Knitting bug -- OUCH!

Not bad. I've also been told that Continental knitting goes quicker, but I can't seem to get my hands to cooperate; my left hand is completely inept, or so it seems. I just plod away and get the results I like.

When my son was a baby I made sure he wore regular boy clothes when we went out, and only had him in little onesies and sleepers at home. I think I bought most of his clothes at Penney's back then; they had inexpensive jeans and cords down to size 6 months, so I picked up a few of each and matching t-shirts.

There you go! And this is something that will go relatively quickly and isn't too difficult in terms of shaping, and I love the fake seams on the jeans.

The Other Kim kimagreenfieldatyahoodotcom

Thank you!! My step-sister and cousin both had baby boys recently and these are great gift ideas!!

I've tried two or three times to learn continental. I can't get my usually utterly consistent guage to be anything like consistent. I'm saying no two stitches have the same guage! I gave up, since I'm not into knitting for speed anyway. Madelaine

Yeah, Madelaine, I am like that, too. I'll stick to what I feel comfortable with.

Higs, Katherine

The real virtue of knowing both styles of knitting is when you want to knit Fair Isle or stranded and want to carry a yarn in each hand, it is much easier. (For straight knitting, I do find Continental a bit faster, but often I get better tension, carrying the yarn in my right hand.

If you just need to finish a lot of objects, or want to knit in the most ergonomic way possible, use a knitting sheath or knitting pouch. Instructions have been posted in this forum. (However, the more people that I teach to knit this way, the more I realize that most established knitters need several hours of lessons to really get the knack of using a knitting sheath.) I intend to do a video some time this summer.

Aaron

Oh those are soo cute....I love the rolled up cuffs

Yes, I have done that, using the Philosopher's Wool video. But for regular knitting, just do whatever works, I think.

Higs, Katherine

knitting is not a BUG , it is a way of life !!!!! and it`s size is HUGE mirjam ]

Well, the same as I can make quilts but I am not a quilter, I am sure that I can knit without it becoming the entire focus of my life as well. I have too many interests and curiosities to be able to let any one thing take over it all. Even when I homeschooled, it was not the all-encompassing-and-overarching focus of our lives, just one part of it.

My partly-completed dishcloth (18 rows in 2 days) is sitting with the needles poked in the top of the yarn cone watching me from on top of the printer waiting for me to have time to do a few more rows (am just practicing good knitting habits -- English style after hearing that there are a number of knitters here who do English and feeling that I can take the step to do Continental later -- on this one doing a 3 x 3 basketweave with a 3 stitch/row garter border around in in colors that are dying for me to find the time some day to make a sweater for myself from the same kind of yarn) and I got notified today that my Rowan Denim yarn (for baby blue jeans) has been shipped.

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Way to go! I have Fibromyalgia and arthritis, so I often can't knit or crochet very much even though I really enjoy it.... however, having said that, I have lately been knitting two to six rows per day on a baby blanket for a good friend of Matthew's (a young lady he has an interest in who just had her baby boy on May 28th). I find working on it a few rows each day is working out for me. It's a simple seed stitch blanket that I am doing without a pattern in blue, and will be finishing it (because I don't think I will have enough of the blue otherwise) by crocheting around the edges in yellow.

By the way, we went to see the newborn baby last Tuesday (the day after he was born, at 11 lbs) and Matthew got to hold a brand new baby for the very first time ever. His face lit up and he just couldn't take his eyes off the baby, and was talking to him quietly the whole time. It was so cute.... and no, can you believe it, no one took a picture! :o( Nevermind, when we go to see Bobbie-Jo and Carson again (hopefully sometime this week or the beginning of next week) I will be sure to either take pictures myself or ask Bobbie-Jo's mother to take a picture with her digital camera so we can get it on the computer right away, so we will have a picture of Matthew holding the baby too. After we left the hospital Matthew looked at me and said "Okay, you were right... *again*... now that I've held a tiny brand new baby like that, I *do* want to have my own someday!" As my cousin and I both said, he will make such a good father... and considering the way he felt and looked holding a baby that isn't even his, he will be in total awe when he does have his very own brand new baby to hold someday. ;o)

Keep us posted!

=Tamar

Reading about everyone's projects has got me knitting. I'm still at the casting on stage. This can take a while for me as I tend to play with the tension, etc., for a bit at this stage. So, have casted on and done three rows a couple of times. Third time's a charm.

I found a pattern I'd torn out of an old Chatelaine magazine (I think), of the cutes little romper set. Remember when the little ones had those "clown-style" pants. They looked so cute. Anyway, am making that. Fairly simple pattern, in stocking st, with "X" and "O"s in a second colour. The cardigan is cute too. Might try it if I have enough wool.

A thing I do ... I'm sure everyone already does this ... to ensure, legs and arms and often sides, fronts and backs come out exactly the same size is to knit them at the same time on the same needle. So when I say I've started the pant legs, that's exactly what I've done. Discovered that little trick when I was making slippers for everyone and then some on Christmas.

Happy knitting! Murielle

Yup, a great plan especially for smaller items. Don't want to have two balls of wool on the go? Easy, wind your wool into a centre-pull ball and knit one from the inside and one from the outside of the ball. I find it difficult to motivate myself through the second of anything, so this is alsoa great way to get a pair of anything done.

VP

I've often wondered how one could do that. I don't mind having two balls going at once though. Knitting with two or more colours got me over that. ;-)

Two balls is fine if you've got them (though you do have twice the temptation for the cat dangling from your work then). Often I only have one ball of yarn left when I reach the sleeves of a baby outfit for example and that's when working from both ends of the ball is a very handy thing indeed.

Good point! Didn't think of that. I'm always afraid I won't have enough wool so tend to buy an extra ball or two. (Not very thrifty, I know.) Do you have a special gadget that allows you to take the wool from the inside and outside of the ball at the same time?

Murielle

I use my ball winder (see the link below for an example) to rewind the ball. because it winds around a core, it's easy to get at the center thread once you remove it from the winder.

Ha! I've never seen one of these things before. I wonder if they have them at Wal-Mart? ;-))

Murielle

Really? I tend to wind a lot of balls because I actually prefer knitting and crocheting from a ball. But I had no idea you could wind a ball by hand, on your hand, and make it a center pull.

Now I'm wondering how you do it.

Murielle