Knitting - help and advice super thread!

I was thinking of using circular needles instead of making it in sections, not the best at sewing them all together!

My mum does stripy gloves - kinda hippy style. I really like them.
Personally I like having spare wool for trying out stitch patterns, I have lots of little swatches of different techniques and patterns where I was trying to see the best zig-zag stitch, or cross stitch or if combining two patterns together looked weird or nice.

Here's what I found about the yarn:
http://www.royalyarns.com/Caron-Naturally-Spa-Yarn_c_5310.html

Looks like they use the less-standard 85g... So you're better off going with yardage metrics for your needs.
So for small size you'd need 4*251 = 1004 yards. If you find an equivalent weight yarn, just get enough to give you that yardage and air on the "more" side, so you don't run out.

PS:
Similar yarn here, http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/spa-shawl-top, they're saying it's sports weight 5ply.

I really have to get back to taking pics of the stuff I make. it's so annoying when you go to make something again and you can't remember how you did it.

all I ask when I make garments for people it's a pic of the wearing in, but most forget.....

ABajaninCork wrote: »

I made a baby blanket for my nephew and had his name & DoB embroidered on a patch which I then sewed on the blanket. It got lost in the post! :mad: But I did take a picture before sending.

oh, how awful! of all things to lose by post, it'll always be something irreplaceable... Did it take you long to make it?
My SIL was making a baby blanket before their first child over 2 years ago, she's only got around to doing the border now as they're expecting their second. I suppose they had heir hands full the rest of the time.

I'd say for a doll's dress it will be fine,one row will be taller then the one before it, thats all.

Do you have a link to the DK book, I haven't a clue how to red patterns, I just wing it!

I costed a dress out of 100% cotton @ €3.95 for a 50g ball, looking at €70 min. (need about 800g or 2400 m.)

In 50% cotton, looking at €2.00 per 50g ball, so €about €40.

And while that's well worth it for a dress, I don't have the money, so I'm on the search for a white 1kg cone of Dk or thicker for > €40..... I should have bought out of season last year when I saw all the bargains!

Oh and I taught my nieces to finger knit yesterday( 9 and 7), I've never seen them so quite.

That_Girl_ Is_ A_Cowboy wrote: »

I learned a little how to read patterns from that book and to date I worked on some knitting. At first I did straight pieces then I moved onto doing other bits. I knitted a cap, a dress, a skirt, and headband for a doll and I was very happy with the finished pieces. I love wandering around shops that sell knitting supplies looking at all the wool and yarn and bought some nice yarn for the doll clothes.

Currently I'm working on a few different pieces including a batch of baby caps in some beautiful baby bamboo yarn.

Oh phew, I started reading your sentence there about knitting a cap, a dress and a skirt and I thought wow, I must be a real slow starter if you've gone on to such huge projects so soon! I finished reading it though, and see that it's for a doll. Mean as it is, it made me feel a little better
I do hope you go on to make awesome big project though!
It's a great idea to knit for a doll. I tried knitting for a barbie when I was 10, I did a few rows and my mum had to finish it cos it took me almost a year to just do those.
If it's a project that's close to your heart and you want it perfect, I'd just hold my breath and rip up the rows... Otherwise, duckling10's suggestion to do the other side in same way sounds like a plan.

I've had to rip up chunks of a number of projects, actually I think all of them, at least once before completing... a finished beret back to about 30% a couple of times because the beret width didn't turn out to be enough. A ribbed hat because it wasn't wide enough for the head, my swatch was stockinette and I counted stitched based on that, but since the hat was ribbed the stitch count would've been higher than in the swatch. Completed cardigan back ripped back down to the arm-holes because I wanted a long cardigan and stretching it width-wise shortened it. a "completed" crocheted doily because I misread the pattern and missed 2 rows quite early on, so it curled up a bit instead of laying flat. a cable hat completed and ripped back half way twice because it was too short, then too long as it needed to be in multiples of the cable pattern...
It's hard to rip up work especially as new knitters we're a bit/a lot slower than pros. However, I've always been glad I did it as that one mistake that I'd let slide would've always bugged me.

Knitting a swirl baby hat at the moment, and forgot to do the cable switch on one of the swirls early on, so only noticed the mistake about 9 rows later. The stitch count between the swirls then was off, so just ripped back to the mistake round, recounted the stitches and back knitting it again.

Personally I would continue the pattern over the 4 left over stitches, it will just be the alternating p2, k2 I presume.
Is that what you're asking? or do you mean whether to do the pattern on the decrease row?