Are there any knitting people up?

[TooTicky]

Can somebody please tell me what thickness [[http://www.angelyarns.com/twilleys/yarn.php/yarn/1150 this wool] is? It doesn't seem to say. Perhaps I've missed something obvious. Thanks

Poo, what's wrong with my link?
try again

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Hello I'm up I think Pruni's answered your question.

I just bought some freedom spirit at the weekend

Hiya, thanks. But why doesn't it just say so?

I desperately want to buy various beautiful wools and make things. Or just buy them and dream about making things while I am washing up and cooking and cleaning the toilet.

Problem is, I have not a clue how much of any kind of wool I would need for anything. Does a very very basic pattern book exist? All the ones I have seen are too specific or scarily 1970s.

Yes TT me too. I am having lots of creative urges atm but not much time to do anything about them. But it is nice to daydream and feel inspired

What do you want to make?

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Evening all That Freedom wool is very good for felting, apparently. TooTicky, it's not a basic book, but there is an Ann Budd book that gives generic sweater (and other) patterns where as long as you know the number of stitches per cm and the size you want to end up with, you can get the whole pattern including the yarn requirements (in metres, not grams, but still). There are sereval good instruction books too- several people on here (like my learned friend Pruni, here) who learnt from Stitch n Bitch.

I want to make clothes, particularly for dd2 who is a small and manageable size. But also for the others.
I will ask at the library for the Ann Budd book.

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My grandmother is a knitting genius - wish I took after her. She taught herself to knit backwards when she was a child - she says she was just too lazy to turn the knitting around after each row

My name is Tamum and I have not bought any yarn or knitting books all week (hello to you too )

TT, the sweater book is this one here, and there is also one with hats and stuff along the same lines here. They do children's sizes. I am inseparable from mine, I'm afraid, but I have a feeling I have a short version of some of it in a magazine (maybe not sweaters though...). I can look and send you the relevant pages if that would help?

Ah see if your grandmother had been less of a genius she would have learnt to knit in the round! That is impressive though...

Those books look excellent Tamum. And I have a birthday coming up. Hmm. Could also do with a crochet equivalent as I do like crochet. Perhaps I just need to learn pattern blocking or something.

If you did have those pages handy though and could part with them, I would be jolly grateful

This site lets you search by tension or needle range and shows you patterns for different types of yarn: woolshack. 10 sts per 10cm is bulky - Rowan Country looks like a good match.

Thanks Florence

hi ticky

i think you should also consider elizabeth zimmerman, she will free you from pattern slavery.

i made dh a huuuuuuuuge jumper with the twilley wool last year, used the ann budd book for a pattern. was pretty simple to do (it was one of my first projects so had to be) and it was really fast to make cos its such big wool. very satisfying

although if you want a very quick but very satisfying little project can i point you over here. tis for a very good cause and you can make it as easy or as showy offy as you like

Filly I'll look into it.

GG - thanks. Those little hats look like fun too

ggg I'm hoping to get some people involved at the bbq our community shop is holding next week.
I've done six or seven myself and find they are great fun, but hardly a 'project'.
I'm hunting through old patterns and old stacks of wool, but could really do with some commissions.

but have you seen the hats of the week oma? the postman pat one is amazing! i have managed a monsters inc mikey which im quite proud of and a couple of others, you can be very creative with them so you can make it a project if you want

I did see the Postman Pat, that is amazing. I made one with tiny pompoms for eyes and plaits. But I like a project where you dou needle turning 100.000 + stitch projects.