Calling all knitters and other woolly things.

[iPappy]

That jumper is gorgeous!
I'm going to make an attempt to make socks...nice cozy socks for winter. If they look disproportionate, I'll have a nice stocking to hang on the fireplace this Christmas

 

[catloverfromwayback]

WOW it looks amazing! If only I had that skill, I’d be done that stinking cardigan by now…

Thank you!

 

[mani]

That will get a fair bit done, at least. ETA just saw you have two balls - that will be ample for a vest! The Wallis is 270 metres at 14 ply and it only took about 2 1/2 balls for a long-sleeve jumper. What size needles will you use?

I'm getting a little nervous that I'm wrong about how much I have.. it's only guesswork based on what they have on their site, and I was at their shop several years ago.
Ah well, at least it's not something huge, and I'll get the practice for shaping that I need.

 

[catloverfromwayback]

And if it doesn't work and you frog it, you lower the price-per-use by reknitting the yarn!

 

[mani]

catloverfromwayback now I'm trying out the making of clothes type knitting, I'm finding so many patterns are 'in the round' and 'top down'. I'm only just learning the bottom up thing! I do have some good free downloaded other ones though.. how hard is it to learn them?

 

[catloverfromwayback]

Top down took me a while to manage, because I kept getting the increases wrong, but it's not innately difficult. It does mean a bit of mucking about later, if the pattern wants you to have live stitches left where you pick up the sleeves later (this is top down in the round). I don't like leaving live stitches, too easy to get ladders while working the rest of the body.

In the round from bottom up is easy, though. That jumper I just did is worked that way. There's no purling on the body, just where the cable pattern starts, and that bit's worked flat - you bind off some stitches at the bottom of the armhole and work the front, then when that's finished work the back.

If you're on Ravelry, you can select how you want to construct something in the Advanced Search in Patterns - bottom up, top down, flat, in the round, type of sleeve or neck you want, all sorts.

 

[mani]

Top down took me a while to manage, because I kept getting the increases wrong, but it's not innately difficult. It does mean a bit of mucking about later, if the pattern wants you to have live stitches left where you pick up the sleeves later (this is top down in the round). I don't like leaving live stitches, too easy to get ladders while working the rest of the body.

In the round from bottom up is easy, though. That jumper I just did is worked that way. There's no purling on the body, just where the cable pattern starts, and that bit's worked flat - you bind off some stitches at the bottom of the armhole and work the front, then when that's finished work the back.

If you're on Ravelry, you can select how you want to construct something in the Advanced Search in Patterns - bottom up, top down, flat, in the round, type of sleeve or neck you want, all sorts.

Yes, I do all the options on Ravelry. But I will have to learn 'in the round' as I'll be missing out on some great patterns.

 

[catloverfromwayback]

Yes, I do all the options on Ravelry. But I will have to learn 'in the round' as I'll be missing out on some great patterns.

Do you like making berets or beanies? They're a good place to start learning it - not huge commitments like jumpers.

I find the awkward part now is joining the cast on without twisting it. Easiest way to avoid that is to knit a couple of rows before joining, so you can clearly see whether it's twisted or not. I did that with the orange jumper.

 

[mani]

Do you like making berets or beanies? They're a good place to start learning it - not huge commitments like jumpers.

I run away from those catloverfromwayback .
I've only ever knitted blankets, scarves and shawls that don't need shaping. .. albeit I've done some very fancy ones.
I have a mental block with these things.

 

[catloverfromwayback]

I run away from those catloverfromwayback .
I've only ever knitted blankets, scarves and shawls that don't need shaping. .. albeit I've done some very fancy ones.
I have a mental block with these things.

Like me with socks or gloves or lacework!

What about a cowl? No shaping there, it's just a short fat tube. For that matter a slouch hat has no real shaping, you can just pull the top in on a drawstring to finish it.

 

[mani]

I've done plenty of cowls but not in the round. I'll make that my next thing.

 

[catloverfromwayback]

Supurrvising the new project (a cowl to go with the new jumper - it only occurred to me a couple of days after talking about cowls with mani that a cowl would be just what this jumper needs, duh! )

… and eyeballing my spag bol during my dinner break.

 

[catloverfromwayback]

Phoebe multitasking.

 

[GranolaLouise]

Phoebe multitasking.

The Grande Poobah!

 

[catloverfromwayback]

Tech editor, or would be if she could hold a pen.

 

[mani]

Tech editor, or would be if she could hold a pen.

She's certainly engrossed in that pattern!!

 

[catloverfromwayback]

She's certainly engrossed in that pattern!!

She was indeed - I'm surprised she didn't shred it!

 

[mani]

She was indeed - I'm surprised she didn't shred it!

Do you print patterns from Ravelry or other sites?

 

[catloverfromwayback]

Do you print patterns from Ravelry or other sites?

Both! This one's a freebie from Ravelry.

Whirling Winds Cowl pattern by Susan Brown

This soft, cozy cowl will keep you warm while you are out walking in the wild winds of fall and winter. It is a fully reversible cable with no right or wrong side.

www.ravelry.com

 

[catloverfromwayback]