Hooray for Garter Stitch

[sonicrunner001]

So I got a whole bunch of yarn that resembles feather boas. I tried to crochet with it. (that was a joke) It was very hard to do. THen I had the thoguth of, "since I'm using it to make christmas gifts.....Garter STitch scarves!" It is so much easier to garter stitch it rather than try to crochet it! Any one else agree?  

[AriRashkae]

Garter stitch is awesome! It definitely rules when knitting flat, IMNSHO. And it's great for showing off novelty yarns, since it doesn't curl, and the contrasting textures are fun, esp. if you knit on oversized needles. mrgreen  

[Sugar Bandit]

Garter stitch is so basic, yet so creative! biggrin  

[DecemberFlower]

Crochet with novelty yarns? gonk

I swear, all those novelty yarns are good for is garter stitch scarves.  

[KotokoPlum]

What are novelty yarns?  

[Safiya_Ai]

Arg! I can't stand novelty yarn. I made a friend a scarf with some cause she likes that stuff, it was such a pain to knit. She loved it though and it was enough for me smile  

[faeriebell]

With regular yarns, I prefer stockinette. With fun fur you're usually not going to be able to see the stitches well anyways, so sure, just go at it sticks blaring and do garter stitch.  

[AriRashkae]

ForestGreen

Most of the novelty yarn available right now is of the fun fur variety, some of the novelty yarns have slubs of a different color in them so that they look like confetti on a solid colored background.

I received a free ball of Disco yarn and managed to crochet a scarf out of it. I had to use another yarn with it so I could see my stitches though. It came out looking like a dead muppet, I felt bad for giving it to the local ferret shelter to sell but the shelter mom said that it sold right away and the buyer loved it.

Isn't that always the way? We look at something and gonk and a non-crafter will go whee heart .  

[AriRashkae]

I like fun fur carried along with something else. Especially if I'm going to be felting. wink

Supposedly, you can knit a simple stockinette cap in fun fur type yarns (esp. natural hair colors), turn them inside out to purl side, and have awesome wig-looking chemo caps. Haven't tried it myself yet. Electric blue is not natural. blaugh  

[sonicrunner001]

faeriebell

With regular yarns, I prefer stockinette. With fun fur you're usually not going to be able to see the stitches well anyways, so sure, just go at it sticks blaring and do garter stitch.

I love what you said! *rolls on the floor laughing*  

[Little Skana]

I use the garter stitch a lot. As for the fun fur, I had two fleece blankets. They had the blanket stitch already on it. I wanted to double the two blankets together to make it heavier. I crochet using 1 strand of regular yarn and 1 strand of fun fur together and crochet around the whole thing for several rows. It come out pretty good. I make several of these as gifts. Everyone seemed to like it.  

[Dark Yume]

faeriebell

With regular yarns, I prefer stockinette. With fun fur you're usually not going to be able to see the stitches well anyways, so sure, just go at it sticks blaring and do garter stitch.

That's EXACTLY how I feel. Unless it's in reverse stockinette, which I like to use with multicolored yarn.  

[MissyRhae]

I love Garter Stitch because it is fast and easy. And lets face it... when you are working with furry yarns you can't see any fancy stitches anyway. And when you give the scarf as a gift, they don't care that it is a simple stitch. Half the time they don't know a thing about knitting, they are just happy that you thought about them enough to make them something with your own hands. This is why I say Yay for the Garter Stitch!