Where have all the knitters gone ?

I have just finished sewing up a sweater for my daughter which she started and then left.

As I can't stand UFO's I finished it.

Looks very nice!

Edna in Sydney

I'm here, lurking as usual! Currently knitting booties for all my friends who are pregnant (which is a lot of them). At least they are small and quick to knit!

Shame about all the spam :(

I am very busy trying to sew up a new summer wardrobe ( we wear summer clothes right until the end of October here in the Big Easy). I have sufficient dressy clothes, but, having been sick off and on for quite a while, my everyday clothes are all falling apart.

Olwyn Mary in New Orleans

I've been busy knitting and finished the Kimono Shawl, here's a link so yo can see what it looks like, but mine is knit in a soft beige Fino, a silk/alpaca blend. I still need to block mine.

knit a pair of socks this summer in Online Supersocke "Tropic", andhave another pair on the needles in shades of white to black. I justfinished knitting a scarf for a future daughter in law in Cascade 220Superwash.

Now I'm considering knitting my first Moebius using Cat Bordhi's cast- on. Anyone have any hints or tips?

take care, Linda D. in B.C., Canada

I'm still here, I just read more than I post, sorry! Currently knitting fingerless gloves for a friend, the only crochet project on the go is a vast granny square that I add all my scraps to. I don't wewave, but a friend of mine has just borrowed a spinning wheel and I'm hoping to have a go at some point.

Kirsten

Where have all the knitters gone?....as far as possible from the likes of Peter Lucas!

Where have all the knitters gone?....as far as possible from the likes of Peter Lucas!

Who is he? mirjam

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Kirsten Fingerless mittens are very useful and neat , do you also add a `flap` that can cover the fingers when one is not working ? mirjam

Linda i have made `quite` some Moebious [ in fact have one going on just now ], many of my friends want one as a birthday present [!!!] . I have seen this cast on , but i do my different .

i make a guage to know exactly how many stitches i need for my Moebious ,than use a 1 size bigger needle than needed , for the cast on , than when i turn the st to cast on the on the underside of each st , i use the `proper` needle size,,, i always have a smaller Dp needle ready to assist if a st gets `stuck` ... If you never made a moebious and can crochet, maybe you shjould make your first one in crochet !!! When you knit it you knit in a & way ,,,,,,,,remember it might looks that you work a bird`s nest,,,,, mirjam

Olwyn Mary i wish you HEALTH HEALTH AND MORE HEALTH i hope you enjoy sewing , i do not know if you wear skirts ? I do , and i enjoy making skirts with matching shirts ,,,, mirjam

did someone start a facebook page?

Sometimes I do, but not these ones. These ones are rather fancy and have a buckle across the wrist, they're from the book Knitting New Mittens and Gloves by Robin Melanson.

Kirsten

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Hi Mirjam, thank you for the good wishes.

I wear whatever the occasion seems to call for. Sometimes it is a skirt, sometimes not. Lately I have been making several pairs of loose, flowing, wide pants out of rayon challis. Nice and airy in hot weather, but able to stop the draft when I go into an overly air conditioned building. Yes, I have been making tops to go with them. Next, I need to make some winter weight pants (about the weight I called summer pants in England) plus some vests - waistcoats - to go with the existing skirts and blouses. I have also been making some hats - small, compact, but covering my head in the sun. Mostly straw hats so far, but I have patterns for some canvas ones and some satin ones for dressier occasions, when I want a hat but my very large ones would not be appropriate.

Olwyn Mary in New Orleans

I decided i will not join it . mirjam

I have not seen this book but what you describe sounds very elegant mirjam

I think your weather terms are closer to mine ... mirjam