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hardworkinghippy

Joined: 01 Jan 2005
Posts: 1110
Location: Bourrou South West France

Posted: Thu Jan 06, 05 9:14 pm Post subject:
That's just the stitch. But she can knit plain for the last six stitches every row and that will stop the scarf curling so much. HWH

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 45676
Location: Essex

Posted: Fri Jan 07, 05 9:45 am Post subject:
I thought so, she's started on MkII with plain either end, MkII was very wide so I thought it wirked quite well as a tubular scarf.

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 45676
Location: Essex

Posted: Thu Jan 27, 05 3:36 pm Post subject:
Lots of new links in the knitting section: https://www.downsizer.net/option,com_bookmarks/Itemid,54/catid,44/

judyofthewoods

Joined: 29 Jan 2005
Posts: 804
Location: Pembrokeshire

Posted: Wed Mar 09, 05 1:13 am Post subject:
If anyone is starting to learn to knit from absolute scratch, I would hightly recomend the German way where you hold the yarn in the left hand like you do when you crochet. It is much faster than the British way. Once you are used to knitting the British way, I imagine it would be difficult to get out of the habit.

nettie

Joined: 02 Dec 2004
Posts: 5888
Location: Suffolk

Posted: Wed Mar 09, 05 6:11 pm Post subject:
Have seen a lot of american patterns for "worsted weight" yarn. Does this equate to DK? They use similar size needles that you would use with DK.

Sarah D

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 2584

Posted: Wed Mar 09, 05 7:06 pm Post subject:
https://www.upcountry.co.uk/choosebuy/techno.htm You need to scroll down to the bottom of this page for the conversion chart - gives needle sizes as well; quite useful. Hope this helps.

nettie

Joined: 02 Dec 2004
Posts: 5888
Location: Suffolk

Posted: Wed Mar 09, 05 11:22 pm Post subject:
Thanks Sarah.

wellington womble

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

Posted: Sat Mar 12, 05 3:07 pm Post subject:
highly reccommend John Lewis for knitting wool - They have some lovely natural fibres, like merino, silk and merino mixes, cashmere (and silk mixes) I could only find synthetics every else - no chenille though. Damn! My only learning to knit tip is to knit with natural fibres - they have a bit of give in them, which is lovely as I got in an awful pickle with the synthetics.

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