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Miss BunnyKiller

Joined: 06 May 2005
Posts: 52
Location: Brixham, Devon

Posted: Wed Jan 18, 06 9:07 pm Post subject:
ahhh its starting to make some sense now

Lozzie

Joined: 25 May 2005
Posts: 2595

Posted: Thu Jan 19, 06 12:09 pm Post subject:
WE INTERRUPT THIS THREAD TO BRING YOU A SPECIAL NEWS BULLETIN - - After nearly 40 years of blissful ignorance, Lozzie, spurred on by the enthusiasm of her on-line buddies and by the relentless nagging from her 9-year-old daughter, is finally learning to knit... I managed this much last night whilst watching the Bill. Whaddya think of it so far?

judith

Joined: 16 Dec 2004
Posts: 22790
Location: Montgomeryshire

Posted: Thu Jan 19, 06 12:16 pm Post subject:
Definitely looks like some knitting to me. Well done. What is it going to grow up to be?

ele

Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Posts: 814
Location: Derby

Posted: Thu Jan 19, 06 12:16 pm Post subject:
Excellent work, very neat for a starter, is it a scarf perhaps

culpepper

Joined: 16 Dec 2004
Posts: 638
Location: Kent

Posted: Thu Jan 19, 06 1:27 pm Post subject:
If you get bored quickly,cast off and say it is a dolls scarf,if you manage a small square,it can be a pot holder,if a longer rectangle,line it and make a hanky pouch or purse and if longer than that,it can be a real scarf.You dont have to say what it is before hand

nora

Joined: 20 Mar 2005
Posts: 1539
Location: West Yorkshire

Posted: Thu Jan 19, 06 3:20 pm Post subject:
Lozzie, that looks great, and don't worry, it does get easier the more you do it. (see tigger, there's hope for you after all )

Lozzie

Joined: 25 May 2005
Posts: 2595

Posted: Thu Jan 19, 06 4:27 pm Post subject:
It is currently just living by the name of "my knitting" but yes, it could indeed be a scarf for Action Man at the moment. Or a duvet for a pencil.

mochyn

Joined: 21 Dec 2004
Posts: 24585
Location: mid-Wales

Posted: Thu Jan 19, 06 7:40 pm Post subject:
Hereby awarded 5 shiney gold stars and the Downsizer beginners knitting badge, Lozzie! Now there's a thought: what about merit badges a la Brownies? Gardening ones, making and doing ones, housework, cooking, killing things...

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 44456
Location: yes

Posted: Thu Jan 19, 06 8:04 pm Post subject:
oh not kittens , knitting .sorry .

tigger

Joined: 13 Nov 2005
Posts: 725
Location: Bologna (Italy)

Posted: Thu Jan 19, 06 10:27 pm Post subject:

nora wrote:

(see tigger, there's hope for you after all

)

that's your mission for next summer- teaching me to knit! If I start in July perhaps I'd manage an action man scarf for the winter!

nora

Joined: 20 Mar 2005
Posts: 1539
Location: West Yorkshire

Posted: Fri Jan 20, 06 7:25 am Post subject:

tigger wrote:

nora wrote:

(see tigger, there's hope for you after all

)

that's your mission for next summer- teaching me to knit! If I start in July perhaps I'd manage an action man scarf for the winter!

Right - mission accepted. (You could make Mr Tigger a scarf for christmas.)

moggins

Joined: 24 Feb 2005
Posts: 942
Location: Gloucester

Posted: Fri Jan 27, 06 8:06 pm Post subject:
I've managed 5 scarves this winter but anything that requires a shape to it is beyond me, I can't work out what half of those abbreviations mean

Bugs

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 10744

Posted: Fri Jan 27, 06 8:36 pm Post subject:

moggins wrote:

I've managed 5 scarves this winter but anything that requires a shape to it is beyond me, I can't work out what half of those abbreviations mean

Someone (I think Wellington Womble) recommended books by Erika Knight, which usually have the instructions written out in full, and even my appalling local library usually has a couple available. Really nice modern patterns too, including a few very cute toys if you are knitting for children.

I've kind of worked out most of the abbreviations but it took a while and they do almost seem to do it on purpose to lend an air of mystery to the whole thing

Róisín

Joined: 30 Jul 2005
Posts: 578

Posted: Sat Jan 28, 06 2:08 am Post subject:
I don't know if it's been mentioned before on this thread but I've got, and am working through, the Stitch N Bitch book; it's for beginners. I would really recommend it. If anyone wants, I can post the beginners patterns up here, or somewhere, and also the photos of the stuff

wellington womble

Joined: 08 Nov 2004
Posts: 15051
Location: East Midlands

Posted: Sat Jan 28, 06 11:51 am Post subject:

Bugs wrote:

moggins wrote:

I've managed 5 scarves this winter but anything that requires a shape to it is beyond me, I can't work out what half of those abbreviations mean

Someone (I think Wellington Womble) recommended books by Erika Knight, which usually have the instructions written out in full

Guilty! It is much less daunting with the vowels left in. My first grown up knitting (with shaping) is from her something knits for little cherubs book, and was a garter stitch toy rabbit, which I very nearly couldn't give away (and made with wool left over from the scarf!)

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