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Re: Turkey hats
Love it! Yay for Ravelry! On Thu, Nov 21, 2019 at 8:54 PM jacqui whittemore <jackiechris.is@...> wrote:
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Re: Turkey hats
OMG, those are wonderful! (In an "I'm so glad my daughter and her husband aren't doing a run this year" sort of way). Patricia in Austin, hustling to get one more Christmas stocking done since DD1 likes to decorate early
On Thursday, November 21, 2019, 7:54:16 PM CST, jacqui whittemore <jackiechris.is@...> wrote:
Ravelry debuts on NYT parenting over - of all things - roasted turkey hats! :) - Jacqueline? |
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Re: Afterthought heels
开云体育Interesting method for knowing where to start shaping on socks Jaya.? I’m going to have to try that. ? I know that I need the total foot length from the back of the heel (on a regular heel flap sock) to be 8.5” and that the last 2” are consumed with toe shaping for me.? Maybe I should measure some socks to the point you described to figure out how long that is. ? I need to get the waste yarn in before tomorrow evening (I know my sock leg is plenty long enough) because I’ve got another performance of this play to watch.? And a third on Sunday.? Then another the following Sunday. ? Melisande ? From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Jaya Srikrishnan ? I think you have to measure from where your foot joins your ankle on the top of the foot because that is where you are putting the waste yarn.? ? I've measured the socks I knit and I know that I need to start shaping the toe on a top down sock when the knitting needles meet the bottom of the ribbing when the sock is folded in half at that point. Similarly on a toe up sock, I start the heel when my knitting is the same length as my hand.? ? For this sock, you might want to stop knitting, put in the heel and then figure out how long it is and then find a way to measure it on-the-go.? ? On Thu, Nov 21, 2019 at 3:44 PM Melisande R. Wolf via Groups.Io <melisanderwolf=[email protected]> wrote:
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Re: Afterthought heels
I think you have to measure from where your foot joins your ankle on the top of the foot because that is where you are putting the waste yarn.? I've measured the socks I knit and I know that I need to start shaping the toe on a top down sock when the knitting needles meet the bottom of the ribbing when the sock is folded in half at that point. Similarly on a toe up sock, I start the heel when my knitting is the same length as my hand.? For this sock, you might want to stop knitting, put in the heel and then figure out how long it is and then find a way to measure it on-the-go.? On Thu, Nov 21, 2019 at 3:44 PM Melisande R. Wolf via Groups.Io <melisanderwolf=[email protected]> wrote:
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Afterthought heels
开云体育I needed something portable that could be knit in the dark yesterday, so I grabbed a lovely skein of self striping sock yarn and started a sock.? It’s top down, mostly because that’s what I’ve been knitting lately since I tend to prefer a regular heel flap.? ? I’d like to preserve the striping pattern though, so I’d like to do an afterthought heel instead, and I’m trying to figure out the best way to decide how long the foot portion of the sock should be after I place the waste yarn (my preferred method) for the afterthought heel. ? Anyone have a good rule of thumb to use?? My best thought was to take a pair of socks I like and figure out where the heel ends to use that measurement, but I feel like there’s got to be a better way, one that doesn’t rely on having a pair of well-fitting socks handy. ? Melisande |
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Re: Koigu
Thank you Mary.? I just remembered that I might have some balls of yellow KSH from Janice somewhere. If I have enough in one color, I may use that. yellow will go with purple.? But if not, this is it. Once I finish the projects for next year’s Rhinebeck classes. I need photos of them to submit the proposals so I have to make them now.? On Fri, Nov 8, 2019 at 1:24 PM mary_007usa via Groups.Io <sewgood5=[email protected]> wrote: I think that will definitely work.? All the colors, including the mohair mix is very harmonious. --
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Re: Koigu
Here's the set. I think I like it. I had 5 balls of the Elann Silken Kydd - 3 in blue and 2 in green. I also found a partial ball of blue silk. Here are the 10 skeins lined up with the mohair/silk and silk. I'm attaching 2 photos. One of all of them lined up and the other a closer in shot of the Koigus. The 2 skeins on the far right of the top photo are repeated on the left in the bottom. They are the ones with the red in them. I put the other yarns where I think they go best with the Koigu. I think I am just going to start with a provisional CO, do an icord edge as I knit on both sides and then do an icord BO on the two short sides. I don't think I need a picot edge border. I'll put the knotted yarns next to each other when they occur that way so there are textural stripes also.? I'm just now sure how wide to make it. 15"? 18"? On Thu, Nov 7, 2019 at 9:42 AM Jaya Srikrishnan via Groups.Io <ermabom=[email protected]> wrote:
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Re: Koigu
I have 10 skeins of Koigu, 3 unused. That is more than I need for the Leftie and the Now In A Minute together. Leftie is about 200 g of yarn and NIAM uses 6 skeins of 25 g each. My Koigu PPPM skeins are 50 g each. The Burrow Wrap (<>) uses 9 skeins of Koigu. I don't have 6 skeins of KSH or equivalent in one color but if I have 2 skeins of 3 colors, I think I could make it work. Unfortunately?I can't buy the pattern except as a pretty expensive ebook so I will make up my own to get a similar look. Off to find the Elann KSH equivalent stash! On Mon, Nov 4, 2019 at 5:02 PM mary_007usa via Groups.Io <sewgood5=[email protected]> wrote: You've got three real winners.? Now In A Minute may be my favorite. --
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Re: I spy
Wow! Peter... that is some haul! On Mon, Nov 4, 2019 at 6:07 PM Peter Jobson via Groups.Io <dillwynia=[email protected]> wrote:
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Re: I spy
Hi everyone, I wish I could hit "like" on every one of these posts. Therese - thanks for pointing this out and now I've added Fruity Knitting to my YouTube list. What a charming podcast.? I haven't had much internet these last couple of months except for at work, which is a bit surprising, and hence the radio silence. The house in Brittany still doesn't have it, and I can't get a signal for either phone or internet unless I'm standing at specific windows at specific angles and even then it cuts in and out. I ordered internet in August, and it's finally getting put in this month. And only because I switched companies. Oy.? Two weeks ago, the internet and phone etc conked out in my apartment, and that took a week to get fixed, just in time for me to head out for the All Saints fall break. I'll send you more of an update later, as it's been a twisty-turny sort of fall, but overall a good one.? Love to all, Nilda, in Paris On Tue, Nov 5, 2019 at 7:53 AM Peter Jobson via Groups.Io <dillwynia=[email protected]> wrote:
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Re: I spy
Oh, there is a few years of sweater volumes here. I don't know when I shall be returning, there are a number of designs I really want to make in the next upcoming years. If I lived near Aberdeen, I would become bankrupt as a result of JC Rennie. Petey
On Tuesday, November 5, 2019, 11:21:21 AM GMT+9:30, Therese Shere <therese.shere@...> wrote:
Holy cow, Peter, that much wool would be a decade's knitting for me. I have been seriously tempted by the Uradale yarns, they look beautiful.? Glad you had a great time. Therese On Mon, Nov 4, 2019, 15:07 Peter Jobson via Groups.Io <dillwynia=[email protected]> wrote:
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Re: I spy
Holy cow, Peter, that much wool would be a decade's knitting for me. I have been seriously tempted by the Uradale yarns, they look beautiful.? Glad you had a great time. Therese On Mon, Nov 4, 2019, 15:07 Peter Jobson via Groups.Io <dillwynia=[email protected]> wrote:
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Re: I spy
I would recommend Shetland Wool Week to all on this group. Wonderful classes, many of the calibre of Madrona, great atmosphere, and wonderful people. You meet so many that have moved there for the people. I had a fun time as I celebrated my Knitting Wife's 60th birthday. Helen also went to Loch Ness Yarn Festival and recommends that as well. I bought over 7 kg of wool - J&S, Jamiesons, Uradale; then JC Rennie near Aberdeen, and Border Mills near the England border. Come home with over 5 kg of books as well. Lubbs Petey
On Monday, November 4, 2019, 11:14:43 PM GMT+9:30, Jaya Srikrishnan <ermabom@...> wrote:
So cool! It was nice seeing him. On Sun, Nov 3, 2019 at 11:37 AM Therese Shere <therese.shere@...> wrote: Just watched part of this Fruity Knitting podcast episode featuring Shetland Wool Week? --
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Koigu
The Koigu modular UFO has been completely ripped. Most of it is skeined and some it has been washed and dried. There are two sets of Koigu - unused partial and complete skeins, and used partials with knots from the ripped modular work. I don’t have a good idea yet of how much of each I have but I think I started with 8 colors of Koigu that each had the same purple in them. I may have had 2 skeins of some colors. I’ll weigh everything once is it all washed and dried.? I am thinking of Leftie ( -- <>) with the used yarn, leaving the knots visible. There is one colorway that is quite a bit different though it has the same purple in it. I think that might serve for the leaves. i can always add more of the unused yarn if needed.? For the unused yarn, I am considering Now In A Minute (<>). Again, I’ll have to weigh the yarn to see if I have enough. This way the Leftie will be the memory of my mother - knots and all - because the original shawl had a lot of work done on it when she was ill and I was accompanying her to doctors’ appointments, sitting in the hospital, etc. The rest will just be a nice shawl to give as a gift or use. I’ll keep the Leftie.? Any other ideas? I didn’t like most of the other designs I saw in Koigu because they look too busy. There is one shawl called Burrow that looks rather nice but it also has a strand of KSH held with it and I don’t think I have enough of any KSH to go with these. I might have a blue in the Elann equivalent and I might see how that looks with the Koigu. (<>).? Jaya |
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Re: Brain totally dead
开云体育I, too, am attempting to use up stash. Since the beginning of the year I’ve used about 75 balls of stash, plus a bunch of odd? bits. I’m looking at what I have on hand (way too much, still) and realisingthat I am short of the washable wool blends that I like to use for grandchildren sweaters and such, so I may have to purchase. This year’s Christmas sweaters are finished, so I can wait for a good sale on Encore/Décor type stuff in colors they like. ? Other than that, it’s stash all the way at this house. ? In fact, I am eyeing some worsted weight alpaca for an afghan for the fair because I have plenty of yardage and no desire to purchase. ? Ann in PA ? From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Jaya Srikrishnan ? . However, I am doing OK in my quest not to add to my stash. Not doing so well in using up my stash. After the current set of weaving projects, there will be no more with bought yarn - it has to all be from stash. I bought a bunch of yarn to make placemats for gifts to take to India on our next trip. I need to start warping for that.? ? ,_._,_ |
