K3tog: ILx Knitting 3

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What yarn are you using?

Lion Brand Fishermans Wool that I got for pretty cheap - it felts up really well, and is a bit heavier than standard worsted. Knitting it up on a size 10 circ. It's the same stuff I'm using for hats.

hey dudes, i finished one of the owls' sleeves and i have a thought about them. i did it according to pattern (it says co 28, knit the cuff, then knit for 2 inches before increasing by 2 sts, etc.). well, it's pretty tight around the forearm and i'm not a bodybuilder or anything. i'm not going back because i'll mess around with it in blocking and it's not *that* bad, but if i had it to do again i'd cast on 4 more stitches and not start increasing until 6 inches in, so you end up with the same number of stitches at the end. the upper arm is about right, and at that point you can try it on anyway to see if you want to add another increase and just bind off the 2 extras at the top.

or, just consider your gauge and measurements before you cast on the sleeve!

i am making the whisper cardigan and it's really boring and slow and i'm knitting unevenly because the yarn is so tiny.
modified not-owls is pretty much done but i'm lazy about fixing the neck (it was bigger than i wanted the first time around so i went back)
i want to make this though http://knitbot.com/2009/09/17/introducing-lightweight-pullover/

I went to the Sheep and Wool Festival today and got yarn made from puppy fur!!

my knitting club has started back as it is now fall. <3

It's a bit ironic: I am obsessed with knitting but I am not that interested in the finished object (see owl sweater: haven't put it on elisabeth once).
That said, I finalled caved and am knitting soxors for Thom (he's VERY critical). It's going pretty well/quickly (cause it's DK yarn):

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These are the cuffs. Started this week and am nearly at the toe. Thom is so excited. Supposed to be house soxors.

I finally met up with a woman I met through Ravelry. She does this Stitch 'n' Bitch like club in my town but haven't been able to attend. I also met another Raveler a few weeks ago. Both are so niiiiiiiiice! :-) <3

i need to learn to knit continental. any time i've tried i can't keep tension or feed the yarn properly. i should take a class. english is wayyyy too slow and uneven

I know what you mean but I am almost sure my teacher hasn't even heard of continental. hah. She also didn'"t want to teach us toe-up sock knitting. :-(

Oh yeah due to excessive knitting of hubby soxors, my middle finger has a red swollen bit near my knuckle. Urgh. It was that or laddering in the socks. hah

Oh Harbl, did you hear about "mixed" knitting? Or do they call it combined? It's a mix of continental and English.

I ordered a shitload of Clover short circs. Would have preferred Addis but my mum lives in Japan and I could order some knitty things from a Japanese site. so there you go. For my hat knitting. :-) I wonder if I'll ever have a complete collection of needles. Damn, I always need more. :-) I also ordered some thicker DPNs (for finishing my bulky hats) from an English shop, Loop.

maybe you guys don't call it continental because you're on the continent? i want to make some house socks too. i can probably deal with making one pair of sock-yarn socks per year but they're a pain in the ass how long they take. thicker socks would be manageable.

oh yeah i was looking at that last week too, combined knitting. i wouldn't mind learning that instead.

Oh my teacher probably doesn't know. It's never been brought up and I have never noticed anyone knitting anything but English style.

I started some socks for my dad Gentleman's Half Hose ones (link) but it's been put on hold for the basic house socks in DK yarn. :-) Also doing some chevron lace baby socks. Damn hard: so tiny and the needles as well. hah

that's funny, i thought it was continental only in europe! it seems like such a better way. socks do go faster than i anticipated so baby socks should be alright but having to knit them for size 11 feet is not fun. i def couldn't knit them for my dad's 13 or brother's size 15. unless i learned to knit a lot faster.

I knit continental, except I don't normally hold the yarn right and pick it up with the needle. I grab it with my left hand and wrap it around the needle instead. While I've been knitting these hats for felting, since it doesn't matter if the tension is uneven and since it's so much knitting, I've been practicing holding the yarn correctly and all that. It does go much faster, and I'm almost able to keep the tension even - not 100% though. and I always revert to my old ways if I stop focusing on it.

another thing i plan to figure out (that would help with tension because i purl a lot looser than i knit) is knitting a cardigan in the round and steeking it. would also be a lot more mindless and make knitting while watching movies easier. the featherweight cardigan (i said whisper before but they're very similar) is going ok but a lot of rowing out i hope will clear up after blocking.

Oh no! Most are throwers. I wish I cld do Continental too. Seems much more efficient

If yr tension is different for purling, I think some knitters use a different needle.

i think i knit continental \(o_O)/

I knit English (I think it's hilarious it's called "throwing," like I'm Andy Capp's enraged wife or something). My tension is fine & even but I wld like to learn continental to do two-fisted fair isle. That shit is hardcore! I haven't done any fair isle yet but the Mason-Dixon book I have is doing a v good job of convincing me it is essential & awesome.

Pah! Essential my ASS. I'm not doing any coloured work THIS century. I did learn it in my course but FUCK that shit.

Okay, off to my course. Way late. Work 'n' ILX 'n' eating dinner.

I finished my first sock for my husband. he tried it on about 15 minutes ago and was soooo excited. YAY!

Awesome! Cast on the second one ASAP!

they are on my lap. heh. off i go :-)

Ripped some soxors. Fuck that shit. But I am finishing stockinette soxors for Thom. :-)))))

Next week we're doing MITTENS in class! EEEEEEK

Mittens are awesome! Easier than socks imo.

i did colorwork once but i was making it up while i went along. it turned out really pretty! but i couldn't imagine doing that from a pattern. i kind of suck at following patterns.

i knit portuguese. i used to do english but it was starting to really hurt my hands. so i learned continental, which took a lot of practice before i could get even tension. and i still didn't quite like it.

i looove portuguese, though having a hook pinned to me is a pain. it was really easy to learn, too--much more so than continental.

I've never met anyone who knit Portugese, that's awesome!

my tension is a little looser with portuguese, but i'm too tight of a knitter anyway, so it works out. it's wonderful--highly recommended if you feel like learning a difft method. the most annoying thing is having your knitting physically attached to you, and then getting up to do something else and realizing that you have yarn trailing from your lapel.

this is what i'm working on right now--a simple hat. the recipient depends on how it blocks. i hate gauge.

(cabling w/o a cable needle is so easy with tiny cables! i know there's some sort of psso way to simulate them, but i didn't feel like looking it up)

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Oh man, I really like that.

i r seaming sweatah. uuuuuuurgh. but hey it's time: it has been waiting for YONKS

Yeah that's why I've only tried top-down ones so far: worries that I couldn't get motivated to piece the bits together at the end.

it takes an entire evening. cld have finished cuffs on my husband's socks. :-(

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this makes me hungry and makes me want to make it and put my cat inside it

Is there an ILX group on Ravelry?

Yeah, actually there is. Not very active though. But it's there. :-)

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My second pair of socks. I'll probably make the exact same pair for my father. I wanna start some Noro socks but afraid to break thread cause I pull very hard (switching needles)

We are making mitts this evening!

Also, speedknitting those above socks: painful hands. :-( What to do since I promised same socks for father (and the Noro ones for mum).

KnitPicks is giving away up to $150 worth of stuff if you try their new wishlist feature: Details. They are my go-to for yarn basics and I love their harmony circs.

Oh man yeah, totally hoping Santa's gonna bring me that interchangeable Harmony set.

I have a Denise & I love it but the tips are so blunt they're a PITA for lace-type stuff. Tried out a friend's Harmonies & they kick ass!

i have the knitpicks interchangeable nickel-plated and i looooooove them

This is baffling me...hemp/cotton/cashmere blend? Who the fuck thought of that?

Maybe it is awesome IRL but the thought of it is computing like 'anchovy ice cream' in my mind.

I love the wood harmony set - so sharp and pointy! Also, those uber-flexible cables - I can do magic loop so easily. The only drawback - knitting dark yarn on those dark wood needles makes it really hard to see if you are okay or screwing up. I'm tempted by the new lucite tips, just to try them out.

I have KnitPicks (that's KnitPro in Europe right?). I like'em already. Lately I have been going back to metal needles. I don't like knitting with Clover so much. Actually only for DPNs and sock knitting. I did order a shitload of short circs from Clover for hatmaking. Christ, one needs to many needles! It never seems to fucking end! Like even if you have circs for hat making you still need the DPNs for finishing'em.

That Knitpicks bag is so beautiful btw.

I really need to get the Kindle because I always end up watching really crappy telly while knitting in stockinette.

We ended up not making the mitts, just some sad ass reversable cable you can use for scarves. YEEE-AWN. After holidays it's MITTS. Can't wait! Really. So much so I'm tempted to cast on the EZ mitered mitts. Anyone here made'em? They look awesome despite the Ravelry comments that they feel awkwards. (I don't care, I never knit for myself. HAHAHAHA)

I ordered the nickel plated DPNS and the wood Harmony ones. What do I prefer? Yep, nickel ones. The wooden ones do look like but I'm such a tight knitter I am afraid to break'em.

Been feeling exceptionally crap lately, so in my class I was nearly fucking crying thinking I was even a failure at knitting. How sad is that? Told my friend who said:"ARE YOU AN IDIOT? Your socks are just PERFECT!" Instead I just keep seeing the mistakes, y'know, like not having picked up the sts perfectly in the second socks. lol. Sort of.

But y'know I fucking love knitting. :-D I even made friends thanks to'em. How fucking cool is that? Meeting up with one tomorrow. I'll even bring my SOXOR. Secretly I wanna teach her sock knitting. :-)

ven if you have circs for hat making you still need the DPNs for finishing'em.

I am still knitting my socks on short Clover dpns, but magic loop works great for finishing hats. I'll never go back to my Clover circs though.

Have Addies (Addys?) fallen out of fashion?

no i have a couple of their circs and really like them but i wanted an interchangeable set and the knitpicks are way cheaper but seem pretty similar

I wish I could spend on the Addies. But I gotta restrain myself. Says the chixor who just ordered a Kindle. hah

addis are still plenty in fashion...ppl just don't want to spend that much. and depending on your body chemistry, they smell weird. supposedly. i have one addi circ and they seem fine to me.

i looove my knit picks nickel-plated circs for magic loop, and don't see that much of a diff. i really need to get more kp circs in other sizes. for some sizes, all i have is awkward boyes with crappy cables.

finally finished second sock of first pair ever. for some reason this one had way more mistakes while the first one was almost perfect. bad picking up stitches after i turned the heel and the grafting at the end looks a little sloppy. oh well!