Knitting

[sleepyowl]

How many people on here can knit & so far what are your knitting credentials, I'm a novice, but I am finding that it may cut down the cost of Xmas this year, people are getting scarfs this year.

[Annpan]

I can knit, but I need to follow a pattern for anything complicated (brij is the one to talk to about that, she is a natural)

We have a ravelry group (google it, I can't be fussed putting in the link right now )

I am currently knitting a 4x2 ribbed jumper for OH.

I prefer to crochet scarfs as I am soooo much quicker and crochet is nice and bulky for winter warming scarfs too

[growingthings]

I would say that I am a pretty proficient knitter, and can do pretty much most things, and am now verturing into the word of fair isle patterns, to brighten up the plainer things.

I LOVE knitting socks, and have several hats that I like doing too. as they are pretty fast to make up. As a Mum to two small children, there have been rather alot of new arrivals in my circle of friends, so baby booties and hats are a regular one too!

If you want simple knit ideas, to lead on from the scarf, how about making one up as a simple bag. Fold up into thirds, stitch two sides together leaving the third part as the flap, and adding a plaited loop for a strap. You don't even have to add a fastening if you don't want to, and if you are feeling particularly adventurous you could stitch in a lining.

Lorna x

[Russian Doll]

I can knit, but I need to follow a pattern for anything complicated (brij is the one to talk to about that, she is a natural)

We have a ravelry group (google it, I can't be fussed putting in the link right now )

I am currently knitting a 4x2 ribbed jumper for OH.

I prefer to crochet scarfs as I am soooo much quicker and crochet is nice and bulky for winter warming scarfs too

i can knit most things from a pattern but im not very good at linking pictures in jumpers ifykwim


ive tried joining raverly but ive been waiting for my invite for ages is there anything you can do please

[Annpan]

I think my sister waited a week for a ravelry invite - may be if you have been waiting longer you can contact them - strange way they run that site, but I guess it stops spam.

Joining up pictures might be a tension problem?

[JulieSherris]

I was pretty lucky growing up with a mum & nan that could knit - my mum was a wonder, but I could never get the hang of holding the wool & needles the same way as she did! I can crochet too - but find it hard crocheting to a pattern.

I can knit just about any pattern, however complicated, aran, fairisle, - it just takes me a bit longer than most, because of the cack-handed way I hold my needles - I'm not about to change in the near future either - after 35 years, I think I'm pretty much stuck in my ways.

I sort of gave up knitting when mum got a very technical machine - she was rattling off 2 or 3 jumpers a day & made mine look like really clumsy.....

Maybe now I can take it up again - will come in handy living out here in the winter & not even the chooks will care what I look like when sludging around in me wellies & PJ's getting the turfs in first thing in the morning!

Julie

[Rosendula]

I learned the basic knit stitch as a small child but only looked up how to cast on and off and do other stitches a few weeks ago. I had decided I was going to knit socks. However, my first task was to buy needles (eBay) and wool (charity shop). I then decided to have a practice doing all the different stitches in a book I borrowed from library, so I made a really cr4ppy knitting needle bag. Let's just say it does the job. I lined it with the lid of a large egg box to stop the needles poking through. I eventually got on to the socks. After the first inch it was looking great. An inch later I held up my work again only to discover that I'd somehow added a stitch somewhere between the first and second inch and the rib had gone. I pulled it all out and started again. The same thing happened during the first inch. Started again. Same thing after around 4 lines. Started again. Same thing after 2 lines. Started again. Same thing after the first line. Decided to have a break. So far the break has lasted a few weeks

[Graye]

Love it, especially anything a bit complex - like fairisle. Ina sent me some essential info on fairlisle knitting on a circular needle from a fairisle book I have coveted for years. All I need now is lots of time and a break from our kitten to let me get on with the traditional seven colour sweater I started last year.

[StripyPixieSocks]

I taught myself to know about last March-ish as I wanted to make something for my friends baby so there were no squares or simple things for me I threw myself right in at the deep end and made some beanie hats for wee one. I was trying to make a blanket as well but I still haven't finished that.

I have also made a stole for my wedding which is made with that furry bobble 'wool' in white but I might knit another one in the shimmery fur 'wool' instead for a bit more glamour!

Last thing I knitted was a pair of socks recently.

Not bad for someone who had never knitted before (unless you count the 5 minutes I spent learning when I was 5 before running off to help my Granddad in the shed lol)

Currently not knitting anything but want to be making some thick warm socks for OH but no one ever answers my nagging questions on another forum I'm on for knitting so I'm struggling to find the right wool!

Also want to knit some gloves... looking to eventually knit some very lacy gloves for my wedding in something very fine and silky but I don't know if that can be done lol

I should spend more time knitting and less time dreaming up stuff I think

[Green Aura]

There's a lovely pair of lacy wedding gloves on here, SPS

http://www.knittinguniverse.com/xrx/Dow ... egoryID=33

Scroll down to about half way.

[ina]

Currently not knitting anything but want to be making some thick warm socks for OH but no one ever answers my nagging questions on another forum I'm on for knitting so I'm struggling to find the right wool!

I always use special sock yarn - 75% wool, 25% acrylic - for better durability... Have not had good results with pure wool for socks that need to be hard wearing, i.e. survive long days in boots. You get the sock yarn in two different thicknesses; I use the thicker stuff for welly-socks.

[StripyPixieSocks]

Ohh thankyou both :D

Yep it's the welly sock variety I'm looking for as I promised OH some nice cosy thick socks!

I tend to call everything wool though... I probably shouldn't as it seems to confuddle everyone

[ina]

I tend to call everything wool though... I probably shouldn't as it seems to confuddle everyone

I went to the Aberdeen Woolshop a few years ago - couldn't find any pure wool in it, and only one kind that was "wool rich", i.e. 50% wool! As a specialist shop, I thought that was pretty poor... In everyday lingo, I know that most people say wool when they mean yarn.

[Milims]

Although I learned the mechanics of knitting years ago I really only started this summer. I began with squares and have managed several of these:
http://www.downsizer.net/Projects/A_sus ... _Slippers/
I've knitted a scarf for my daughters christmas prezzie and am about to knit a matching hat - when I've finished the one I just started for my nephew! Luckilly they knit up really fast and I've managed and entire hat in one eveing. I just went to the wool shop again today and she's told me how to knit very simple fingerless mits - so guess what I'll be working on next!

[red]

ive always knitted.. even when it was old fashioned!

currently doing socks jumpers hats etc. I'm bad at followring other peoples recipes.. always want to do my own thing