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[16 Nov 2009|05:09pm] |
To put this in perspective, I had already knit this sweater up to the neckline, decided that I hated the colors together and frogged it down to the welt and cuffs. Then when I re-knit it and cut it up the center I accidentally cut floats that weren't secured. Then I knit and frogged the button band and re-knit it with a single strand to cut down the bulk.
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| hideous slipper pattern |
[16 Nov 2009|05:07pm] |
I am knitting slippers for my mom for x-mas, using this pattern I found in a book, called "all-time favorite slippers." So far this is a total misnomer.
Anyway, to make cuffs, the pattern says to add extra stitches for an inch and a half, then you are supposed bind off half the stitches at the beginning of one row, then the other half at the beginning of the next.
My question is: is there any way to b.o. where your yarn ends up where it NEEDS to be, i.e. ready to knit the rest of the row, instead of at the beginning of the row, across those b.o.'d stitches?
Or do you just have to b.o. and cut the yarn, then reattach it?
I've never had to b.o. in the middle of a pattern so I wasn't sure if there's a magic trick to this or not.
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| #100 Summer on Blossom Street |
[16 Nov 2009|03:50pm] |
Title: Summer on Blossom Street
Author: Debbie Macomber
Genre: Fiction
Pages: 423 (HB & LgPrt)
Length of time to read: 3 days
Synopsis:
Knitting and life. They’re both about beginnings—and endings. That’s why it makes sense for Lydia Goetz, owner of A Good Yarn on Seattle’s Blossom Street, to offer a class called Knit to Quit. It’s for people who want to quit something—or someone!—and start a new phase of their lives.
First to join is Phoebe Rylander. She recently ended her engagement to a man who doesn’t know the meaning of faithful, and she’s trying to get over him. Then there’s Alix Turner. She and her husband, Jordan, want a baby, which means she has to quit smoking. And Bryan Hutchinson joins the class because he needs a way to deal with the stress of running his family’s business—not to mention the lawsuit brought against him by an unscrupulous lawyer.
Life can be as complicated as a knitting pattern. Just ask Anne Marie Roche. She and her adopted daughter, Ellen, finally have the happiness they wished for. And then a stranger comes to her bookstore asking questions.
Or ask Lydia herself. Not only is she coping with her increasingly frail mother, but she and Brad have unexpectedly become foster parents to an angry, defiant twelve-year-old.
But as Lydia already knows, when life gets difficult and your stitches are snarled, your friends can always help!
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I have been reading this seriesfor the last year or so when I disocvered them at the library
Review:
I liked the book. They seem to get better each one I read. I enjoy the characters and the books always make me feel satisfied. (well most of them, I think there was one I didn't like) I felt relaxed and happy when I finished the book...I think that's why I want to learn to knit (The books are kinda set in a Yarn Store); I think it will help me relax. I know I am probably wrong about that though! Anyway, it was a nice comforting read.
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| Heelhead Scarf again! |
[16 Nov 2009|03:20pm] |
I am have a terrible time with carissaknits.blogspot.com/2008/10/heelhead-scarf.html still
I am at the Decrease short rows, and I have knitted the first line in that section, stopped at the turn, and now do not know how to go about doing the Yo-b. It isnt the actual yarning over that is tripping me up, its the doing so with the yarn on the wrong side of the work (I have never done short rows, I am pretty good at picking things up thoug)
Anyone have any videos or can walk me through it? Thanks everyone :)
I also finished:
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| Two Questions |
[16 Nov 2009|02:09pm] |
1. I want to knit some dishcloths for Christmas gifts, but I hate how they all shrink so much.
a. I can either pre-wash/shrink 100% cotton yarn (like wrap it in a circle, tie in spots and put in a delicates bag in the washer/dryer?) OR
b. use a cotton/poly blend like Cotton Ease? Will that shrink as much? Would it be ok to use a blend for a dishcloth?
2. Does anyone have a good resource for info on how to put yarn back on needles once you pulled them from your project?? I do this all the time thinking "oh, I'll be able to get them back on this time" and always end up begging my LYS store owner for help fixing my boo-boos.
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