KNITTING, is there any point?

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i have never knitted anything for dd, and last wweek bought some wool, and a pattern to make her a jumper. spent a great manyhours today making about one inch of it. havent ever done the twisting over thing, and first time i am doing it. its easier than i had always assumed it would be, but so time consuming.
considering that i can buy her a jumper for less than what i paid for thewool, and it will probly take me a year to make this jumper, is there any point in knitting?

you mean the addi turbo ones...denise interchangeables...what are they??

I don't know many women that would knit there own prosthesis....each to their own. I do however think the knitted womb is funky (I will not be knitting one)...and our NCT leader uses one with a doll inseide to illustrate what happens in labour!

if I use circulars can I knit any pattern in the round?? I have to do some sleeves to finish ds jumper! round would mean less sewing up..I hate sewing up!

Denise interchangeables have a variety of plastic needles , and a variety of cords, so you can make any circular needle you'd want.

You can also stick cords together with connectors, and put stoppers on them, so they're stitch holders.

I find the shortest cord to be a bit unusable, though, I can't seem to knit with it. But generally, I find the Denise needles really usable. (I got mine from Ebay.)

I think Boye do a circular needle set too, in funky colours, but the needles are metal.

You'd need to use DPNs to do sleeves. Also, you'd have to change the patttern, obviously - leave out the selvedge, and change all purls to knits and vice versa for the wrong-side rows.

But if you hate sewing up, it's probably worthwhile. (I've converted texture patterns for circulars, not done regular patterns, as I seem to only make hats at the moment. This will change, I'm sure.)

Oh, I'm meant to be knitting boobs for our local BFC - with flat and not-flat nipples. I should ask her if she was kidding. (She already has knitted boobs, why would she need more?)

I am looking at wool now- specifically rowan kidsilk haze in meadow!! the ball on the pattern are 150m ish per 50g, yet the kidsilk is 227m per 25g...arghhhh how much wool do I need...or should i lookf for something ina more comparable weight??

When pg with DS2 I took an awful notion to knit. Went out bought a pattern, wool, buttons and needles (had thrown all my knitting needles out when having a clearout one day), cost about £15. Spent every spare moment knitting, produced quite a nice little cardigan, was quite proud of it. DS2 never wore it as next to his shop bought one (M&S - £10) it looked a bit wonky. Knitting needles have hit the bin again.

MM, I think this is what tamum was saying when she said you will need to change the pattern for the thicker wool. Because the Rowan stuff is thicker, you will need less length of it to make the same garment. But I don't know how much less - tamum will know, if anyone will. (You'll need to knit a good sample swatch to work out the proper measurements when you make it - I can help you with that bit, if you need help.) It's worth noting that with a thicker yarn, the holey bits will have bigger holes.

Thanks for the vote of confidence Actually, I don't think it is necessarily any thicker, that's why I suggested it. The stated gauge for the pattern is 20 sts/27 rows and for Kidsilk Haze is 18-25 sts and 23-34 rows on needles between 3.25 and 5 mm (I've never seen such a big range given for a yarn before). This suggests to me that if you try starting with, say, 4.5 mm needles that you should be able to get the required gauge for the pattern. If so, you will need about the same meterage, not weight, so you would need (for the biggest size) 1500 m, equivalent to 7-8 balls of KSH, or about £10000000000. The only thing I am worried about is whether that gauge given by Rowan means doubling the yarn, as I have seen patterns for KSH where you do that. I think it should be OK single though......

thanks!! I will try the crocus pattern with any old wool tonight and see how that goes. If it's ok then I will get some kidsilk haze and try getting the guage right...there is a rowan specialist at our JLewis so I will try and find out about the doubling thing!!

thanks...

I'll post a pic when i'm done!! might be in a years time but we'll see!!

Aargh, I think you must have to double it. I have just found some (which took me a while, gives you some idea of the size of my stash ) and it is really very fine. If you look at patterns like this it is 23 sts and the KSH is used double. That would be fine, but will obviously double the cost. I wonder if it's worth trying Kid Classic instead? That's meant to be 18-19 sts, so a bit thick, but you could knit one size smaller than you normally would? I think that might work out cheaper, but it would be a bit denser and less fluffy. I found a v. useful web page here though where the author suggests substitute yarns, as the one in the pattern has been discontinued.

thanks tamum!

Will look into the normal kid classic stuff..and will also look in JL and fenwicks as they may have another less expensive brand i can choose from!