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Finished my Akimbo shawl! http://ravel.me/Media/a1 From now on I'm going to have to start paying attention to changing needle size. This scarf cost like $60 to make. :|
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Blue_monday posted:Finished my Akimbo shawl! http://ravel.me/Media/a1 I really like those colors together. I hate knitting this week. I didn't finish my socks yet and then I tried to try them on to see where the toe should go and they won't go on my stupid fat foot. What the hell? Stupid socks!
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May 3, 2010 14:22
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I need some suggestions for patterns to use up my LARGE stash of 8ply and DK wool. Also if anyone knows of a good simple sweater that is knitted in 2x2 ribbing (I knitted something in a dk with that ribbing and it was so warm and snuggly)! Also I keep meaning to post this pattern because... ok, there is no good reason for posting it unless you wanted a festive bonnet in fancy yarn : http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/festive-winter-bonnet
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May 3, 2010 14:24
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Blue_monday posted:Finished my Akimbo shawl! http://ravel.me/Media/a1 There's a little voice in my head wanting to know if you blocked that. I do so love the colour choices. :3
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For shawls, I've had my eye on Gail, Luna Moth, and Shipwreck. I also just cast on Juno Regina using this   Click here for the full 881x661 image. Some other recent projects:  Click here for the full 855x642 image. Lumiruusu  Click here for the full 881x661 image. Octopus from Amigurumi Knits
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May 7, 2010 08:22
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Lumiruusu looks stunning, and may give me something to do once I finished the Vernal Equinox shawl. How did the octopus go? I have a chronic disorder where I can't finish any single amigurumi/stuffed animal ever.
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May 7, 2010 16:58
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Izzy posted:For shawls, I've had my eye on Gail, Luna Moth, and Shipwreck. I've made Gail, and while the end result was great, if you're going to knit it then for the love of god use the unchart. The original charted pattern is a chore to figure out. Also, your octopus is adorable. 
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May 7, 2010 18:13
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Izzy posted:
That is awesome. Your stitches are so even! When I finish my current project (men's sweater made from sock yarn and 2 1/2 pt needles, yes I am insane) I am going to have to pick up that book and give a shot at that. How big is it when it's finished?
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May 7, 2010 20:49
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Genpei Turtle posted:That is awesome. Your stitches are so even! When I finish my current project (men's sweater made from sock yarn and 2 1/2 pt needles, yes I am insane) I am going to have to pick up that book and give a shot at that. How big is it when it's finished? I'm with you on the insanity--I'm doing a stranded sock yarn lady's cardigan that's steeked and goes down to about midthigh. Oh dear.
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May 7, 2010 21:44
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What the hell can you knit with Paton's Grace yarn?  I'd do lace, but it's so...stiff? And twists up easily. And and and...Holy wow that octopus is the cutest thing evar. I love octopi, have a lot of books on them.
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May 8, 2010 01:02
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I've got a $150 order that just shipped from yarn.com I'm so pissed I didnt realize that the Malabrigo lace was only 470 yards 
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May 8, 2010 02:05
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So, I want to knit a pillow with an intarsia design on it, and I'd like to do it in as few pieces as possible. I don't want to double knit it because I don't want the colors to be reversed on one side. Would I be able to cast on provisionally, knit through the chart, knit through the chart again instead of casting off, and then when I finish the chart the second time graft the live stitches to the cast on? After that, I should be able to just shove the pillow form in and sew up the sides, right? I think it'd work, but I still feel like there's something I'm missing. Maybe I'd have to turn the chart upside down that second time, I dunno. Help?
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May 8, 2010 03:34
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I'm a newbie knitter, and am trying DPNs for the first time. I want to make http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/hempathy-h20-tote but I'm having a hell of a time getting started. I can't even get 2 rows done without freaking out and starting all over. I think it's the thin yarn, and the tight circle that gets me. Should I practice first with more cast on stitches? Or maybe with larger needles? Or should I just try to get the darn thing started for the umpteenth time and just press thru it.
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May 8, 2010 03:36
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Meow Cadet posted:I'm a newbie knitter, and am trying DPNs for the first time. I want to make http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/hempathy-h20-tote but I'm having a hell of a time getting started. I can't even get 2 rows done without freaking out and starting all over. I think it's the thin yarn, and the tight circle that gets me. I adore dpns, but I'll admit those first few rows are fiddly. My first row ALWAYS has a huge gap between the beginning and end of the round. Other than just being patient and not freaking out that it's not as tight as it seems it should be, there isn't much for it. It gets so smooth after those first few rounds. Try tightening the first and second stitch at each new needle. The really important thing is making sure you aren't loosing stitches as you go on, which is why I prefer wood to metal--that bit of extra grip they offer really makes a difference getting started.
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May 8, 2010 03:41
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FelicityGS posted:I adore dpns, but I'll admit those first few rows are fiddly. My first row ALWAYS has a huge gap between the beginning and end of the round. Other than just being patient and not freaking out that it's not as tight as it seems it should be, there isn't much for it. It gets so smooth after those first few rounds. Try tightening the first and second stitch at each new needle. The really important thing is making sure you aren't loosing stitches as you go on, which is why I prefer wood to metal--that bit of extra grip they offer really makes a difference getting started. I am using clover bamboo needles. I don't really have anything to compare them to (except the crappy boyle metal ones that came with my "teach yourself to knit" pamphlet) but I like them.
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May 8, 2010 03:44
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FelicityGS posted:Lumiruusu looks stunning, and may give me something to do once I finished the Vernal Equinox shawl. How did the octopus go? I have a chronic disorder where I can't finish any single amigurumi/stuffed animal ever. Gently Used Coat posted:I've made Gail, and while the end result was great, if you're going to knit it then for the love of god use the unchart. The original charted pattern is a chore to figure out. Genpei Turtle posted:That is awesome. Your stitches are so even! When I finish my current project (men's sweater made from sock yarn and 2 1/2 pt needles, yes I am insane) I am going to have to pick up that book and give a shot at that. How big is it when it's finished?
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May 8, 2010 04:06
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Izzy posted:Oh my God I love you so hard for this link. My main obstacle to starting was the fact that I couldn't make heads or tails of that chart. What yarn did you use for yours? Yeah, charts are supposed to make things easier, but not this time!  I used Knitpicks Palette. It's an all right yarn, not too luxurious though. Although, looking at it now, the Tidepool Heather color looks like it'd work really well for the peacock theme the shawl's got going on.
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May 8, 2010 04:19
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Meow Cadet posted:Well, there's only 6 cast on stitches, so there's only 2 stitches per needle when I start. I have a feeling that's my problem, it's just so darn tight. I can't get a handle on what I'm doing before I have to switch to a new needle. That really likely is it. I have a set of 4" dpn's that I eventually got specifically for thumbs and tiny stuff. It's another one of those just plow through it till it gets comfortable. Those first few rows are the hardest.
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May 8, 2010 04:33
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Gently Used Coat posted:Yeah, charts are supposed to make things easier, but not this time!
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May 8, 2010 05:12
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Meow Cadet posted:Well, there's only 6 cast on stitches, so there's only 2 stitches per needle when I start. I have a feeling that's my problem, it's just so darn tight. I can't get a handle on what I'm doing before I have to switch to a new needle. It's extremely tough to knit in the round with dpns on such a small number of stitches - even if you've been doing it for a while! You could try starting with waste yarn, knitting flat for a few rows, then pulling it into a circle and switching to the main yarn. It's easier with some foundation. Then when you're all done you can pull out the waste yarn and sew up the live stitches.
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May 8, 2010 15:17
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Can anyone help me with a pattern I'm working on? I've having a complete brainfart here on what to do next. Basically I'm starting an armhole steek on a sweater. From the pattern I can visualize what it's supposed to look like (sorta) but I can't figure out how to do it. At the moment it's just one giant tube knitted in the round. The pattern says: Place the first st of rnd a safety pin [left underarm st]; with alt colours as for next rnd of chart cast on 4 steek sts and mark the first st cast on for beg of rnd; with darker colour cast on 1 edge st Then you go around until you get to the middle of the round, cast on another 8 steek stitches surrounded by edge stitches, until you get to the end where you cast on another edge + four stitches to complete the steek you started at the beginning. Am I supposed to knit one and put a safety pin on it or put the safety pin on the first stitch of the previous round (ie the one I'd be about to knit) And when it tells me to "cast on steek stitches" does that just mean I should add a few new stitches onto my right needle?
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May 8, 2010 18:29
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I think what you're meant to do is place the one stitch on a safety pin before you knit it, cast on 4 new stitches, and carry on. The cast on is exactly that--you're adding new stitches, and you'll knit those as you go on. A pretty good resource as to how this is meant to look, Eunny's Steeking Chronicles are pretty useful--just be prepared to see lots of things being cut.
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May 8, 2010 20:04
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Genpei, you are braver than I. Steeking terrifies me. I just can't get past the fact that I'm cutting my knitting. 
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May 8, 2010 20:11
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Gently Used Coat posted:So, I want to knit a pillow with an intarsia design on it, and I'd like to do it in as few pieces as possible. I don't want to double knit it because I don't want the colors to be reversed on one side. Would I be able to cast on provisionally, knit through the chart, knit through the chart again instead of casting off, and then when I finish the chart the second time graft the live stitches to the cast on? After that, I should be able to just shove the pillow form in and sew up the sides, right? If you don't turn the chart upside down to do the second side, the design will be upside down on that side. As it's pretty unlikely that both sides will be on show at the same time, it doesn't matter if one is upside down. It's not like a bag where it would matter, it's a cushion So yeah, just knit it as a huge rectangle and sew the pad in place. I don't understand why you want to graft live stitches onto your cast on, you can just knit until you've got a rectangle big enough (remember to give yourself a centimetre or 2 for seams!), cast off, and then fold it over the form and sew round the 3 open sides.
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madlilnerd posted:If you don't turn the chart upside down to do the second side, the design will be upside down on that side. As it's pretty unlikely that both sides will be on show at the same time, it doesn't matter if one is upside down. It's not like a bag where it would matter, it's a cushion Yeah, I might have been overthinking it a bit with the cast on thing. Thanks!
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FelicityGS posted:I think what you're meant to do is place the one stitch on a safety pin before you knit it, cast on 4 new stitches, and carry on. The cast on is exactly that--you're adding new stitches, and you'll knit those as you go on. A pretty good resource as to how this is meant to look, Eunny's Steeking Chronicles are pretty useful--just be prepared to see lots of things being cut. Great, thanks! I did what you suggested, and it seemed OK, but after doing a few rows I noticed that now I have a big weird hole thing where the steek stitches are. Basically it seems like the cast on stitches are creating a hole because there aren't corresponding stitches below them. Is this normal or am I doing it wrong? I'd like to figure it out before I go any further while it won't be too much of a pain to have to go back. Edit: That's a crappy description now that I read it. Here's a picture that may explain things better: 
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May 9, 2010 00:31
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I don't see it, but you do have the stitch there on the safety pin still? I'd assume so, since I don't see a big run away of stitches. Otherwise, because you're adding extra stitches--4 is wider than 1--then yeah, it's gonna look a bit funny. When you graft/three needle bindoff/do what you're meant to for the sleeve, that'll disappear. Right now, it's just the extra fabric that's doing it.
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May 9, 2010 00:36
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FelicityGS posted:I don't see it, but you do have the stitch there on the safety pin still? I'd assume so, since I don't see a big run away of stitches. I do, but it's not in the picture--it's on the other side. I only had the one safety pin so just picture the stitch on the far left side of the hole as having the pin. (It will eventually as soon as I get another ne) Or was I supposed to keep that one stitch on the safety pin as a holder separate from the work?
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Genpei Turtle posted:I do, but it's not in the picture--it's on the other side. I only had the one safety pin so just picture the stitch on the far left side of the hole as having the pin. (It will eventually as soon as I get another ne) I have never done steeks but I'm almost positive that it usually involves putting several stitches on hold at the bottom. It seems odd to me to have the bottom of the sleeve part consist of a single stitch even. Not saying you're wrong but it's odd. Like this, see: http://www.eunnyjang.com/knit/2006/01/the_steeking_chronicles_puttin.html It's just like when you do sleeves without a steek - they almost always start with "bind off four stitches" or five or whatever - the bottom of every sleeve hole I've seen is flat like that. EDIT: The hole is definitely not a problem! You'll sew the sleeve in there and there won't be a hole. Just to clarify!
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Bob Shadycharacter posted:I have never done steeks but I'm almost positive that it usually involves putting several stitches on hold at the bottom. It seems odd to me to have the bottom of the sleeve part consist of a single stitch even. Not saying you're wrong but it's odd. Hmm...it is a little strange. I think you may be right. It definitely does only consist of a single stitch though. Further in the work the neck steek definitely will be put on a holder. Oh well, it's certainly not something that's hard to undo!
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May 9, 2010 02:55
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21 days till the wedding, and I've finished the main body of the Crown Prince Shawl! (better pictures to follow, I promise) I am not knitting the canopy now, we've moved the wedding location, but I am working on a veil. Yeah.
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May 9, 2010 04:33
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Amykinz posted:21 days till the wedding, and I've finished the main body of the Crown Prince Shawl! My god, it's full of nupps. (GORGEOUS. That one is on my list for some day. Some very distant day).
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May 9, 2010 12:36
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Amykinz posted:21 days till the wedding, and I've finished the main body of the Crown Prince Shawl!  Seconding Bob. That is beautiful.
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May 9, 2010 19:56
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I finished two projects with aardvarklet's yarn: I THINK I put them in our ravelry group.
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So I did some stupid things the other night, came home, and threw up over a good portion of my stash. Is there any good way to clean unknit yarn? I've got about 6 balls (many consisting of multiple skeins) of Caron Simply Soft that are now unclean and it represents a significant portion of a few projects I'm in the middle of, so if I can get away with not having to replace it that would be wonderful.
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Son of a bitch, sorry about that gigantic image. I just now noticed it. I suck. I don't know if there's a better way but my solution would be to unwind the balls and soak in woolite. But it's not the washing part that will suck- it's the drying. I wonder if you could tie a knot in the end and put it in tumble dry low and just check on it frequently?
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I think when something like that happens, you're supposed to rinse off the chunks, wind it in skeins (like, the big circles tied off in a few places), wash and soak thoroughly, then let it dry that way. I have no idea how well that would work with an acrylic, but at this point you don't have a lot to lose by trying.
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Anne Whateley posted:I think when something like that happens, you're supposed to rinse off the chunks, wind it in skeins (like, the big circles tied off in a few places), wash and soak thoroughly, then let it dry that way. I have no idea how well that would work with an acrylic, but at this point you don't have a lot to lose by trying. I've washed reclaimed acrylic yarn like this and it's worked really well, just make sure you dry it completely out before rewinding. I unwound it around a chair back and I think I used Dr. Bronner's magic soap diluted in water. It'll take a good amount of time, but it can be done. Also, the image of a girl coming home from a wild night partying and puking on her knitting stash is pretty funny  , good luck.
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Ozma posted:Son of a bitch, sorry about that gigantic image. I just now noticed it. I suck. When I used to spin/dye wool I would turn it into a skein/big old loop (can't remember the real name) and hang it on a coat hanger outside with something weighing it down. I find that keeps the yarn nice and straight.
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Ozma posted:I finished two projects with aardvarklet's yarn: I THINK I put them in our ravelry group. Nice! I see them! How did you like knitting Summit? I'm eventually going to try that one when I get the urge to knit again. And how was the Tulare to knit with?
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