knit to purl.  Seriously I thought I would go insane the first few rows of that chart. EVERY stitch was something on the chart, there was no "ok just knit the next five" or anything like that. And no "knit every stitch" rounds. Totally worth it though.
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Feb 7, 2010 04:06
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Blackish Sheep posted:I didn't know whether I ought to make a separate thread for this or just post it here so I'm doing both. Um, I am totally loving the hell out of this, it's the perfect project to use up the glow in the dark I've got lying around. I've finished the head and I'm working on the tentacles now. Petey will soon have a radioactive friend!
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So my hat has a friend now: The Half-Assed Diagonal Scrap Scarf   It's only about 3 1/2 feet long, a fact partly determined by the amount of scrap yarn I had (and I didn't have nearly enough of the blues left over to make a full scarf out of it, hence the brown triangles). Plus it covers the essentials in this recent blizzard and since I was stuck inside for the better part of today I just whipped it up. Altogether took less than 2 hours work-time.
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Look Under The Rock posted:I use jellybeans! My sister has a huge jar of jellybeans and I'll lay them out in a nice little pile. When I finish a row, I eat one. When I eat the last jellybean, I'm done. It is fun I use dice! Either my d6 or d20, depending on the pattern! ...God I am such a nerd.
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Feb 7, 2010 05:50
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Bob Shadycharacter, those socks are gorgeous! Very impressive.
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Scooty Puff Jr. posted:I moved to Vancouver about 5 months ago and the yarn stores here are fabulous! Though quite spread out, which is lame for us public transit-takers. Welcome to the city! Have any preferred LYS so far? (The correct answer is Urban Yarns) . I don't know if you're signed up for our newsletter, but if you haven't skipped town to avoid the Olympics shenanigans the owner is keeping the Point Grey store open late to watch the torch pass by next Thursday, and there will be wine and such (not that I encourage knitting or especially yarn shopping while drunk, but I;m sure my boss does!)
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That reminds me actually, any good LYS in Melbourne? Knitmap doesn't have very many and it's hard to tell whether any of them are any good.
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Shnooks posted:Hansigurumi has a book, too, by the way The garlic in that book is nice for a cat toy, and super-quick to make. I'm working on the octopus from it right now, which isn't too hard except starting the mantle: four stitches on four dpns, and a bunch of increases I'd never done before. I understand why it's that way, but it was still a huge pain in the rear end.
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Ruggedor posted:Um, I am totally loving the hell out of this, it's the perfect project to use up the glow in the dark I've got lying around. I've finished the head and I'm working on the tentacles now. Petey will soon have a radioactive friend! I'm on my second tentacle  It's not so hard, the bloody thing just keeps twisting about realistically as it grows. I think I might fold it up and clip it in place with a bulldog clip.PROTIP: I sewed up salty's head and use it as a handy pouch for head flaps and tentacles! Also I'm kinda cheating as my squid will be a little smaller. This is because I had a ton of DK acrylic around, which usually knits up on 4mms, so I'm knitting it on 3.25mm so it's tight enough to avoid innards spillage. If I got hold of some bigger DPNs, I might make a huge rainbow chunky squid out of blanket leftovers though... hmm...
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I finished a pair of mittens, they are pretty unimpressive when compared to the awesomeness of the last few pages. Pattern is here. Midnight Sun fucked around with this message at 16:21 on Feb 7, 2010 |
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Feb 7, 2010 15:26
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elbow posted:That reminds me actually, any good LYS in Melbourne? Knitmap doesn't have very many and it's hard to tell whether any of them are any good. Morris and Sons is on Collins St and has a really nice range of classes and products. Wondoflex is in Malvern and has a really cool clearance center which is open on Fri/Sat with some horribly cheap yarns. It's great to know someone else is local
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Drei posted:Welcome to the city! Have any preferred LYS so far? (The correct answer is Urban Yarns) Aw, sweet, another Vancouverite! So far I most often go to the Urban Yarns in Edgemont Village since I'm in North Van, but for a special treat I'll sometimes hoof it out to Point Grey, or to Main Street for Three Bags Full, which is also pretty sweet, if not a little overwhelming. (Plus they have Rowan Felted Tweed Aran which I've been dying to try)
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