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Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2010 10:13 am
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Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2010 11:55 am
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Posted: Wed Sep 29, 2010 8:55 am
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Posted: Wed Sep 29, 2010 9:30 am
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Posted: Wed Sep 29, 2010 10:58 am
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I LOVE double-pointed needles! My first project on them (as well as my first experience working in the round, AND my first time doing lace) was this. I made them in black. I have bigger hands and arms than what the pattern is made for, so instead of sewing up the sides, I laced them corset-style. I made another pair with blue worsted-weight yarn (the original pattern called for sport-weight) and bigger needles, and it fit perfectly. Then, with bigger dpns and the last of my skinny black yarn, I made a pair of just the hand part. I wear these to church all the time. whee These things are really hard to start (you have to cast on FIVE stitches and distribute them among FOUR double-pointed needles, leaving the fifth free for knitting stressed )--in fact, I wound up tying different colored thread to the stitch on each needle so I wouldn't knit the stitches out of order and get the whole thing twisted up--but after you're a few rounds into it and there are more stitches on each needle, it's not so hard at all. Yeah, I tend to get really crazy and try insanely hard projects these days. sweatdrop
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Posted: Wed Sep 29, 2010 11:04 am
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Camwen Mademoiselle Alvinette I would totally be in that group too if I lived nearby! blaugh Then there would be TWO people under 60! I would too - that would be so fun! And nice to have a few others at my level. hehe Right now I'm gravitating more towards crochet but I like how the results of knitting can be more fluid (at least how I'm doing it now - I'm sure experts can get the texture they want either way). My stepmom (my mom's partner) passed away last summer and I inherited all her knitting/crocheting tools. It's kind of overwhelming at the moment because she was sooooo good at it. I almost feel like I shouldn't be using her nice things for my pathetic attempts.
Aww. I think she would tell you to stop worrying about it. Like Chibi says, everybody starts off as a newbie. Plus, I think she would be super-proud of you just for making anything at all and for trying out new projects and stuff.
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Posted: Wed Sep 29, 2010 4:18 pm
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Mademoiselle Alvinette I LOVE double-pointed needles! My first project on them (as well as my first experience working in the round, AND my first time doing lace) was this. I made them in black. I have bigger hands and arms than what the pattern is made for, so instead of sewing up the sides, I laced them corset-style. I made another pair with blue worsted-weight yarn (the original pattern called for sport-weight) and bigger needles, and it fit perfectly. Then, with bigger dpns and the last of my skinny black yarn, I made a pair of just the hand part. I wear these to church all the time. whee These things are really hard to start (you have to cast on FIVE stitches and distribute them among FOUR double-pointed needles, leaving the fifth free for knitting stressed )--in fact, I wound up tying different colored thread to the stitch on each needle so I wouldn't knit the stitches out of order and get the whole thing twisted up--but after you're a few rounds into it and there are more stitches on each needle, it's not so hard at all. Yeah, I tend to get really crazy and try insanely hard projects these days. sweatdrop That's really beautiful! 3nodding And yeah you're probably right about how she'd just be happy I'm making the attempt. Even if I never get very good I have to admit it makes my fingers happy. That might sound silly but I was always a bit of a fidget - folding things, tearing labels off things, etc... it's satisfying to use my fingers this way. (erm I didn't mean for that to sound quite so dirty rofl )
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Posted: Wed Sep 29, 2010 8:25 pm
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Posted: Wed Sep 29, 2010 9:05 pm
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Posted: Thu Sep 30, 2010 7:37 pm
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