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Place for the yarn obsessed to discuss current projects, yarn stashes and to show off their work.

 

I had a thread in the old TRF for this already but lets start another one.

 

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Yay!! Another thread for knitting people!! :yay:

 

Yarnies? I like that name! :D :ebert: : cheers:

 

Anyway, I've not had much of a chance to knit recently (:o) but I'm getting back into it... I'm only doing squares got a blanket at the mo... Only made four so far so it'll take a while!! :D

 

I've got a case of the "itchy fingers" I'm going to dig out my needles right now!!

 

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:huh: :huh: :huh: :huh: <------ Me trying to knit.

 

But I'd really like to learn.

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I've finally learned how to crochet ( somewhat) I'm a knitter mostly but I've been making circles for squares for an afghan. It's going pretty well :)
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I still have the reproduction of the cover of 2112 I latch hooked my sophomore year of high school.

 

(Or does that not count as sophisticated enough of a discipline...)

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I haven't given crotchet much of a go... I had trouble just with chain stitch!

 

I wanna try again at some point though...

 

Also I do cross stitch but haven't done any for a while.. I find the lights gotta be right for me to see the holes in the fabric.

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I still have the reproduction of the cover of 2112 I latch hooked my sophomore year of high school.

 

(Or does that not count as sophisticated enough of a discipline...)

 

Latch hook?

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I still have the reproduction of the cover of 2112 I latch hooked my sophomore year of high school.

 

(Or does that not count as sophisticated enough of a discipline...)

 

Of course it is. I used to do that myself back in the day. Cross stitch too is yarn work.

 

If it involves yarn or textiles this is the place to yak about it.

 

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I haven't given crotchet much of a go... I had trouble just with chain stitch!

 

I wanna try again at some point though...

 

Also I do cross stitch but haven't done any for a while.. I find the lights gotta be right for me to see the holes in the fabric.

I was exactly the same way about crochet. I tried many times over many years and I just didn't get it. But recently I decided to try again and after frogging many times I'm finally creating something that looks decent.

 

Cross stitch I tried a few times too abd I made some stuff but my passion lies with knitting and crochet I think.

 

 

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Ah right!!

 

I've done that in the past but not for many years...

 

Both my mum and my nan knit and crotchet and my nan used to crotchet the backing as well as doing the latch hook part. She made many rugs this way.

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Here's a few things I made recently...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v703/squeaktoysneezer/22522_10152191906935397_94175312_n-1_zps9b3f26e6.jpg

Fall Tam I made last autumn... all knit

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v703/squeaktoysneezer/4613042d-1f2b-47fe-b523-b8c55d109e9f_zpscef3a964.jpg

Lace scarf I knit last fall... gave to a friend for a gift

 

Working on a crochet project currently... will be posting pics of the progress as it comes along.

 

Anyone else wanna post pics?

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Here's a few things I made recently...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v703/squeaktoysneezer/22522_10152191906935397_94175312_n-1_zps9b3f26e6.jpg

Fall Tam I made last autumn... all knit

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v703/squeaktoysneezer/4613042d-1f2b-47fe-b523-b8c55d109e9f_zpscef3a964.jpg

Lace scarf I knit last fall... gave to a friend for a gift

 

Working on a crochet project currently... will be posting pics of the progress as it comes along.

 

Anyone else wanna post pics?

 

Nice!!

 

Here's mine:

 

And lo, a blanket is born...

 

http://i1204.photobucket.com/albums/bb414/lyndseyg2112/2F23262D-84FC-4AAA-87DF-ACE41BC99D2E-1657-0000017649CCB03B.jpg

 

Sorry about the quality of the image. I'll post more as it grows...

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In securing the previous stitch in a wale, the next stitch can pass through the previous loop from either below or above. If the former, the stitch is denoted as a knit stitch or a plain stitch; if the latter, as a purl stitch. The two stitches are related in that a knit stitch seen from one side of the fabric appears as a purl stitch on the other side.

 

I love knitting terminology...it's so fun to just know the terms...maybe I'll use them in a crossword puzzle someday

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Here's a few things I made recently...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v703/squeaktoysneezer/22522_10152191906935397_94175312_n-1_zps9b3f26e6.jpg

Fall Tam I made last autumn... all knit

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v703/squeaktoysneezer/4613042d-1f2b-47fe-b523-b8c55d109e9f_zpscef3a964.jpg

Lace scarf I knit last fall... gave to a friend for a gift

 

Working on a crochet project currently... will be posting pics of the progress as it comes along.

 

Anyone else wanna post pics?

 

Nice!!

 

Here's mine:

 

And lo, a blanket is born...

 

http://i1204.photobucket.com/albums/bb414/lyndseyg2112/2F23262D-84FC-4AAA-87DF-ACE41BC99D2E-1657-0000017649CCB03B.jpg

 

Sorry about the quality of the image. I'll post more as it grows...

I love those colours together! Great start!

I'm also making a blanket currently... Im crocheting it though. Im making a bunch of squares then Im going to attach them together in a blanket for my boyfriend... then Im making a totally psychedelic throw for myself. :D

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In securing the previous stitch in a wale, the next stitch can pass through the previous loop from either below or above. If the former, the stitch is denoted as a knit stitch or a plain stitch; if the latter, as a purl stitch. The two stitches are related in that a knit stitch seen from one side of the fabric appears as a purl stitch on the other side.

 

I love knitting terminology...it's so fun to just know the terms...maybe I'll use them in a crossword puzzle someday

 

I'll be honest, none of that made any sense... I am a bit sleepy though. :)

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In securing the previous stitch in a wale, the next stitch can pass through the previous loop from either below or above. If the former, the stitch is denoted as a knit stitch or a plain stitch; if the latter, as a purl stitch. The two stitches are related in that a knit stitch seen from one side of the fabric appears as a purl stitch on the other side.

 

I love knitting terminology...it's so fun to just know the terms...maybe I'll use them in a crossword puzzle someday

 

I'll be honest, none of that made any sense... I am a bit sleepy though. :)

Here let me help you out. I'm just going to start documenting really cool aspects, and basic aspects of knitting. The terminilogy really makes me laugh...like how did someone come up with these terms for knitting? I'll just start with this entry, courtesy of Wiki:

 

[edit] Courses and wales

 

 

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Knit-schematic.png/200px-Knit-schematic.png

 

http://bits.wikimedia.org/static-1.21wmf11/skins/common/images/magnify-clip.pngStructure of stockinette, a common knitted fabric. The meandering red path defines one course, the path of the yarn through the fabric. The uppermost white loops are unsecured and "active", but they secure the red loops suspended from them. In turn, the red loops secure the white loops just below them, which in turn secure the loops below them, and so on.

 

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Knitting_wales_slip_stitch.png/200px-Knitting_wales_slip_stitch.png

 

http://bits.wikimedia.org/static-1.21wmf11/skins/common/images/magnify-clip.pngAlternating wales of red and white knit stitches. Each stitch in a wale is suspended from the one above it.

Like weaving, knitting is a technique for producing a two-dimensional fabric made from a one-dimensional yarn or thread. In weaving, threads are always straight, running parallel either lengthwise (warp threads) or crosswise (weft threads). By contrast, the yarn in knitted fabrics follows a meandering path (a course), forming symmetric loops (also called bights) symmetrically above and below the mean path of the yarn. These meandering loops can be stretched easily in different directions, which gives knitting much more elasticity than woven fabrics; depending on the yarn and knitting pattern, knitted garments can stretch as much as 500%. For this reason, knitting was initially developed for garments that must be elastic or stretch in response to the wearer's motions, such as socks and hosiery. For comparison, woven garments stretch mainly along one direction (the bias) and are not very elastic, unless they are woven from stretchable material such as spandex. Knitted garments are often more form-fitting than woven garments, since their elasticity allows them to follow the body's curvature closely; by contrast, curvature is introduced into most woven garments only with sewn darts, flares, gussets and gores, the seams of which lower the elasticity of the woven fabric still further. Extra curvature can be introduced into knitted garments without seams, as in the heel of a sock; the effect of darts, flares, etc. can be obtained with short rows or by increasing or decreasing the number of stitches. Thread used in weaving is usually much finer than the yarn used in knitting, which can give the knitted fabric more bulk and less drape than a woven fabric.

If they are not secured, the loops of a knitted course will come undone when their yarn is pulled; this is known as ripping out, unravelling knitting, or humorously, frogging (because you 'rip it', this sounds like a frog croaking: 'rib-bit').[1] To secure a stitch, at least one new loop is passed through it. Although the new stitch is itself unsecured ("active" or "live"), it secures the stitch(es) suspended from it. A sequence of stitches in which each stitch is suspended from the next is called a wale.[2] To secure the initial stitches of a knitted fabric, a method for casting on is used; to secure the final stitches in a wale, one uses a method of binding off. During knitting, the active stitches are secured mechanically, either from individual hooks (in knitting machines) or from a knitting needle or frame in hand-knitting.

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