Do you knit?
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Comments (16)I'm a day late on this but you might also try asking over on THS. They have a sewing forum with some very knowledgeable people. I bought my machine in the mid 60's when my oldest was about 3. It was in storage for many years so when I took it out to see if it could be used, I had a similar problem with various fabrics, tension and the feed dogs. I took it to someone who cleaned and adjusted it and it sews like a new one. Sometimes that's all it takes....See MoreHelp with this knitting pattern
Comments (9)You use one each of two different size needles. The size of the needle basically only matters for the needle that receives the stitches. Let's say you're right handed. So, the empty needle in your right hand receives stitches from the needle in your left hand. (With me so far?) You have stitches on the left hand needle, which is a size 9. You have an empty size 35 needle in your right hand. So, when you are knitting the next row onto the right hand's size 35 needle, you will be creating a large stitch. When you get to the end of the row, you "switch needles" so that the size 35 needle with all of the stitches will be in your left hand, and the empty size 9 needle will be in your right hand. You then knit onto the smaller right hand needle. Those stitches will be smaller, because they will only be the size of that (smaller) needle. When you get to the end of this second row, you again swap the needles from right hand to left hand, and vice versa. It's the large stitch/small stitch that creates the particular lacy pattern of this scarf. HOWEVER --- you need to do this at the beginning and at the end of the scarf.... You should, of course, have a pair of each size needle. You need to use BOTH size 9 needles at the beginning. You will cast on using the size 9 and knit the first row onto the other size 9 needle. Then, you put down the empty size 9 needle and pick up one size 35 needle and knit the second row onto it. Knit the 3rd row onto the size 9 needle, etc., as I described above. Then, when you get to the desired length, you will need to be at a point where you will knit the next row (which will be the last row) onto the size 9 needle. Then use both size 9 needles again, to bind off loosely....See MoreWhere do you knit?
Comments (8)Anyplace I get the chance! Donna, I have a friend in my Thurs. knitting group who crochets in church. When the pastor mentioned it, she told him that she listens better while crocheting and what she crochets in church are charity items. She makes it a point not to crochet anything else in church. She is more relaxed and attentive while crocheting and uses a pattern that she already knows without having to keep the pattern handy to keep looking at, so that doesn't create a distraction for her or for others. Dances, I can see you doing that! I usually knit while DH drives, but that only works when I'm not dizzy with motion sickness when driving/riding whru the mountains! Tami...See MoreQOD 4/16/10: Make a Quilt Day is Sunday - what are you doing?
Comments (10)Whew, I got my two tops together so now just have to finish them. I did it again - the one that I was so excited about with the 2 fabrics did not turn out well - the 2 are too similar in tone, and the one that I thought I really messed up with on the 2nd color choice ended up looking better because there is more of a contrast. Sigh, one of these days I'll get better with my color combos. I'm always so surprised how patterns turn out in reality from what I thought they would be in my head! Learning! Karlene...See Moregolddust
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