The Original Moebius

On 27 Jun 2006 20:48:49 -0700, snipped-for-privacy@hotmail.com spun a fine yarn

Mirjam (who is back, I see) is our Moebious 'expert'. Yes, I've done it too, many of us have. Good luck with it, you'll enjoy it! Noreen

Marie , Ria taught me to knit the moebious this way and YES you do knit in a & form and yes it grows from middle out but in fact a moebious has only 1 edge ,,,,, thus you can end it wherever you want . first 2 rows go a bit slow than it runs ,, Great thing to take along as you just Knit and knit and ,,,,,, I have several mirjam

Marie I have made a moebius, however not the pattern you speak of. Mine comes out of Spin Off magazine from the Interweave press. You cast on the stitches and you do not join these end to end, but purl in the last cast on bottom part of the stitch, and turn around and do that with all the stitches, when you come to the other side your turn around again. It works somehow, because I now have a moebius. It was made from fleece that Wooly (then still stlinky) send to me, she had dyed it in prickly pears, a soft pink. I spun it, and with bits of left over yarn made the moebius.

Els

Hi Marie, yes I've made several moebius scarves this way, and yes the first few rows are the very dickens of a job to work, but once they're done it's all knit, knit, knit until the scarf is as wide as you want it. And casting off goes on for ever, doesn't want to be too tight and you end up with a wonderful, useful and baffling (to others) object. My one warning would be to say: make it wider than you think you need, when it's off the needles it looks a lot narrower. This is the way i made Katherine's "keep warm in winter" scarf. And a reversible pattern is crucial, I usually use moss stitch Have fun with it Love & higs Christine

Yep, I've done a couple that way. I've since found an easier way to cast on. It does go from the center out and can be really fast to knit.

sue

I used needles a couple sizes large to bind off. The edge *really* needs to be loose.

I used a k6,p6 basket kind of pattern. Knit that for 6 rows, then reverse for 6 rows. Or you can do it in garter stitch.

sue

Yes, Marie, you can do this :) I did one with this pattern in a garter stitch with a boucle yarn and once you get going, it really is easy.

BB

Thank you Everybody: I guess I was worried if I was doing it right, it all looks so strange, I've never made anything like it. The cast on went fine, the first row was a bit of a pain but after the first few rows, things *loosened* up a bit and now I can fairly zip along on it. Guess I just needed some reassurance, thank you everyone! Marie and the cats This moebius might make a nice sling to carry cats around in lol

BB wrote:

Yeah.... if they'll put up with it!

sue

Just curious, but The SRK Collection is the manufacturer. What was the name of the Yarn?

Roger.

Hi Roger, I've never seen this kind of yarn before. All across the top of the label it says SRK Collection, then down near the bottom it says Overture. On the side it has the shade #2164 and lot number 2518. It's 50% mohair with a mixure of other fibers including metallic, I got the heathered blue and the red ones. Sure is pretty. I spent 7

1/2 hours at the shop having my car worked on today and got so much knitting in that the moebius is 2/3 finished already! Marie and the cats

roger wrote:

Big Cat will let anyone do any thing to him. He's pretty silly! All the cats are housecats and very tame and friendly. In fact, I just caught Bijou sleeping on the moebius, I guess she wanted to add some specialty fibers of her own meooow. Marie and the cats

suzee wrote:

Yeah, they go fast once you get through that first row.

sue