Knitting! (and other needle arts...)

wildemoose · Post by **wildemoose** » July 7th, 2012, 8:05 pm

JohanLiebert wrote:Do you guys do cross-stitching too? I usually do a 2.0x1.5ft wall piece every year for Christmas

I do but I am sloooow because I like knitting better.

I've been working on an old-fashioned map of the world for about three years.

JohanLiebert · Post by **JohanLiebert** » July 8th, 2012, 1:37 am

wildemoose wrote:
JohanLiebert wrote:Do you guys do cross-stitching too? I usually do a 2.0x1.5ft wall piece every year for Christmas
I do but I am sloooow because I like knitting better. I've been working on an old-fashioned map of the world for about three years.

Maybe that's because you use way too many colours

I usually do pieces that only have 15 colours or less

Post by **annise** » July 8th, 2012, 1:49 am

There's a cross stitch thread which you might like

viewtopic.php?f=25&t=15742&hilit=cross+stitch

Anne

JohanLiebert · Post by **JohanLiebert** » July 8th, 2012, 2:07 am

annise wrote:There's a cross stitch thread which you might like viewtopic.php?f=25&t=15742&hilit=cross+stitch

Anne

Thanks Anne!

I'll make that thread alive when I'm out this thesis thing

zaftigkre · Post by **zaftigkre** » July 9th, 2012, 9:51 am

smijen wrote:Welcome, Zaft! Are you on Ravelry as well? (This forum used to be a lot busier before Ravelry existed. )

Hi, Sarah! Yes, I'm on Ravelry, too. I'm probably ZaftigKRE there too. It's a great nickname, because no one else in the world uses it!

ashleighjane · Post by **ashleighjane** » November 17th, 2012, 7:36 am

This thread hasn't been posted in for a while, but I thought I'd revive it since I just started knitting

I think I have the hang of it now, but I did manage to do it upside down before I did get the hang of it.

J_N · Post by **J_N** » November 17th, 2012, 7:51 am

http://crayonsandmilk.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/yarn-comic.jpg

For all the yarn hoarders out there

RuthieG · Post by **RuthieG** » November 17th, 2012, 9:08 am

ashleighjane wrote:This thread hasn't been posted in for a while, but I thought I'd revive it since I just started knitting I think I have the hang of it now, but I did manage to do it upside down before I did get the hang of it.

That sounds a lot more clever than doing it the right way up.

Ruth

YouTube · Post by **Darvinia** » November 17th, 2012, 11:05 am

J_N wrote:http://crayonsandmilk.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/yarn-comic.jpg

For all the yarn hoarders out there

That's me except it's missing the box marked "Multi-coloured scarves one day" for all the little leftovers that won't make a project on their own.

mlcui · Post by **mlcui** » November 27th, 2012, 4:48 am

I love needle-arts!
I knit, crochet, and cross-stitch.
I'd love to do more complicated projects such as clothes, but it's so warm
here, so I'm stuck with bags and cases for cell-phones, doilies, wallets, etc.

Post by **Rapunzelina** » November 27th, 2012, 5:06 am

mlcui wrote:I love needle-arts!

Oh, this made me wonder whether tattooing would be considered needle-art!

mlcui wrote:I'd love to do more complicated projects such as clothes, but it's so warm
here, so I'm stuck with bags and cases for cell-phones, doilies, wallets, etc.

I've crochetted a two-piece bathing suit for summer use. Fun!

J_N · Post by **J_N** » November 27th, 2012, 5:36 am

I've crochetted a two-piece bathing suit for summer use. Fun!

Can you actually use it for swimming? yarn tends to behave strangely when wet...

Post by **Rapunzelina** » November 27th, 2012, 5:46 am

Definitely not athletic swimming

I haven't used it inside water, just on the beach

. It's cotton though, and I've used cotton clothing inside water, so I hope it won't be too different if I do happen to get wet in it!!

mlcui · Post by **mlcui** » November 27th, 2012, 6:54 am

J_N wrote:
I've crochetted a two-piece bathing suit for summer use. Fun!
Can you actually use it for swimming? yarn tends to behave strangely when wet...

It might work if I use really tight stitches

I'll give it a shot, though I don't have the guts to wear a two-piece anything.
It could be a good gift idea, yeah?

christinelamberton · Post by **christinelamberton** » August 5th, 2013, 2:00 pm

Hello knitters,

I am reading and recording

The Ladies Book of Etiquette by Florence Hartley

In chapter 21 towards the end, because of the long chapter it has been renamed chapter 23 Accomplishments Part 3, I do not know how to say the letter x which appears several times in the knitting patterns.

14th row—Knit ten; × make one and knit two together × repeat until six remain; knit three; make one; knit three.

15th row—Knit six; × make one and knit two together × repeat until ten remain, which knit.

Can somebody help me with this?

Christine Lamberton