Guess What??!! I Can Do It...I Can Do It...!!

[MaureenHall]

Sarah I'm so glad the parcel arrived safe and well done on your squares Make enough of them and you can stitch them together for a patchwork

Jardiniere - if you're still having trouble with the 4 needles for circular knitting, I've got loads of circular needles!! If you'd like 1 (big or small), PM me with the size and your address and I'll send it to you. Same goes for anyone else that wants one, I bought a job lot a couple of years ago from Ebay just to get the sizes I wanted so got loads left over now

[shirlthegirl43]

Congrats Sarz coming along nicely there.

I love knitting as a wind-down but now find I get very bored if it isn't a nice technical aran pattern.

[SarzWix]

I was worried then for a minute you were trying to walk again...but it's just knitting. Phew.

It's looking good - i've not knitted since I was a gal. A long long time ago.

Lord, no, the word picture of what might happen if I did... I'll not be doing that til they say I can!

I reckon it's about 25 years since I last knitted... Quite surprised that I got it together so quickly, I've only dropped one stitch so far, and I managed to rescue that straight away

Hooray!

Have you looked at Knitty: Archive 2008 lots of great funky patterns and all free too.

Thanks Seahorse I haven't sussed out how to make things wider/narrower, how to put holes in (the sort which are meant to be there!), and many other things. So I might not be doing clothing for a while yet...

In the other thread, you very kindly offered to send me some odds & ends, I'd be very grateful for anything you have spare!

[FionaH]

Good on you, looking good! I can only do knit 1 in straight lines, lots of scarfs when I gave up drinking

[Rhona]

Well done you! I was determined to knit something for baby girl when I was pregnant with her, but failed to accept that I can't actually knit. I managed about three lines of tightly-pulled fluff before giving up!

The NHS are looking for people to knit fake boobs (no, really) to train people in breastfeeding. T'was on the BBC news the other day. Fancy that challenge?!

[jackie j]

Well done you. I used to do a lot of knitting but now because my hands go all pins and needles !! I dont do any but I get bored and would love to take it up again.

[Alice]

Well done Sarzwix. I hope you find it therapeutic.

[HeyWayne]

Good work lady!

Great to see a positive thread!

Keen to see what you end up creating - keep it up lady.

[SarzWix]

Thanks folks
I'm very hopeful that it will end up being a patchwork blanket for my sister's baby. She's not due for 10 weeks yet, so I should get it done in time!

[HeyWayne]

Thanks folks
I'm very hopeful that it will end up being a patchwork blanket for my sister's baby. She's not due for 10 weeks yet, so I should get it done in time!

Get crackin', those 10 weeks will fly by!

[bubblewrap]

Knitting reminded me of this
YouTube - Noah & Nelly - During a Savings Week

[pjh75]

I lurve knitting... used to do it as a young gal after my grandmother taught me the basics. Hadn't done it for years but then took it up again when that "The Art of Knitting" partwork came out a year or two ago - have now reached the end of the series, about 90 booklets but am way behind with the throw that you are supposed to have done by the end of it... have only completed two lots of nine and a few odd squares. Have made a few hats & scarves though. I'm not very good, the experts amongst you will notice that the tension isn't perfect and my edges get all curled up, but I enjoy it. The book I am reading is all about someone setting up a stitch & bitch group - I didn't think they were real.

[SarzWix]

My nana always said to have it loose enough that the needle would fit in the stitch, but not 'sloppy', and it'll be about right. I know there's a way to measure the tension by knitting a square, but she rarely bothered. And I don't think I'll worry about that bit til I get beyond knitting squares

[di]

Oooh!!You've inspired me to pick up some needles!!I used to love it,but went backwards in my progression!!...started off with jumpers(that my mum always had to sew up for me!!)to squares for blankets....that I'd still get my mum to sew up for me
I've never bothered with checking the tension...apparently I'm a loose knitter(no comments please!)...but the way I see it is the looser you knit the quicker it grows!
Well done...& good luck in getting it finished!

[BrideXIII]

h he , my mums neighbours taught me to knit and crochet, she used to call me 'slack alice' cos my stitches were so loose.