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Shnooks posted:Just finished this hat oo! nice. What pattern/what yarn did you use? That yellow is fabulous, and it's got a really cool sheen to it! Micomicona fucked around with this message at 00:44 on Jan 24, 2008 |
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It's a big basic slouchy beret. I'm thinking of putting a giant button on it. Sorry about the crappy camera.
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Leon Belmont posted:I don't know if this site was posted or not but it's pretty helpful. My God, I love that site. An excellent (the best?) online resource for free patterns. The site is a compilation of just about every site, and so has a very diverse pattern selection--everything from little funfur nordic barbie sweaters to a knitted companion cube.
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Feb 13, 2008 03:16
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deety posted:A big benefit of using circulars for something wide is that your project ends up mostly resting in your lap, so your wrists and forearms aren't supporting the whole weight of it. Yeah--I'm knitting a shawl on a pair of circulars, and man alive--as it gets bigger I get more thankful that I am using circulars.
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Feb 22, 2008 10:32
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jomiel posted:Beginning of my first sock: No shame in thickly-gauged socks! they make your feet exceptionally warm 
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Mar 1, 2008 11:10
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Midnight Sun posted:Remember, boys and girls: Always label your left over yarn! Or else, you'll encounter felting disasters like this: Well, I guess on the plus side you've got a cool little elf-boot foldover effect going on there...
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Mar 17, 2008 21:39
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Anne Whateley posted:What fun pattern would incorporate some new stuff and be a step more difficult, without taking forever to knit up? I've done tons of scarves (because rectangles are easy), and I'm not really interested in socks (I'm scared of 'em, too). Bags are a good idea, and so are mittens (if you don't live in mitten climes, you can make some fingerless mittens, which are easy and can pretty much be as simple or complicated as you wish). But don't fear socks! socks are wonderful projects, useful, portable, ridiculously fast to knit up, and not so scary as they seem. Plus, you get to knit with like five needles at once and feel like a total yarn badass, and who doesn't like handknitted socks? You can start out knitting a pair in worsted weight something, and use them as house slippers. Check out this site, which outlines the whole sock process with pictures and everything and holds your hand through the construction of a simple plain sock.
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Apr 22, 2008 17:28
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Does anyone have any reccomended knitting blogs or anything? there's knitty, of course, and I used to read Eunny Jang, but it is sadly ended as she is now in charge of actual publications. There's a bunch of people who knit and write about it on the internet, but most of them are crazy people. There's one woman out there who makes hat patterns, and they are all about her boyfriend. I didn't even know you could write a knitting pattern about your boyfriend, but there you go.
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Apr 24, 2008 01:15
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Kalista posted:Oh man, I could just post out my entire blog feed for you, but then I'd look like a huge dork. So, my favorites are: Bob Shadycharacter posted:I recently discovered and am obsessed with TechKnitting : http://techknitting.blogspot.com/ My God... It's beautiful... Thanks everyone, this is perfect!
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Apr 28, 2008 08:24
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Midnight Sun posted:My latest project; a mohair wrap. If you want to keep your sanity, don't knit with hairy yarn! true dat. Back when I started knitting, I got sick of scarves and decided to learn how to knit lace! So I picked some ridiculously complicated pattern (all sorts of crazy cast ons, didn't know how to read charts, etc), and some tiny laceweight fluffy pink mohair (what was I thinking? I dont like pink or fluffy!) and started along my merry way before getting SO FRUSTRATED. To add insult to injury, mohair is super hard/impossible to frog, especially if you suck at knitting, so I just ended up throwing what I had used away...
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May 8, 2008 22:05
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Midnight Sun posted:This is a fugly nest tote: Oh! is that knitted or crocheted? I've been looking for a pattern for a knit bag like that for ages (I came into a bunch of kitchen cotton, and one can only make SO MANY WASHCLOTHS)
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May 11, 2008 17:31
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Midnight Sun posted:It's knitted, the pattern is here. Elisa's Nest Tote from the purl bee. Oh my god, perfect! This is just what I've been looking for. Thanks! I will post pictues when I'm done.
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May 11, 2008 21:31
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oh my god that octopus is amazing!!!
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Jun 16, 2008 01:29
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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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Sep 9, 2008 08:10
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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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Sep 11, 2008 18:44
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Midnight Sun posted:Some more felted stuff: A wine bottle bag with needle felted heart. the GIANT WINE COZY DWARFS THE SURROUNDING FLORA AND FAUNA But no seriously, it looks awesome! Cute cat, too. I'm afraid of felting, though I'm not sure why because from what I have heard it is pretty forgiving.
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Wheats posted:Whoa, that's way less expensive than I expected. My biggest issue with buying online would be cost, but maybe it won't be such a problem. Thank you so much! Yeah, usually I am very wary of buying yarn online (how can you tell it is nice without touching!?!) but I have had excellent luck with knitpicks. the yarn is quite nice, and the price is certainly right!
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Z Is Overrated posted:
I've been knitting for four years, and I only just blocked something yesterday (granted, I'm mostly all into socks and other small things, which don't need blocking as much) and that was only because it is lace and really really needs to be blocked. Even so, I need to re-block it because I was impatient and unpinned it before it was %100 dry I'm also really bad at weaving in my ends, though that is a pretty neccesary step. I generally wait til I have like three or four things that need weaving and do it all in one horrible go.
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Oct 23, 2008 20:08
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Bad Mitten posted:Protip: buy some interlocking foam mat squares. I bought mine at Target in the back to school section. I have also seen them in the kids section in the form of a hopscotch mat. You can put them together in various configurations, whether to block a long scarf or a sweater. They stack to store easily. Best of all, they don't hold onto the water as much as a towel, so stuff dries much faster. I even aim a fan at my item to speed up the process. I generally can block a scarf in the evening and have it ready to go by morning. ooo good idea! I should pick up some of these guys--blocking on a towel on your mattress during fall in Portland is just a recipe for sadness and mildew. I can't even get my drat dishes to dry in a day, much less a woolen item!
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Oct 24, 2008 06:36
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Mnemosyne posted:Hopefully this will help me get a handle on knitting in the round. I bought two Clover bamboo circulars, but the cord that runs between them is really, really stiff, and it makes it very difficult to work with. I tried "magic loop" with them, and then I tried two sets of circulars, but I got really frustrated and gave up on both of them within a few rows. How does anyone knit with those stupidly stiff cords? Oh! I thought it was just me! I tried magic loop with two little clovers, as their dpns have never done me wrong, and swore off the whole technique out of frustration. I ought to invest in a nicer set and try again (or at least try the soaking trick)!
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Dec 30, 2008 11:54
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Oh my god guys new KNITTY: https://www.knitty.com I've just added about ten things to my ravelry queue. Uh oh, I guess it's time to go yarn shopping! 
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Molly Bloom posted:Oh, god....aeolian is so on my list now. Shipwreck shawl might be on there, too. I swore to myself I'd never knit another shawl after my last one took me two years to finish, but dang both of those are tempting...
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Molly Bloom posted:
aaaaAAAAAUUUGH!!! oh my god, your post made me physically cringe. I'm really bad at blocking because I am terrified of this very thing. This is why socks are good! Just get em wet, put em on, and kick back with your feet up for a while! Micomicona fucked around with this message at 07:52 on Mar 14, 2009 |
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Mar 14, 2009 07:48
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god i loving hate knitting on two circular needles. I have a sneaking suspicion that this is really because i go out and buy the cheapest circs there are, so the cords are all loopy and lovely and figgly and i hate them arrrgh! Does it get less fiddly with nicer needles? As for gaugeing: gauge for socks y/n?
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TauntTheOctopi posted:Socks? Pfft. Who's afraid of socks? oh... oh my...
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Yeah, I have a wicker knitting basket as well for my living room (as of christmas upgraded from a pretty nice basket to a totally sweet lined basket with a drawstring top and pockets and poo poo!--thanks aunt bethie!), all of my "not touched yet" and "projects I got so sick of I took out one of the needles to open an envelope" yarn is in a couple of those big thick zipping plastic bags (the kind that comforters come in) stuffed under the bed. It's a pretty good solution for our closet-less apartment, and it is nice to whip out the bags every once in awhile and get all excited and surprised about yarn I forgot I have.
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Bob Shadycharacter posted:Ha! Yeah, baby socks are a good idea. ha ha! Turning your first heel in public is never a good idea--I did mine while watching a movie with a friend, he turned to me to say something and I just snapped "WOULD YOU JUST STOP loving TALKING TO ME RIGHT NOW" heels = zero to crazy bitch in like two rows
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Goldaline posted:Exactly! I really dislike posting on there now, it's poorly set up, and just a place to get a pat on the head. Once in a while I do, mostly to try and drive traffic to my blog, but it's just not any use if I actually need help, advice, or constructive discourse. I really wish there was a sewing/garment making site along similar lines to ravelry... There's kind of burdastyle, but even that is not nearly approaching the awesome that is ravelry. I personally hate craftster for pretty much those same reasons; someone could post a piece of poo wrapped in red heart yarn and people would say stuff like "how creative!" "what a nice poo!" "thanks for sharing!"
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FelicityGS posted:I have a knit to show off! Ha ha, glad to see that I'm not the only one who blocks on their mattress. Lovely shawl, by the way! What is the pattern?
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I'm knitting my first sweater http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/poets-pullover and am having serious sleeve fatigue. Body's all done, first sleeve is all done, and I just can't bring myself to finish the other one. I've had to frog and redo like three times, and it just doesn't look the same as the other one, and suddenly the pattern is confusing to read, and blaaaah. I guess I could block it and wear it road warrior style, with one sleeve?
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So I'm making a whole fleet of felted slippers for Christmas presents for my lady-relatives. They're all knit up, and I'm at the felting stage. Now, this is my first time at the felting rodeo, so I'm totally at a loss in terms of what I'm doing. I followed the directions, and they have felted down to the right size and gotten all thick and undifferentiated, but they're oddly... hairy. What am I doing wrong? The only thing that I can think of off the top of my head is that they kept escaping from their pillowcases during the wash... could that be it? Do they just need more time felting? and if so, is there any way to stretch them out so they don't end up way too small afterwards? Or can I just give them a shave or something?
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Peppercat posted:My soon to be husband and I are headed to Portland in September for our honeymoon. I was hoping that some of you might live up that direction and could give some recommendations for a LYS or two that I can visit for souvenir yarn? So this isn't a post completely devoid of knitting- I made a cowl! Congrats on the wedding! As for yarn oh lord you are coming to the right place for yarn. Awesome LYS are everywhere here! I myself prefer to go to Yarn Garden because I live just a few blocks away and it is huge and awesome. http://yarngarden.net/ I haven't been to this one yet, but the concept is just about the coolest thing ever--Yarnia. You go, and they have all these spools of single ply of different colors and fibers; you order a custom blend and they spin it up for you and you buy it by the pound! http://www.yarniapdx.com/ I'm sure there are about four billion more worth visiting too. Also, keep in mind that we haven't got any sales tax here... just in case you needed any more excuse to go yarn crazy...
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Hey knit-goons, So I've been working on my first-ever sweater for like a year now--well, not really a year, I hit a road block months ago and set it aside. UNTIL NOW. This is the pattern: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/poets-pullover The sleeves, as it turns out, are WAY poofier at the top than they look in the photo, and while they look lovely on a smaller frame, they make my beefy linebacker shoulders look even beefier. The body is all done, though, and I like that part a lot. What's the protocol for changing the sleeves entirely? Can I just take the sleeves from some other pattern? How do I make sure it fits the armscye properly? I don't understand sweaters
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Bob Shadycharacter posted:It's actually quite complicated - involving calculus - to figure out the right set of numbers for sleeves/armscye and I don't understand it either. But, I think these things tend to have semi-standard numbers so it might not be too hard to find another pattern that you can use. Aw nuts. Calculus is scary! I kind of like the idea of top-down sleeve though... How hard can it be? (oh god so hard  )zamiel posted:Have you gone through the finished projects to see if anyone else altered the sleeves? It's one of my standard tricks when I want to change something, because someone once told me not to repeat someone else's work/research if you didn't have to. Bastard made me lazy. A couple of people made some sleeve edits that will de-poof it a bit (though not UN-poof it), I think I'll try knitting one up like that and see if that works.
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