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So, feeling bored the other day I decided that I should learn to knit
My mum did teach me the basics when I was little but I had pretty much forgotten everything lol
Anyway I went out and bought some needles and yarn and found some tutorials online.
After a bit of confusion I think I am getting the hang of it.
I might even be feeling brave enough to try a simple pattern
I've taken up knitting again too, can only do the basics right now but found a 'pattern' in one of my craft books. All it is is knitting certain size rectangles & sewing them together to make a small jumper. I'm starting it now in the hope it'll be ready for DS by winter!
"It's breaking the circle.
Going to work, to get money, to translate into things, which you use up, which means you go to work again, etc, etc.
The Norm.
What we should be doing is working at the job of life itself."
- Tom Good, The Good Life.
That's how I learned to knit... The Christmas before last. Now I can knit pretty much anything, in any weight, any pattern, any size, without instructions. Welcome to the fold!
"Only after the last tree has been cut down,
Only after the last river has been poisoned,
Only after the last fish has been caught,
Only then will you realise that money cannot be eaten" Cree Indian prophecy
Great when it all comes together
I have the problem that I'm spinning and dyeing wool, so feel I 'have' to knit stuff, not normally my thing but I've found that investing in a few sets of bamboo double pointed needles (ebay bargain) and a couple of wood / bamboo tipped circular needles (and finding the top-down no-stitch-up jumper pattern) kept my interest much longer than the old straight ones did.
Crochet was always my 'thing' even made men's jumpers with a crochet 'moss stitch' and an arran-alike jacket (sixties crocheted tops anyone?)currently knitting to felt and I don't believe crochet felts as well?
Say what you mean and be who you are, Those who mind don't matter, and those that matter don't mind
Way to go *Stuffed*. I would love to know how to knit but I have a sort of wierd ambidexturous thing going on in which I can do anything with either hand (including writing) but I have a real hard time to get both hands to do different things at the same time. What one does the other follows--if you get my meaning . Anywho, because of that I got into crotcheting a few years ago and have since let it fall to the wayside. But I think it is something that I will take up again this winter as I do find it relaxing.
Make sure you post pictures of your knitting accomplishments, I love seeing what others on this board can do.
Martina wrote: Way to go *Stuffed*. I would love to know how to knit but I have a sort of wierd ambidexturous thing going on in which I can do anything with either hand (including writing) but I have a real hard time to get both hands to do different things at the same time.
Which way do you knit? I have massive problems trying to knit "British style" - get my two hands totally confuddled - I find Continental much, much easier. Maybe you should try that?
I started knitting at age 4 (mum needed something to keep me occupied), and have never really stopped. I get withdrawal symptoms if I am without for too long...
Ina
I'm a size 10, really; I wear a 20 for comfort. (Gina Yashere)
Martina wrote: Way to go *Stuffed*. I would love to know how to knit but I have a sort of wierd ambidexturous thing going on in which I can do anything with either hand (including writing) but I have a real hard time to get both hands to do different things at the same time.
Which way do you knit? I have massive problems trying to knit "British style" - get my two hands totally confuddled - I find Continental much, much easier. Maybe you should try that?
I started knitting at age 4 (mum needed something to keep me occupied), and have never really stopped. I get withdrawal symptoms if I am without for too long...
Good question. The last time I was taught any kind of formal knitting was in primary school in Ireland. So which ever style would be common there--if anyone knows. I will look up both styles ( thank God for google) and see if I can't figure it out and give it a bash.
Okay, so I just wanted to bump this thread to let everyone here know that there is an excellent tutorial on Continental knitting style ( I figured out that my previous attempts were English) on "Y*uT*be. If I can make a link work, I will put it in here.
Millymollymandy wrote:You must get really stiff left hand fingers working like that!
If you wind the wool too tightly around your left forefinger, it can kind of feel like dropping off... But that's a question of practise. Otherwise, I don't get stiff fingers. But then, if you first learnt the other style, it would seem easier for you, and my fingers seize up when I try it!
Ina
I'm a size 10, really; I wear a 20 for comfort. (Gina Yashere)
Yes I can understand that whichever way was the one you learnt would just come naturally and the other would seem odd and 'cack-handed' .... however you know I was a bit surprised by the tutorial as I've seen people knitting (certainly I remember it in Greece, not sure about other continental countries) where the left hand needle (I think it was that one!) is sort of under the armpit..... it looked really wierd and I was expecting that to be the continental style. Or maybe you can do this style and keep one needle from really moving much by shoving it under your armpit as it is more crochet-like in the way they are working .... oh now I'm really confused.
I am no good at knitting, I knit in a "german" style according to a woman on the bus, that is I only move the right hand needle. I don't shove the left one under my arm, but I don't move it.I've tried other approaches but I just am no good at it.
however, I can crochet.
oh how I love my tea, tea in the afternoon. I can't do without it, and I think I'll have another cup very
ve-he-he-he-heryyyyyyy soooooooooooon!!!!
mrsflibble wrote:I am no good at knitting, I knit in a "german" style according to a woman on the bus, that is I only move the right hand needle.
Excuse me - why does that mean you are not good at it??? I knit "German style" - although I call it continental, because the rest of Europe seems to knit that way, too - and I can't see for the life of me why that should mean "being no good at it"!
Ina
I'm a size 10, really; I wear a 20 for comfort. (Gina Yashere)
My nan taught me to crochet when I was little but I wouldn't have a clue where to start now 
. Anywho, because of that I got into crotcheting a few years ago and have since let it fall to the wayside. But I think it is something that I will take up again this winter as I do find it relaxing.
(thanks)
But that's a question of practise. Otherwise, I don't get stiff fingers. But then, if you first learnt the other style, it would seem easier for you, and my fingers seize up when I try it!
