knitting patterns for boys that don't ming

[kneedeepinthedirtylaundry]

Apart for a book by Martin Storey (Jaeger) which has some really good patterns for boys, I can't find any that are not really ugly, and my boy has now outgrown those patterns which are up to age 5. Can anyone recommend any knitting patterns or pattern books with patterns for boys aged 5-6 that have a nice shape and are not what your gran might knit for your son please?

[kneedeepinthedirtylaundry]

I don't mean boys that don't ming, but knitting patterns that don't ming!

[BellaBear]

someone on here who is also in teh MN group on ravelry designed a boys cardi that won a competition, the only link I have is for ravelry, are youa member?

[kneedeepinthedirtylaundry]

No I'm not. I don't even know what ravelry is!

[kneedeepinthedirtylaundry]

What is ravelry? can someone tell me? Want to check out this cardi bellabear mentions. Thanks bellabear for the tip by the way.

[GentleOtter]

ravelry

[kneedeepinthedirtylaundry]

Thanks very much gentleotter

[Niecie]

Moda 5 pattern book has patterns for boys up to 10 here

Some of the patterns are a bit but there are some nice plainer ones.

I have seen another good boys knit one but I can't think where at the moment. Let me ponder a bit and it might come to me.

[BellaBear]

sorry! I said it and then scarpered!

You can search patterns (free or otherwise) by the tag 'boy' and sizes etc.

The cardigan is here

[mummyhill]

Some interesting patterns on this this site Have a look through the archives as well to see if there is anything you like. Not sure how many patterns there are for older boys though to be honest as I have so far mainly knitted for dd.

[GentleOtter]

If needles required for a pattern are 6 1/2- what other number needles would do?

[kneedeepinthedirtylaundry]

Thanks everyone for site suggestions. I've bookmarked the lot!

gentleotter, perhaps go with 6 and knit loose? Or knit the next size up with 6?

[GentleOtter]

Thanks kneedeep.
I have every size of needle known to mankind except for the ones I need.

Revelry is amazing! I joined tonight but DutchOma posted the site up.

[Niecie]

gentleotter - if some of your needles are old they might be labelled differently.

here is a conversion chart so you can see if you have 6.5mms by another name.

HTH

[GentleOtter]

Thank you Niecle. I'm horribly confused. The needles are old and there are millions of them.How can you tell if they are British or American sizes?

I am knitting a plain knitted pixie hood for my dd using Noro Kochoran and size 6 needles.
How many stitches would I need for a 57cm head?

TIA.

[BornToFolk]

Steggy from Knitty.com is great. It's a cardigan with horn-like bits on the hood and sleeves. I'm going to make it for DS at some point.

I also really like the patterns here Holli Yeoh

[Niecie]

Gentleotter - unless you think they may have come from the US I would assume they are UK sizes. The UK sizes decrease in number as they increase in width/size. The US numbers more sensibly, get higher as the needles gets larger.

So if you have a fat needle with a size 2 or 1 or even 0 then you are looking at UK sizes.

Don't know the yarn you are using personally but on the label it will tell you how many stitches there are per 10cms. You can work out how many you need from that (i.e. look at however many stitches to 10cm multiplied by 5.7). This assumes you have the same tension the label is using.

Does that make sense?

[BellaBear]

GentleOtter - join the mumsknitters group on ravelry: here (loads of mners on there)

[kneedeepinthedirtylaundry]

Thanks for suggestions BornToFolk. I like both steggy and Holli Yeoh site looks interesting too.

GentleOtte, try one of those plastic sheets with holes cut out at needle sizes. You push a needle into a hole and, if it fits snugly, the number next to the hole is the size of your needle. If not, try again. I inherited loads of old needles from my DH's nan and it's been very useful for working out which of those are which sizes.

[GentleOtter]

Thank you all for your help.
I'm off to the wool shop to get one of those needle sizers (and a new pair of 6 1/2s). What is the betting that I come away with even more wool when my house is already like a woollery.

I joined Ravelry last night and am astonished at some of the creations.

[kneedeepinthedirtylaundry]

I also joined last night. Have seen loads I want to make, all for me rather than DS

Take only a tenner to the wool shop and leave your cards at home. You have been warned!

[BellaBear]

I'm EllatheElephant on ravelry, say hello!

[kneedeepinthedirtylaundry]

Will do bella/ella, as soon as I've worked out how! I'm gypsywandering.

[BellaBear]

i'll send you a message

[BellaBear]

next time you go on ravelry, check out the top right hand corner, under where it says 'hello gypsywandering!' and it should indicate that you have a message for you, click on it to read it