another moebius question

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corporate packages that have acce=ss to 100,000+ newsgroupsHallo Moni !!! The first knitted Moebious was made by Elizabeth Zimmerman, see "Knitting Around", Schoolhouse, 1989. and indeed Mrs Zimmerman, knitted a long rectangle and twisted one of the short ends semed it invisibly and had a marvelous Moebious, I am a long time One piece no seam knitter and at the time it Bugged , why this seam at all , i looked at the picture, got the idea and made my first Crochet moebiuos in one piece starting in the middle !!!!! once the core is made you can`t go wrong and you can go on knit/ crochet it as wide as you can/want !!!! After i crocheted This one Ria from Belgium showed me how to knit from the middle. It seams more logical and looks better doing it seamless !!!! It gives you more freedom of choice of patterns ,, It is closer to the REAL Morphological idea of Moebious. I use my moebious [ have 2 for me made over 10 for others !!!!] almost daily the whole winter !!! i wear it as Shoulder Wrap , under or over coats , sweaters etc, i wear it as hood with a neck scarf m i wear it as double high collar , and lately wrapped it 3 times arounf my head as a funny hat .... It really is Perfect , useful and lovely ,,,, mirjam

There are some that do this, but knitting or crocheting from the center out is fun to do. And you wouldn't believe how fast they go.

Yes, like a cowl neck or hood. That works very well.

sue

Where's the challenge in that? Yes, you can get a Moebius scarf that way. It's not a new idea, either; Elizabeth Zimmerman knitted Moebius scarves that way. Doing it Cat Bordhi's way is more challenging. It also produces a more "reversible" scarf and it's more fun than knitting a rectangular scarf and sewing the ends together.

What the people I knit Moebius scarves for like about them is that they lie flat under a coat when only one layer around the neck is required and that they can be wrapped around twice when it's colder.

Mary "At least, that's my opinion about it, having knitted all those short little scarf rows too often"

OMG Mirjam that is so funny, lol, it does look a bit like a birds nest doesn't it? lol.

well you can make lovely things with your ''mistakes''' lol

higz Cher

The Funniset bit is Cher , that until i made it with colors [ hence it was more clear what it was!] it never occured to me that the monochromatic one looked like a bird`s nest in the good case or ` mixed up weird mistaken knitting ,,, The many many people who asked me What i was Doing [in Israel people do talk in public places ] and my explanations , showed me that one can make interest for crafts. mirjam

er - what photoes are they?

:-)

Mary (Yorkshire, England)

Oh I can imagine Mirjam, lol. I used to knit at the doctors when the children had to go for one thing or another, now us UK'ers don't do enough knitting in public, although one of my friends takes a spinning wheel and other friends with their wheels onto an old steam train and travels from Dorset to Devon on it, inviting all who enter to come and try too...LOL

Then they all climb to the top of Corfe Castle in Dorset, wheels and all, huge hill, and spin for the visitors...then they have a knitting time in public, where they all sit knitting shawls, and call it the Shawl Retreat...

Great fun...higz cher

Echoing your question as well...lol

higz Cher

Well, I am originally from the UK, and I ALWAYS take something to do - knitting, crochet, embroidery - when I am going to the doctor, dentist, or, in the days when I had kids at home, also to their classes, games, whathaveyou. I also take my work to ALL meetings and then, as I tell people, at least SOMETHING gets accomplished.

Olwyn Mary in New Orleans.

There are very few of those ...

Mary

Moni started her question reffering us to photos of somebobdy with an interesting cast on method mirjam

er? wheels or steam trains or spinning on steam trains??? lol

higz cher

Didn't get that one then Mirjam? higz cher

Steam trains.

Probably even fewer spinners on them :-)

Mary

well I only know of the steam trains that go from Dorset right through to Devon, and thus through Wilts, and I know that during the beginning of the tourist season, you'll be met with spinning wheels on it, there and back again all day long over a period of a month they do this..

They are nutters.....making yurts or yerts etc and all the other batty stuff they do..LOL

higz cher

I take a book. Always. The mags in such places are usually - how shall I put it - not to my taste :-)

Spouse used to take his tatting, even took it to the pub. It proved a way of attracting female attention but that wasn't the intention, he just isn't sociable.

Mary

OY! One of the nicest families I know lives in a yurt on a Scottish mountain with no mains services. She earns a living making felted hats and mitts and proper rush hats, he adds to the income by making wooden spoons with lumps of wood and an axe.

Some might think they're batty, I think that they've got it right - for them. They are happy.

Mary

LOL And probably the only thing worthwhile!