Knitting - help and advice super thread!

wmpdd3 · 03-10-2013 01:12PM

vitani wrote: »

Made my first ruffle scarf last night with wool I got in Aldi at the weekend. It was 16C on the way to work this morning, but by god, I was wearing that scarf.

I want to make all my winter accessories this year.

My kids are 1 and 3 and I was cleaning out all the winter stuff I've made for them since I found I was pregnant with no.1 to make way for stuff that fits,

9 hats,
2 scarves
2 snoods
7 mittens and
5 sets of booties.

and thats just stuff for the charity shop, lots of odds found too.

Very easy to get carried away

cmbutterfly45 · 03-10-2013 01:22PM

Probably a really obvious thing but I'm knitting my first piece of clothing " bridal bolero" I'm at the part of the back where I'm just finishing shaping the shoulders it says to bind off the rem 44 sts, do I just pull thru the wool , cast them off properly or just put it onto a spare needle there is a small rib to go around neck part later but I don't know if I pick it up or if I cast on new?? Sorry as I said virgin clothes knitter

ABajaninCork · 03-10-2013 01:32PM

Bind off is Americanese (LOL) for cast off. So you cast off the stitches in order to finish shaping. The pattern should then tell you to join the shoulders and pick up the stitches to make the rib.

cmbutterfly45 · 03-10-2013 01:37PM

ABajaninCork wrote: »

Bind off is Americanese (LOL) for cast off. So you cast off the stitches in order to finish shaping. The pattern should then tell you to join the shoulders and pick up the stitches to make the rib.

Thank you so much , that is exactly what the pattern tells me to do!! I'll be back when I'm trying to figure out how exactly I pick the sts back up

vitani · 03-10-2013 02:39PM

wmpdd3 wrote: »

My kids are 1 and 3 and I was cleaning out all the winter stuff I've made for them since I found I was pregnant with no.1 to make way for stuff that fits,

9 hats,
2 scarves
2 snoods
7 mittens and
5 sets of booties.

and thats just stuff for the charity shop, lots of odds found too.

Very easy to get carried away

Not at the rate I knit! The ruffle scarf only took an evening to do, but usually I'm a slow knitter!

ElvisChrist6 · 09-10-2013 10:42PM

This isn't really knitting advice, just seeing if anyone can shed any light on this.

My gran used to love knitting, but one day she gave me her needles and stuff and said she had to stop because of her bad heart - apparently the doctor said it was bad for her heart (too exciting maybe). This was years ago and only recently have I come to question this... anyone know anything about it? Any doctors who would recommend their angina sufferers stop knitting?

canadianwoman · 09-10-2013 11:37PM

ElvisChrist6 wrote: »

This isn't really knitting advice, just seeing if anyone can shed any light on this.

My gran used to love knitting, but one day she gave me her needles and stuff and said she had to stop because of her bad heart - apparently the doctor said it was bad for her heart (too exciting maybe). This was years ago and only recently have I come to question this... anyone know anything about it? Any doctors who would recommend their angina sufferers stop knitting?

If anything knitting would be good for her heart. It would relax her.

Strange doctor.

ABajaninCork · 10-10-2013 09:54AM

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vitani · 10-10-2013 10:07AM

ElvisChrist6 wrote: »

This isn't really knitting advice, just seeing if anyone can shed any light on this.

My gran used to love knitting, but one day she gave me her needles and stuff and said she had to stop because of her bad heart - apparently the doctor said it was bad for her heart (too exciting maybe). This was years ago and only recently have I come to question this... anyone know anything about it? Any doctors who would recommend their angina sufferers stop knitting?

The only thing I can think of is that he thought the constant movement of her arms might have caused a problem, but even that's a bit of a stretch. Strange.

Jellybaby1 · 10-10-2013 11:34AM

Yes, it can happen. A friend of mine was also warned against knitting by her doctor because she has heart trouble. It think it must have been the tension (no pun intended). Her knitting tension was extremely tight which showed how tense she herself was. Knitting had no relaxing effect on her and only increased her heart rate.

canadianwoman · 10-10-2013 04:43PM

Jellybaby1 wrote: »

Yes, it can happen. A friend of mine was also warned against knitting by her doctor because she has heart trouble. It think it must have been the tension (no pun intended). Her knitting tension was extremely tight which showed how tense she herself was. Knitting had no relaxing effect on her and only increased her heart rate.

That is interesting. I have never heard anything like that before.

wmpdd3 · 11-10-2013 12:39AM

I find knitting very calming, actually I have a knitting bag that says, 'I knit so I wont kill'

Its so true.

Big knitter · 12-10-2013 05:18PM

Hi all, I have the wool to knit Benjamin Bear, bought it in Aldi, but have mislaid the pattern. Can anyone help with a copy. Many thanks

canadianwoman · 12-10-2013 05:21PM

wmpdd3 wrote: »

I find knitting very calming, actually I have a knitting bag that says, 'I knit so I wont kill'

Its so true.

I find knitting relaxing too. I was taught knitting in Home Economics class. We had to make a knitted stuffed duck. I wish I had of kept the pattern though I am sure I could find one online if I looked hard enough.

wmpdd3 · 13-10-2013 01:28AM

First thing I ever knit was a horrible pink scarf when I was 5, the nuns taught us how to knit, how I have no idea. I remember one nun saying my tention was a disgrace, I had no idea what she was talking about, but still she managed to get 14 5-year-olds to sit still and knit. Amazing.

x Purple Pawprints x · 13-10-2013 01:35AM

The first thing I ever knit was a headband when I was about 7

vitani · 13-10-2013 07:18PM

Does anyone else hate making up and finishing pieces? I love sewing usually but there's something about sewing something I've knitted that drives me mad. I finished knitting a cardigan for my daughter during the week but it's taking me nearly as long again to finish it off nicely.

wmpdd3 · 13-10-2013 08:26PM

I was the same but I learned how to properly steam and block and ladder stitch up my pieces recently. Before there were always disasters. I used to just start something else while wondering how I was going to fix the ill fitting item!

vitani · 13-10-2013 08:58PM

Is ladder stitch the same as mattress stitch? I just learned that in the past couple of weeks, and it's definitely making this cardigan look a lot better than any one I've previously made.

ABajaninCork · 13-10-2013 09:23PM

I just use back stitch on my pieces (which I HATE making up, BTW). Would that not be the right stitch to use?

ElvisChrist6 · 13-10-2013 10:56PM

canadianwoman wrote: »

If anything knitting would be good for her heart. It would relax her.

Strange doctor.

vitani wrote: »

The only thing I can think of is that he thought the constant movement of her arms might have caused a problem, but even that's a bit of a stretch. Strange.

Jellybaby1 wrote: »

Yes, it can happen. A friend of mine was also warned against knitting by her doctor because she has heart trouble. It think it must have been the tension (no pun intended). Her knitting tension was extremely tight which showed how tense she herself was. Knitting had no relaxing effect on her and only increased her heart rate.

Jellybaby1, that must be it, I'm glad I wasn't just going completely mad anyway!

Thanks for the replies vitani and candianwoman too!

aknitter · 14-10-2013 10:23AM

ABajaninCork wrote: »

I just use back stitch on my pieces (which I HATE making up, BTW). Would that not be the right stitch to use?

Mattress stitch gives a better finish over all, to me its like you're grafting the pieces together. I hate making up too but its worth taking the time to get it right. Which is why I am currently only making hats, toys and blankets!

x Purple Pawprints x · 14-10-2013 10:36AM

Anyone seen the Tivoli Dash wool? It's really really nice and so easy to use. I made a black version of this long scarf the other day. I had it all done in a few hours, they'd be lovely Christmas presents!

LoonyLovegood · 14-10-2013 12:12PM

I'm after getting back into knitting in a big way. Anyone have any recommendations for circular needles?

aknitter · 14-10-2013 12:38PM

CTYIgirl wrote: »

I'm after getting back into knitting in a big way. Anyone have any recommendations for circular needles?

try to get a pair that have the size of the needle stamped on it, I have pony ones and they don't do that and I constantly figuring out which is which

x Purple Pawprints x · 14-10-2013 01:12PM

Are they easy to use? A lot of patterns seem to call for them but I've only ever used straight needles.

Aoifums · 14-10-2013 07:47PM

vitani wrote: »

Does anyone else hate making up and finishing pieces? I love sewing usually but there's something about sewing something I've knitted that drives me mad. I finished knitting a cardigan for my daughter during the week but it's taking me nearly as long again to finish it off nicely.

I hate sewing bits together or just in general, especially if I'm making amigurumi. I always seem to ruin the shape of whatever I've made when I go to sew it.

Princess Peach · 14-10-2013 09:51PM

aknitter wrote: »

try to get a pair that have the size of the needle stamped on it, I have pony ones and they don't do that and I constantly figuring out which is which

Just a get a gauge ruler with the holes you can use for sizing. They are really cheap.

I love knitting in a round. Mostly cause I hate to purl

making a scarf on circular needles now.

mefynn · 14-10-2013 09:51PM

anyone have a quirky mans christmas jumper pattern please

LoonyLovegood · 14-10-2013 10:49PM

x Purple Pawprints x wrote: »

Are they easy to use? A lot of patterns seem to call for them but I've only ever used straight needles.

I want them for the space! I'm making a cushion, and my long needles barely have the space on them for it.

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