Do you knit? Post pictures of things you have knitted.

Pointless hand grenade I just finished tonight:


Bow:


Jumper I've never ever worn apart from this picture:


The first "proper" thing I made like two years ago was this hat for my dad:


First ever ever thing I made (hence the face of joy) was this hideously tacky scarf:


I'm trying to learn to crochet. But I cannot. It is practically the same thing? Just wool and needle type things. I have a book and everything but is is HARD.

Knitting because I am pretty lame and boring . But it is sort of fun.

i really want to knit one of these:

ah! you made the Tubey! ive been considering it although it seems to come out weirdly shaped for so many people. the sleeves too long (and youre knitting that in a tube so its difficult to get it right) or too wide or something always seems to go wrong with it

right now im knitting starsky, and baout to pick up the via diagonale again, and getting frustrated with socks. i dont want to have to follow a pattern so im just swatching various yarns to try adn get the perfect fabric... not too tight, not so loose that it feels like youre walking on pebbles.

ill get my camera to take a pic of the starsky and via diagonale

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i took the shots (not great ones.) ill have to wait for hubby to come and interface with ubuntu.

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ok

starsky



via diagonale


yummy sock yarn

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which book do you have? i started to learn crochet about a year ago from Happy Hooker. i think with crochet it's all in the wrist movement which is different from knitting, just keep practising and you'll get the knack. it's lots of fun when you get used to it, more freeform than knitting. if you have any specific questions feel free to ask me.

one thing to watch out for with crochet is if you're using both english and american patterns the naming of the stitches is *really* confusing eg US single crochet == UK double crochet

i love your starsky, dirty. when i saw that one on knitty i wasn't majorly excited by it but it looks awesome in that green.

i'm in the process of starting a knitting & crochet blog (not that i expect anyone to read it but i like cataloging) so i'm getting my pics online...

i just finished these wristwarmers yesterday, my first cables (pattern from knitting: Doctor Who wrist warmers + i made a few tiny alterations)

i made this a few months ago, it was fun to make because of the construction (from loop-d-loop book)

i don't have any pics of the stuff i'm working on yet.

oh the kiddos asymmetrical sweater! i checked out that book again from the lbrary and found the kid sized one you were talking about. what yarn did you use? it looks soft./ it looks like this alpaca from debbie bliss actually, but do you have the guts to use alpaca for a kids sweater? OH LORD!

when i weigh less i want to make that one for myself. its too bulky for a fattie though.

i just cant crochet. it made me crazy trying. also i cant knit continental. i mean i CAN, but im so tense doing it. i dont want to relearn everything

is the yarn your using for the wristwarmer the same type but less bulky as the asymmetrical?

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i used rowan little big wool which is a wool/nylon blend for the sweater. the wristwarmers are patons diploma gold dk (because i felt guilty about spending so much on luxury yarns).

i've been trying to knit continental too, to start with it was awful and i was dropping everything and all fingers and thumbs but it's getting easier. i think you just have to make yourself do it lots to retrain your hands. i'm now finding switching between knits and purls much easier but it did take a while to get used to it. i used the knittinghelp.com videos but i found that i didn't like using my little finger so i wrap the yarn twice around my index finger.

the wrist warmers are patons? whoa. i thought they were at least mission falls. they look really nice. the knitting is excellent, btw im always making mistakes, it doesnt look like you do.

yeah about continental, its the whole first finger tension with yarn thing that im not getting down. the movements are ok now, but my tension is wacked out. i have a garter longways scarf im working on (with CHEEP yarn TLC i think?)

this one surf and turf


in hopes that i can figure out continental by the time im done

what do you want to work on?

myiaa, i want that hand grenade!

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i sometimes wish i could knit


knitting rocks

If I can learn, anyone can. I'm not that good, and I have a fear of actually making something that I'm trying to get over, but I can knit. And I have virtually no motor skills.

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im still like that really. it takes a huge effort for me to finish something. its paralyzing really. i force myself to finish things. i cant start twelve hundred projects, but finishing one takes concerted effort.

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I want to learn to knit and crochet. Both my mother and sister are brilliant at knitting but I am just too heavy handed and impatient. I always end up dropping or adding on stitches by accident. :frustration:

I'd love to be able to make something like this:


Ana Clara Voog is fantastic.

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"thats crazy lady stuff." thats what my husband calls it. when he comes to yarn stores with me hes shocked at all the sweaters and things hanging up as samples. he says most of it look as though a crazy person made it.

he doesnt believe in being showy with color or pattern. about all he can handle is a muted green in standard aran knit. he says the rest is well crafted bonkers.

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thanks, from your photos your work doesn't look like it has mistakes, it all looks very nice and even. do you tend to go back if you find mistakes or if they're small are you happy to leave them? i've been finding recently that i'm getting super fussy and if it's not quite right or i decide i want to make an alteration to the pattern i'll quite happily frog it whereas before i couldn't bare the thought of ripping all that work. it's got really bad actually and my husband is always saying that i'm just knitting the same thing again 10 times anyway whenever i complain that i don't have enough time for knitting.

yeah i have trouble with the tension too, maybe that's where the little finger is supposed to help but i found that was getting me in more of a mess with it because my little finger had a tendancy to open out too much.

i've just bought some blue sirdir toddler aran to make something for my sister's baby boy which is due in july but i haven't decided what yet. and i want to do a cabled scarf to go with the wristwarmers, i've been trying to decide on the design.

how is your muscle spasm now btw?

I want to learn to knit totally retro little things like these but I do not understnand the knitting lingo whatsoever

myiaa, i think you and i have the same knitting book. does yours have a flying duck and little cake type things in it as well? i don't really understand knitting books and patterns to be honest. the way i do it is a bit weird because i mostly taught myself and i think my knits and purls are the wrong way round.

all you need is a ball of yarn (find "chunky or bulky weight") and two needles (find "size 11"). and then go to KnittingHelp.com :: Free online Knitting Videos! :: How to Cast-On -- Double, Long-tail, Continental, Cable, Knitting-on... and pick "single cast on" video and watch it over and over with your yarn and then try it yourself.

this will cast on your stitches for you.

cast on about 25 stitches

and then go to
KnittingHelp.com :: Free online Knitting Videos! :: How to do the Knit stitch -- How to Knit, Basic Knitting Instructions

and watch either the continental or eglish method and that will be your knit stitches

knit back and forth until you have a scarf and then find "bind off techniques" in amy's videos and bind off and you will have made a scarf

use a yarn that isnt fuzzy or furry. use a plain boring light colored yarn. light because that makes it easier to see the stitches.