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Spiteful posted:O, knitting gurus... I humbly seek your combined knowledge of patterns to try and find a sweater/jumper that will work with a 14ply/super bulky wool. Its for a man (I know I am tempting fate here) and he has requested something that isn't too boring, but also isn't too intricate. How intricate is too intricate? Ambitious looks nice, but it's for bulky and not super bulky yarn. It might still work if your gauge matches. I have two gifts to finish and I can't work on them because finals. 
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Still working on a cardigan for my mother from Knit Kimono 2. I'm about...1/3 of the way through the back (it's the first piece I'm doing). I started it over the summer, worked on it for like 2 days, haven't touched it since. Now that I've finished all my other Christmas projects I can pick it back up. I figure I can get it done in a week, but I injured my finger finishing my son's new Christmas stocking, so I can't really get started on my mom's sweater until it heals up. This is year #2 of me failing to finish my husband's cabled cardigan. It's maybe 1/4 of the way done, but I'm uninspired by the cable pattern, so I just can't make myself sit down and work on it.
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Dec 13, 2012 22:16
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I'm not doing any Christmas knitting.  ...I just have a zillion unfinished projects, that's all. I'm thinking of just pulling them all apart and making myself only have one thing at a time. Or maybe two. But three is right out.
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Dec 13, 2012 23:35
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So my mum promised a baby blanket for my soon to be nephew. Trouble is she is just not going to be able to make it in time, so she roped me into it. While fishing through the old knitting bag looking for some spare 4mm dpns I found this:  When I was young and wanted to learn to knit. my mum told me to start on a scarf, she asked me to pick out a colour and apparently 8 year old me liked rainbows. The whole thing is tragically bad, it starts at 50 sts, and by the point I stopped went up to over 100 as I kept picking up new stitches accidentally. The yarn ran out when I was a kid and apparently we couldn't find a replacement so it changes from rainbow wool to rainbow acrylic half way through. But dammit I wanted to finish the first thing I started over 15 years ago.  It is terrible and I really shouldn't have. But I feel so proud. In better stuff here are some of the triangles for the blanket, they are really fun and only take an hour and a half to make. Only 9 more to go.  Oh and here is a sock I made. I hate the colour but I was gifted the wool for last Christmas and might as well use it. I think it's not bad for a first sock. I'm halfway through the second. 
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Dec 13, 2012 23:50
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Wandering Knitter posted:My Mom wants a prayer shawl and I'm about 1/4 of the way through too. My problem? I've been knitting it for like a month and a half. Oy. I just don't promise big stuff to people anymore. I want to be a person who gives a lot of knitted gifts but I'm done. I gave my mom a quilt for Hanukkah last year and aughhh it took FOREVER
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Dec 13, 2012 23:52
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Sick knitting in this thread. XXXtreme. Particularly the sock.
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Dec 14, 2012 00:02
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Y Kant Ozma Post posted:Oy. I just don't promise big stuff to people anymore. I want to be a person who gives a lot of knitted gifts but I'm done. Normally I don't, but this is the first time she's ever asked for anything like that. I already warned her that it's probably going to be a birthday present at this rate.  Her birthday is mid-March.
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Dec 14, 2012 00:12
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Pssh you guys, it ain't no thing. While working more than full-time, I just knit a wide, seven-foot-long scarf in about two weeks. Using bulky yarn held double, and size 15 needles 
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Dec 14, 2012 00:15
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i like nice words
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Antinumeric posted:In better stuff here are some of the triangles for the blanket, they are really fun and only take an hour and a half to make. Only 9 more to go. Hey, cool. What's the pattern for this?
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Dec 14, 2012 00:27
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Andrias Scheuchzeri posted:Hey, cool. What's the pattern for this? It's in Shepherd Yarn Baby Shower Book 1007, Design 12, don't think I'm allow to copy the pattern up.
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Dec 14, 2012 00:42
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Anne Whateley posted:Pssh you guys, it ain't no thing. While working more than full-time, I just knit a wide, seven-foot-long scarf in about two weeks. Do you just hate life or something? The current infinity scarf thing wouldn't be quite so bad except the yarn I got keeps snagging, I should have wound it into a ball instead of just pulling it from the skein as is but I was lazy and now I'm paying the price. I have no idea why it is that I've been knitting for over 20 years and I still refuse to get a swift/ball winder/etc.
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Dec 14, 2012 00:54
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Y Kant Ozma Post posted:
I almost added one to my xmas list, but i never buy yarn in hanks except for Rhinebeck, and my LYS is cool about winding them.
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Dec 14, 2012 01:20
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Y Kant Ozma Post posted:Do you just hate life or something? I think ball winders are fun, too. I was so stoked when I got mine that I invited like half my then-S&B group over to wind all their stuff.
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Dec 14, 2012 01:27
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If there is anyone reasonably close to me (driving distance, no shipping), I have a extra swift and ball winder because my husband didn't check with my mom before he bought my presents last minute last year..  I'd be willing to part with them for a semi-reasonable amount. Shipping them back would have cost more than buying them.
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Dec 14, 2012 01:58
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Wandering Knitter posted:Normally I don't, but this is the first time she's ever asked for anything like that. I already warned her that it's probably going to be a birthday present at this rate. I promised my mom a Celtic Knot Stole for Christmas...in 2010. ...I'm a little less than halfway done.
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Dec 14, 2012 06:04
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Fooley posted:I almost added one to my xmas list, but i never buy yarn in hanks except for Rhinebeck, and my LYS is cool about winding them. I desperately need a winder, nearly everything I buy is in hanks . After hand-winding 950 yards of lace yesterday/today, I'm buying myself a drat winder.Oh god, Christmas  . I need to add about another hank's worth to this Irish Hiking Scarf Stitch Twisted Vine Neckwarmer together  And turn this small pile of letters  Into a much, much larger pile for two signs. I'm sure I can get it all done, but there's a newly wound ball of MadTosh Lace in Baltic that's calling my name, begging to be made in to Winter Thaw.
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Dec 14, 2012 06:19
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I've been working on a scarf for someone since about October. It's on US7 needles. I think it'll be done just in time for Christmas if I stop slacking. Then I have to make my boyfriend some gloves, and if I have time I'm going to make hats or something for his family, since the plan is to spend Christmas with them. 
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Dec 14, 2012 08:39
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I started a baby blanket when I got pregnant that was in the same pattern as the shawl I made for my wedding. The baby is one now... blanket is not even half done.
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Dec 14, 2012 23:46
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Wow, thank god it's not just me. Every year I watch the Yarn Harlot do more knitting in December than I have time for all year and I feel like such a well-intentioned-but-ultimately-a-failure SLACKER. I'm actually trying to learn cottage style knitting so I may too, pump out a sweater in two weeks. I won't list the insane amount of stuff I need to knit for Christmas, but I am making a hat and mittens for myself before I leave for Wisconsin for vacation... on Tuesday. While in the meantime I'm working 10+ hour days.
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Dec 15, 2012 02:58
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Yarn Harlot is so stressful to read near Christmas because she makes entire sweaters in the time it takes me to finish a scarf. I have my final present on the needles now and am freaking out about finishing it in time, not counting the million handmade cards I foolishly decided to do this year since I am broke and wanted to give something meaningful to people without spending a ton. And of course those two projects I started for myself before the holidays are looking at me from my desk...begging to be worked on...curses!!
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Dec 15, 2012 04:23
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There's a woman in my knitting club like that. So far this winter she's knitted a sweater for herself, a throw blanket for her couch, and all of her Christmas presents.  The woman is a machine.
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Dec 15, 2012 04:33
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I feel like I'm never going to finish my brown 4mm cabled jumper- I think I've just passed the halfway point on the back. The trouble is I use my hands for everything (school and typing for work) so I get finger and wrist fatigue and then I come home and look at it and remember that a row takes about 15 minutes and I just don't want to do it I nearly always have something better to do, and I'm always making absent minded mistakes and having to undo 50 stitches. Think I need to knit some socks to get me to fall back in love with knitting at all.
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Dec 15, 2012 12:48
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I'm glad to see I'm not the only notoriously slow knitter or terrible with deadlines. I finished a simple replacement hat for my sister in law months ago but figured I'd wait to gift it until Christmas or I'd never have gotten it done in time. Then I decided to pick up sewing so everyone's getting last minute sewn things, like iPad cases for the bro and SIL, and placemats for the grandmother since she's using the "good" table these days. Although I did go through periods where I was almost as bad as that human knitting machine. A large baby blanket a month, DK weight ugh. Don't miss that.
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I was hoping I could get some fibre recommendations from you fellow knitters. I have a friend I want to knit a present for a friend but unfortunately she has a gently caress ton of allergies and her skin is incredibly sensitive. Animal fibres are a big no-no so I'm trying to look for a nice synthetic or plant fibre yarn. Seeing as she can't even enjoy the really awesome soft animal yarns that there are I want to knit something pretty special. I want something quite soft and luxurious if I can find it. I have no idea if you can get silk and cotton blends but maybe something along those lines? I have been looking myself but wanted to see if anyone had anything they'd found and could vouch for.
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Dec 18, 2012 19:30
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Bamboo yarn can be very soft and unlikely to irritate someone with animal fiber allergies. Just be aware that the way it's usually spun can make a splitty and annoying yarn to work with.
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Dec 18, 2012 19:35
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Serenity Dove posted:I was hoping I could get some fibre recommendations from you fellow knitters. I have a friend I want to knit a present for a friend but unfortunately she has a gently caress ton of allergies and her skin is incredibly sensitive. Animal fibres are a big no-no so I'm trying to look for a nice synthetic or plant fibre yarn. Seeing as she can't even enjoy the really awesome soft animal yarns that there are I want to knit something pretty special. I want something quite soft and luxurious if I can find it. I have no idea if you can get silk and cotton blends but maybe something along those lines? I have been looking myself but wanted to see if anyone had anything they'd found and could vouch for. KnitPicks' Shine Worsted is nice stuff, and made of all plant material. Or if you're looking for either fingering or sport weight, they have their Comfy line, which is mostly cotton and a little acrylic.
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Amelia Song posted:KnitPicks' Shine Worsted is nice stuff, and made of all plant material. Or if you're looking for either fingering or sport weight, they have their Comfy line, which is mostly cotton and a little acrylic. Sadly even though they have the perfect colour they wont ship internationally. (I'm in the UK.) I'll probably go for bamboo cotton and keep a look out for the right colour
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Dec 19, 2012 01:40
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I thought Knitpicks went by another name in the UK? Knitpro? Either way heres a website with Knitpicks yarn in the UK http://www.greatbritishyarns.co.uk/acatalog/KnitPicks_Worsted_Weight_Yarns.html
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Dec 19, 2012 21:34
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Does anyone around here also spin? I got sick and tired of this really lovely splitty yarn and am in the process of respinning it into something I can actually use (Lion Brand Homespun, never loving use that poo poo ever unless you hate yourself). I was just kind of wondering if anyone has had an okay experience plying it, or if I should just give up the ghost and burn it all. My mother tried making a prayer shawl with it for her first knitting project, gave up, and it's been sitting around for years. I figure I might as well make something worthwhile.
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Dec 20, 2012 22:20
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Wait... you're respinning LBHomespun???
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Charmmi posted:Wait... you're respinning LBHomespun??? I'm a giant masochist with too much free time, yes. So far it seems to work pretty well! I use this tutorial: http://www.flickr.com/photos/zilliah/sets/72157624542941597/
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Dec 20, 2012 22:44
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I can see how it would be an interesting challenge but are you seriously considering respinning an entire skein of Homespun. Please share your results and findings because that would be extremely interesting. Homespun is straight up the worst and if you can improve it then there is hope for the world after all.
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Octofoot posted:Does anyone around here also spin? There's a spinning thread in this forum: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3337961
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Dec 20, 2012 23:00
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You are definitely insane. I'd rather shear the sheep myself than do that.
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I agree, that's pretty insane. It's not the first time I've heard of someone doing that though. I spin too, not nearly often enough. Stupid gainful employment.
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You know, just the other day I thought 'I haven't seen Octofoot on SA in a long time'. Now I see it's because you've gone completely insane. Godspeed. 
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MORE KNIT CHAT I made the scarf shown in this article for a friend: http://seattletimes.com/html/homegarden/2013225684_halloweencraft22.html?prmid=related_stories_section I don't have the horrible Twilight-themed knitting book, so I just started in red and transitioned to black via intarsia. At one point I was juggling 17 little tiny balls of yarn. I wanted to die. It took me two years to drag myself through this project and finally get it off my favorite bamboo size 8s.
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Dec 21, 2012 20:31
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So I just finished this and I'm wondering now how to go about blocking it. Fold it in half as shown below and pin it down? Hang it somehow and weight it? I'm also annoyed that one of the garter stitch edge bands keeps flipping up, which is why I'm leaning toward fold and pin. Any suggestions?
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Dec 22, 2012 02:00
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For stuff like that I usually fold in half and pin. Heck, that's how I do square shawls too big to block anywhere in my tiny apartment, it should work for a cowl.
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Finished object post: Elegant Cable Scarf Unfortunately its a bit short, although I'll probably get some more length if I block. Not that I wear scarves anyway.
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