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Post by maggyd on Oct 9, 2007 15:24:34 GMT 1
I love knitting in the dark winter nights The witch, I used to knit for my children and grandchildren but wool is very expensive now and as they get bigger they wont wear hand knits.  the last one I knit with a picture on the front was a Beatrix Potter pic of a mouse reading a newspaper but it was a bit big and it was abut 2 years before it fit my grand-daughter !! I tend to knit on the large side.  |
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Post by emseypop on Oct 9, 2007 16:00:27 GMT 1
I wish I could knit! My dads OH knits some lovely things for my two kids, Holly had a poncho and berret to match. And a really nice winter dress that looks very french with her black polo underneth. Louis had a really funky surf doode type jumper, but he wont wear it, I think its too itchy for him. My Mom has showed me how to knit so many times but i'm just no good  I learnt how to crochet once I sat doing it all afternoon, then somebody knocked the door, I got up to answer and when I sat back down again, i'd completly forgotten how to do it! |
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Post by 4pygmies on Oct 9, 2007 16:19:50 GMT 1
You make I laff, young Emsey. I can't knit very well either though - too hamfisted. I wish I could though......
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Oct 9, 2007 17:03:31 GMT 1
My Mum was a demon knittist....she could knit really fast, talk, cook a meal for 10 people, change a baby's nappy and wallpaper 3 rooms all at the same time without pausing for breath...I miss my Mum....
I've kept a teeny-tiny cardigan she made for Matt when he was born (eldest son)...he was a low birth weight and nothing fitted him...except for Ma's knitting...she made up her own patterns and used really lovely wool in glorious colours...none of your powder blue or lemon yellow...tiny stitches as well...who needs Kafe Facet? (sp)
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Post by sweetleaf on Oct 9, 2007 19:30:54 GMT 1
I knitted a scarf once, well, it was a scarf when I started. It kept getting wider, and wider! When I had finished (run out of wool) it was a blanket! I was in a shared ward in hospital bored and in my opinion not poorly any more, and it was chilly, my scarf blanket kept me warm, when I got home my mum and I took it apart and she knitted jumpers out of the wool. Like Cheerys mum she was brilliant at multitasking.  |
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Post by karenwl on Oct 9, 2007 19:42:01 GMT 1
I have never got the hang of knitting, tried but gave up. ;D
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Post by emseypop on Oct 10, 2007 17:46:51 GMT 1
Looks very complicated The witch!
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Post by sweetleaf on Oct 10, 2007 18:07:42 GMT 1
I love knitting in the dark winter nights The witch, I used to knit for my children and grandchildren but wool is very expensive now and as they get bigger they wont wear hand knits. the last one I knit with a picture on the front was a Beatrix Potter pic of a mouse reading a newspaper but it was a bit big and it was abut 2 years before it fit my grand-daughter !! I tend to knit on the large side. Have you ever thought of using smaller needles maggyd  I learned to knit when I was at infant school Did any of you do any French Knitting? Have a look at this link - www.peanutgallery.com.au/catalogue/category322/category323/product2413I did as a child it was marketed as a toy, but my mum showed me how to make the bobbin with a cotton reel and some headless nails, it was fun! We all had one and we used up mums odds and ends of wool making coasters etc.  |
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Post by Sleepy on Oct 10, 2007 19:21:22 GMT 1
I love knitting in the dark winter nights The witch, I used to knit for my children and grandchildren but wool is very expensive now and as they get bigger they wont wear hand knits. the last one I knit with a picture on the front was a Beatrix Potter pic of a mouse reading a newspaper but it was a bit big and it was abut 2 years before it fit my grand-daughter !! I tend to knit on the large side. Have you ever thought of using smaller needles maggyd I learned to knit when I was at infant school Did any of you do any French Knitting? Have a look at this link - www.peanutgallery.com.au/catalogue/category322/category323/product2413French toast, and French kissing, but not French knitting I'm afraid. |
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Post by plocket on Oct 17, 2007 12:05:06 GMT 1
I need a bit more inspiration with regard to knitting. I made loads of scarves and hats last year but want to do something else.
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Post by Sleepy on Oct 17, 2007 12:08:14 GMT 1
I need a bit more inspiration with regard to knitting. I made loads of scarves and hats last year but want to do something else. Gloves Fingerless gloves Tea cosys Clowns Toilet roll covers Hot water bottle covers Cardigans/pullys Socks Socks with individualised toes each in a different colour Do you know anyone with babies, or babies to come? Egg cosies! Ohhh, I'd like a couple of those! |
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Post by plocket on Oct 17, 2007 12:13:48 GMT 1
No I don't know anyone expecting babies at the moment, and I don't think my knitting is good enough to make complicated stuff. And I'm not a cardigan/jumper person. I'll have a knitting pattern for a clown though please Sleepy |
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Post by plocket on Oct 17, 2007 12:14:20 GMT 1
I don't see the point of egg cosies - don't you eat the egg straight away, while it's hot?
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Post by Sleepy on Oct 17, 2007 12:15:31 GMT 1
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Post by plocket on Oct 17, 2007 12:16:05 GMT 1
So that's your latest project is it Sleepy? ;D
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Post by plocket on Oct 17, 2007 12:16:32 GMT 1
Oh he's quite cute, but I wouldn't know what to do with him once I'm done!
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Post by Sleepy on Oct 17, 2007 12:19:36 GMT 1
Oh he's quite cute, but I wouldn't know what to do with him once I'm done! Put him on Little P's bed. Help to replace the ones you threw away. Help heal Little P's wounds at the loss. |
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Post by Sleepy on Oct 17, 2007 12:20:56 GMT 1
So that's your latest project is it Sleepy? ;D Oh I can't knit. Far too complicated. I'm only just getting the hang of sewing. |
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Post by sweetleaf on Oct 17, 2007 12:23:15 GMT 1
Oh he's quite cute, but I wouldn't know what to do with him once I'm done! Raffle him for charity, Its Breast cancer awareness month. |
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Post by plocket on Oct 17, 2007 12:23:35 GMT 1
Oh he's quite cute, but I wouldn't know what to do with him once I'm done! Put him on Little P's bed. Help to replace the ones you threw away. Help heal Little P's wounds at the loss. Oh NOOOO! She only has rabbits on her bed - or Bratz dolls : Well it's nice to see that there are men who can sew. My OH can sew but doesn't really need to |
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Post by Sleepy on Oct 17, 2007 12:26:34 GMT 1
Put him on Little P's bed. Help to replace the ones you threw away. Help heal Little P's wounds at the loss. Oh NOOOO! She only has rabbits on her bed - or Bratz dolls : Well it's nice to see that there are men who can sew. My OH can sew but doesn't really need to I'm learning how to sew at night school. I'm making curtains. |
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Post by plocket on Oct 17, 2007 12:27:15 GMT 1
Really? Honestly and truthfully?
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Post by Sleepy on Oct 17, 2007 12:29:10 GMT 1
Really? Honestly and truthfully? Would I tell a lie??? |
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Post by plocket on Oct 17, 2007 12:29:38 GMT 1
No! But you might elaborate the truth a little!!! ;D
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Post by Sleepy on Oct 17, 2007 12:32:28 GMT 1
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I learnt how to crochet once I sat doing it all afternoon, then somebody knocked the door, I got up to answer and when I sat back down again, i'd completly forgotten how to do it!
