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General => The Shed => Topic started by: debster on July 10, 2010, 19:49:52
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having seen a few threads on here in the past i know there are plenty of you here somewhere. having had a week off i have taken up knitting again something i havent done since my daughter was a baby (she is now 21) i have to admit to feeling a little embarrassed walking into the wool shop only to be told it is now very in to knit
well i have almost finished my first item a chunky jumper for me and im really pleased with it and want to keep it up
now im not the most competent so am looking for somewhere i can get some advice when i need it this is where you guys hopefully come in.
next project are a couple of baby things as there is always someone pregnant where i work lol
i would seriously at some time like to learn how to do cable if anyone can explain that it would be great
regards
debbie and thanks in advance
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Hi, I am a knitter, and mostly do just baby things these days so here to help if I can XX Jeannine
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Hi, I am a knitter too - mostly socks at the moment.
You tube is good for videos of techniques.
Here www.ravelry.com is fab for patterns - loads of free ones
'Palindrone' (I think its called) is a fab cable scarf - great way to introduce yourself to cabling
Gina
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Hi, I am a knitter too - mostly socks at the moment.
You tube is good for videos of techniques.
Here www.ravelry.com is fab for patterns - loads of free ones
'Palindrone' (I think its called) is a fab cable scarf - great way to introduce yourself to cabling
Gina
Just googled the Palindrone scarf pattern. It looks great. I think sewing the ends in would take time. I wonder what it would look like without breaking off to change colour.
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I made one in one colour, also have done one in one of the yarns that are different shades - you get the changing colours but not the ends to thread in!
Here is one in a solid colour
http://knittingbytheocean.blogspot.com/2010/01/palidrone-scarf.html
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Thanks for reply. I use to do a lot of knitting of all kinds, but I still can't work out how the cable looks the same on the reverse side. I am sure when I did cable pullovers for my sons years ago it looked different on the reverse.
Sorry tatty if we have butted in. Thanks for starting the thread.
Must close now. Son needs computer.
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id like to keep the thread going for advice for beginners like me and recommendations for web sites and patterns etc and maybe even showing finished works how does that sound to everybody?
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Hi,
My oh Mrs landimad is part of the following knitting forum and has found this a great help.
http://www.knittingforums.org.uk/
She is known as winniewotknot on this site.
She has found this a great help in doing things like knitting and crochet in all areas.
try this out and see if it knits or pearls you into doing other projects.
By the way I have no need for insulation in this house as she has all the wool stored in the attic. ;D ;D ;D
Thus how we live can help us save money as well as find the inspiration to help others.
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By the way I have no need for insulation in this house as she has all the wool stored in the attic. ;D ;D ;D
Tell me about it landimad, I could always buy yarn faster than I could knit/crochet. ;D
I think I shall have to go into competition with Methusela, age wise, to get it all used up.
Back in 1990 went over to France for a holiday. The customs chap was sure we were trying to smuggle something under the boot full of Phildar yarns. ;D ;D
My patterns are all a bit old fashioned now, but if I can help, please ask.
valmarg
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Please do not mention the patterns as this will get the OH looking for more. ;D
She has about a small book shelf full of various types of patterns and books of what to knit and sew.
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I used to love knitting & sewing. When my two eldest girls were little I used to make all their clothes a season in advance, except coats of course. Those were the days.
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You saying that Jan,
My OH has taught the three girls to sew, knit and crochet to end they have all sat and enjoyed this past time for quite a while now. I hope they teach the same to their offspring.
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If you like quirky stuff, try to get hold of Alan Dart's Noah's Ark - I knitted a load of these while my mum was in hospital last year, ended up doing loads of spare animals for the nurses.......
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I have almost all of Alan Darts patterns can share if anyone wants,
I knit baby clothes or various projects .
For myself I knit minature clothes for 6 inch baby dolls from the 50's that I collect.
I also do a lot of 1ply Shetland wool knitting doing Christening shawls and have tons of patterns for these if anyone needs.
Bedlow is Christening shawl and matching christening gown, close up is edge of shawl
XX Jeannine
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wow Jeannine they are beautiful, so much work must go into them i could never do anything like that you are so very talented
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id like to keep the thread going for advice for beginners like me and recommendations for web sites and patterns etc and maybe even showing finished works how does that sound to everybody?
I'd second the previous recommendation for Ravelry (http://www.ravelry.com/).
A couple of easy and free cable patterns are the Manitou Passage scarf (http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/manitou-passage-scarf) and Star crossed slouchy beret (http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/star-crossed-slouchy-beret). (You'll need an account to see the scarf, but a few images of the hat/beret are available to non-members).
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I have at the moment tucked away in the wardrobe where I can't see it a very large hand knitted cardigan in chunky wool, It would fit a person of at least 20 stone, I knitted it early this year. The wool was expensive and it probably cost nearly £30. I am going onto some of the websites that have been mentioned as I plan to undo it and start again in a size 12. This will be one of my projects for winter. I used to knit all the time and really can't understand what went wrong.
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Oooooh sholls, I love the beret. I'm going to have a bash. I love knitting with a passion but For some reason nothing ever fits. :-[. Maybe it's 'cos I'm a left hander, although I do try to knit right handed as it's easier to follow the pattern generally.
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If you like quirky stuff, try to get hold of Alan Dart's Noah's Ark - I knitted a load of these while my mum was in hospital last year, ended up doing loads of spare animals for the nurses.......
I have that pattern i can email to anyone who wants it...?
You tube is good for videos of techniques.
Here www.ravelry.com is fab for patterns - loads of free ones
Ravelry is fantastic (i'm Knitty-e on there if anyone wants me!) loads of great patterns, forums etc.
and I used Youtube to teach me how to knit and always use it and www.knittinghelp.com when i get stuck/want to learn anything new
I taught myself (or you tube did) 2 years ago, everyone i know thought i was mad but soon realised there's nothing wrong with being young and knitting!
I knit clothes for my 2 boys (26 months and 10 months) then once they've both grown out of them i unravel them and use the wool for something new lol!
Just finished a jumper for the youngest's birthday in a couple of months and i'm almost finished my first lace scarf for my mother's christmas!
oh and i recently got 16 balls of norweigan wool and wool/cotton blends and another bag full of sirdar pure cotton and some alpaca wool all for free !! bargin! now just got to figure out what to make....
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My problem is that I love knitting/crocheting, but I hate sewing.
Once I've knit the various parts of the garment, I have to sew them together. ??? ???
I knit/crochet away to my hearts content, and then every so often I bite the bullet and sew up the results.
I do eventually end up with wearable garments. ;D ;D
vgalmarg
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Queenbee, I have a jacket like that - I'm a size 6 and my 14 stone husband could wear it.....I'm going to undo it to re-use the yarn, but it's a beautiful fancy cable with a big shawl collar and I so enjoyed knitting it......
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Me too
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All the women in my family knit, but then we are from the Scottish Borders, home of tweed, Pringle, Lochcarron etc. We used to get the end of run cones from the tweed mills so it was unwashed lanolin filled wool that made a mess of your skin, but it was free <cough> and plentiful < cough again>. I also took up crochet (traitor) but haven't done much for years, usually only when someone takes it up and needs a bit of help to get going.
Last year I though about it but when I costed up some lovely yarn, a size 12 cardigan was going to cost £50 plus my time & it seemed a bit hard to justify given how much £50 would buy
Got me thinking now though.
Is this over the top & was i just looking at the wrong things?
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i didnt realise that wool had got so expensive for some of it, but the chunky i bought only cost me £15 so i did think for a jumper i really wanted in the right size colour etc and the pleasure i had making it was well worth it.
i have found our local charity shop sells 100g balls of lovely soft baby wool (all new) for £1.50 where i paid £2.50 per 50g in the wool shop
having to buy all my needles, stitch holders etc from scratch is adding to the cost but will only have to buy each size once
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Ah, but still good value when you think of the cost of a good jumper which will not hold its shape or shrinks in the wash. Home made is thicker and a lot warmer than the ones that the OH tried me out on. Plus they never cover your back unless you get one that is three sizes to big for you. ;D
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i'm addicted myself to cross stitch i have done loads of angels oh all sorts realy but mostly angels , i used to knit lots but has worn off since i took up the stitching, at the moment though i was reading a book of knitting in the doctors, while i was waiting to see him and there was a bedspread in it needless to say i nicked the book and i have started knitting it its gorgeous, i will try and take a pic let you all see it .
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Oooooh sholls, I love the beret. I'm going to have a bash. I love knitting with a passion but For some reason nothing ever fits. :-[. Maybe it's 'cos I'm a left hander, although I do try to knit right handed as it's easier to follow the pattern generally.
I'm a left handed knitter too. I always just follow the patterns anyway. It only makes a difference if you're doing a jacket or something and the left side comes out as right and vice versa. And a bit tricky sometimes with buttonholes ::)
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when i was pregnant with my daughter 20 years ago my sister knitted a cardigan for her that i adored it was white v neck and instead of rib it had garter stitch a row of red, blue and either yellow or green not sure, i loved it and would love to knit one dont suppose anyone knows what i mean it is a very long shot
regards
debbie
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I think I must be due for an eye-test ..... I keep reading the subject header as 'calling all KITTENS'!
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can anyone help me im looking for a pattern for a bolero for a 2 year old child not too difficult to knit in double knit and not knitted on a circular needle, anyone know of one, i know its a big ask but would like to knit one for my little niece
thanks
debs
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Debs,
OH will look over what can be sourced and let you know.
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Hi Debster, I think I still have it. I should have bolero pattern for that age. It is very old,from the 40/50s, one my Mum used to make for little bridemaids to wear in cold weather. It is made in the original Angora wool but I think it would be easy enough to adapt it by checking the needles suggested. I will try and find it if you think it would do, but don't want to search if not suitable as my patterns are tucked away in boxes under my bed..don't mind looking if it will do though, XX Jeannine
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I knit when I can find the time between gardening, cross stitching and crocheting (plus horse riding, house work and actual paid work!!!).
I have in my wardrobe a lovely chunky hand knitted arran cardigan with cabling and bramble stitch my mum made for me. It generally only comes out in winter but it's soooooo warm and comfy.
After have completed crocheted blanket will be moving onto knitting a tunic in a cotton/silk blend.
CC
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I can knit, crochet and sew anything. Honestly I can.
But the cost of the raw materials are horrendous. It costs a fortune to knit a jumper. Baby clothes, well the brats grow out of them before they have fit them as long as it takes to knit. It is, these days, so much cheaper to buy ready made.
I do still sew, on the machine. I alter clothes to fit. Make curtains and cushions because they are worth doing. Cost wise to get the match. Re upholstery on some things can be worth doing too.
I have corrected loads of people's knitting and crochet when they have problems with a pattern or in a couple of cases I have crotchet around the neck of a baby garment to 'bring it in' when the new to the task, the knitter has cast off too big.
My mother and grandmother left to me so many embroidered table cloths and cushions, not to mention the beautiful tapestries too fine to hang on the walls for decades in case they faded which I have now had framed and are hanging up, there is no need for more. I have silk lace my great grandmother made which is over 100 years old.
If you find it suits you to do this, as a hobby carry on and enjoy it.
I got put off when I heard about a woman who knitted and every year her husband, for her birthday, bought her a knitting pattern and the yarn to make him a jumper..Because she loved knitting.
I supposed that the same man would think it was a generous gesture to buy his wife a new washing machine as a Christmas present.
Any one knitting pure wool socks? Let me know how you get on with the heels. That is a real skill. But they are incredibly warm. No chilblains , ever.
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I knit John socks, I have for years and years, from a really old pattern, 3 ply and 4 ply pure wool, I have no problems with heels although I must admit I never do remove the hell and reknit when it wears out as my pattern suggests, I do darn for a while. He adores his hand knitted socks, as far as he is concerned there is nothing else, although I do put my foot down when he really doing mucky work he has to wear store bought!!
I tend to only knit things that are traditional, baby coats are always 2 or 3 ply, I don't like knitting in thick wool, shawls are always 1 ply.Socks as above. I do knit John's sweaters but he is good with them so don't need to do that often, always use wool/cashmere or cashmere/silk yarns.
I knit bedsocks for me.
Alan Dart and others toys for fundraising , ditto teacosies.
Sometimes when the mood takes me I crochet granny squares for old age home down the road but I am not a crochet person sadly, I have never been able to do it good enough.
Thank you for the prompt..I need to start socks, usually do about 6 pairs then I am all socked out, got some hints last week from John!!
I enjoy knitting fine wool, or things on fine needles.
XX Jeannine
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Debs,
I do not know whether these patterns will do.
http://shop.ebay.co.uk/?_from=R40&_trksid=p3907.m570.l1313&_nkw=child%27s+bolero+pattern&_sacat=See-All-Categories
But the Oh is busy at present and only suggested you try these out.
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thanks landimad i have contacted th sellers for more information thanks for that
debs
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im knitting myself a chunky jumper from a sirdar pattern 5807 with snowflake shaped patterns on it,
i am at the stage where i have put some of the stitches on a holder and im working up one side of the neck at the front decreasing at the neck edge whilst trying to keep the pattern correct.
my problem is that the patterns are only given for the front and back but you are told to decrease whilst following the pattern. i can do it quite easily when the right side of the garment is facing me as i start at the front of that pattern line, my problem is when i have to turn and come back how do i know when to start as effectively i am in the middle of a line
for example i am currently on line number 6 and only have 27 stitches on my needle
line 6 is as follows
P2, k1, p3, * p2, k1, p8, k1 p3, rep from * to last 7 sts, p2, k1, p4
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wow it is a long time since I heard some one was using 3ply and 4ply wool. I have only ever seen double knitting and a variety of gimmicky yarns for years.
It reminds me of the fairisle sleeve less jumpers, well they were more tank tops but by a different name (which I can not remember) My mother and grand mother knitted them from darning wool. Seemingly darning wool was not rationed during WWII, so they made up their own designs. A little racy in those days which was probably why the garments lasted so many years, they were only worn when it was really very cold as an extra layer. Left in tissue paper and moth balls the rest of the time. Sadly, none survive.
We were all taught to knit at infant's school. Boys and Girls alike. Dish cloths...It did not matter if your knitting was not perfect for dish cloths. But it was a good training for dexterity and concentration.....In..round...through.....off...We recited as we sat there, over and over. Then when a stitch was dropped a queue was made for the teacher or her helper to pick it up for the pupil and if you were lucky. A few extra rows were knitted for you.
As we got better at knitting the next stage was to make two squares, One larger than the other the small one was sewn on to the middle of the larger one and these were for using when the kettle handle got too hot. Could do with one for the lottie kettle now come to think of it!
Raffia table mats were made as tea pot stands. By boys and girls got to make their own apron in needlework.
Is teaching children to make something useful like that done today?
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I remember being in the Brownies and having to knit squares for blankets for the "Old Folks". sooo boring as my mum, gran and auntie had me turning sock heels and knitting fair isle and cable by then. My auntie did piece work at home for one of the mill shops knitting cream cable sweaters, which she did whilst watching telly and talking to the rest of us. I could never knit without looking at my needles.
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www.lionbrand.com has a huge selection of knitting and crochet patterns and they do an on screen row counter that moves down the page as you do and saves where you're up to! I've got about 10 sock patterns from here and found them spot on, they have lots of baby stuff too.
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Fair isle vests is what my Mum called them PH, I do those too now and again.John likes cardis best though. Good place for pure wool, I buy all my 1 ply from there is Jamiesons in the Shetland isles, they have some great wool and designs.
You will see my shawls and ropes there, I have all of there patterns.
I will find you a link
XX Jeannine
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I have only just found this thread, well I spotted it earlier but had to go out so have come back to it now. I love knitting and have recently found and bought wool from here.....
http://kempswoolshop.com/home.aspx
some of it is very good value, and the patterns too, and they must pack up your order the same day when they can as it comes very quickly.
This is a useful site too if it hasn't been mentioned before....
http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEff10/patterns.php
this is the current issue of an online magazine but you can look at all the back issues too, there are some lovely patterns :)
Purple Heather - my daughter works at an after school club and she teaches the children to knit etc and many of them are keen to try, I have also seen a whole class of year 6 children knitting and both my sons had a go at school and have done it at home, cross stitch too, if fact I helped in a yr 6 class where they were all making mini samplers in cross stitch - they designed them first, most of the boys did football motifs!
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well have finished my second chunky jumper and a baby one just finishing my nieces bolero using a circular needle for the first time quite like it lol
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Feeling very proud of the cardigan that I finished yesterday for me boy, although looking at Jeannine's beautiful pictures it doesn't really compare ;D
Mum taught me to knit years ago, but never really got on with it. Since I got pregnant mum's been knitting for England & I felt a bit left out so thought I'd have a go. Managed a very simple blanket - great apart from the fact that I got carried away and cast on about twice as many stitches as I needed and it's rather wide! Will work fine folded in half ::)
Cardigan's fairly simple, and I'm now working on a clanger (small stuffed toy if anyone's like my mum and doesn't know what a clanger is!). Going fine so far but working on very small needles and now my hands are killing me!
How much time are you spending knitting debster? You seem to be churning stuff out!
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only evenings or the odd wet miserable day some was done when i was away in a caravan for a week lots of the stuff is either very simple or very small i am using the time i used to waste on the internet lol
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Im doing a baby cardi for my good friends new offspring. Its a lovely pale mint green. I do like to get away from the normal pinks and blues :D
Next thing will be a pretty knitted dress........for the cooler weather of autumn.......its blinking cold today!!
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i love mint green, will the dress be for you star? how long will that take you to make?
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;D ;D ;D ;D........I dont think I would live long enough to knit my own dress!!! It would need to be rather large ;D. No its for the baby, quicker to do and takes much less wool ;) ;D
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When my youngest was a baby, now 41, a friend knitted a complete outfit for her. There was a dress, a jacket, bonnet, mittens & bootees. She looked adorable & in the colder weather I just added tights. It lasted a long time as she didn't walk until she 21 months old.
Those were the days ;).
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Hello knitters! Some while ago I found a really smashing place for free knitting patterns - there must be thousands - from baby stuff to bedspreads and everything in between! I've made lots of stuff from their patterns. Have a look! It's http://www/knittingpatterncentral.com.
Also, really useful, is http://www.knittingonthenet.com. This is a library of knitting stitches - loads of different stitches, all illustrated. Basic plain and purl; reversible patterns; eyelets and lace; cables; ribs; multi-colour; etc. etc. It tells you the number of stitches needed for each pattern repeat so you can easily use a new stitch to change any old pattern. It's great.
Hope you find them useful. x
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thanks for those sites grandma.
i am currently having a try at knitting socks using 4 needles and an on site interactive pattern which is brilliant almost up to my first heel which will be the real test.
Star with regards to a knitted dress when my sister was about 14 my nan gave her two knitted dresses to unpick and use the wool for a huge blanket she was crocheting this she did and to her horror about six months later the dresses became the height of fashion
typical
Debs