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Knit, Crochet and Natter Thread

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lazylinguist · 14/11/2020 11:47

I was hoping to join a local rl knit&natter group, and then lockdown happened. Sad But knitting and crochet are keeping me cheerful during lockdown and as the nights are drawing in!

There seem to be quite a few ongoing chat threads on other MN boards, so I wondered if there might be any interest in a rolling knitting and crochet thread, for anyone who fancies chatting about knitting, crochet and life in general of course! Total beginners and scarily experienced needle-wizards and everyone in between, all welcome.

Share your projects, yarn stash confessions, pattern niggles or newbie questions. Not sure if it will fizzle out after a few posts, but hey ho, worth a try!

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Slothkin · 16/12/2020 14:02

@tizwozliz I absolutely love your Petra the Pterodactyl! Admittedly so much I bought the book ‘for’ my husband...a ruse I believe will last about two seconds because I have a collection of cuddly dinosaurs 😂

I hope you all don’t mind me watching vicariously with a cuppa - it’s been lovely to get such great advice and you’ve all been so nice. After Christmas I’ll ask my husband if I can share some of his lovely work!

tizwozliz · 16/12/2020 14:31

The pterodactyl is the only one i've made thus far, but looking forward to trying the others. I've made lots of dinosaurs in the past, there's a free pattern i love that is quite straightforward and i must have made at least 8 now in various colours

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sophs29 · 16/12/2020 20:38

@Slothkin great thinking! also you have a massive choice of colours with the gift you got your husband haha! 

And @tizwozliz they're also so cute! very clever!

bruffin · 17/12/2020 06:33

Love the hat Flavia and the pterodactyl is so cute tiz
Ive finished a hat for Dd using the Wendy Noir from my mystery box

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lazylinguist · 17/12/2020 08:03

Excellent hats and socks and dinosaurs! I'm progressing quite quickly (for me!) with my Lettlopivest (sleeveless sweater with Fairisle yoke). I've learned a new thing (lifted increase) and am getting nearer to the Fairisle bit . It's been so long since I did any Fairisle knitting- I need to remind myself how to do the carrying the yarn across the back and weaving it in etc.

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CrochetBug · 18/12/2020 03:17

Insomnia strikes again! So I figured I might as well crochet. Here's my new and (hopefully) improved baby Jesus. I didnt remake him entirely after all. Just changed his eyes and made a bigger softer blanket. How does he look? Be honest!!!

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lazylinguist · 18/12/2020 09:06

He looks like a lovely baby Jesus!

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bruffin · 18/12/2020 09:30

He is really cute!

bruffin · 18/12/2020 09:40

Does anyone have a problem with wool breaking when casting on?
It happened to me with the Drops Big Delight and now also Viking of Norway Nordlys. I get to 60 or 70 stitches and the wool breaks. Im wondering if i am somehow unwinding it with my cast on. These are both single ply wools.

lazylinguist · 18/12/2020 09:44

No that's never happened to me, bruffin. Maybe you've been unlucky with dodgy batches of wool?

I'm almost at the point in my sleeveless jumper where I cast bits off for the armholes. It's knitted in the round and I don't yet quite understand how it's going to work, so I'm hoping some of the experienced knitters on this thread will be around when I inevitably go "Huh???!!!" Grin

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sophs29 · 18/12/2020 09:45

Oh he's a cute little Jesus!

How long roughly do your wool warehouse orders take to arrive? I know it's Christmas time and what with everything going on but I'm getting impatient now haha ordered a week ago! Just want my new yarn to squish 😂

bruffin · 18/12/2020 09:49

It doesnt break when im knitting just casting on?

Lazylinguist

is it knitted from knitted down or up?

lazylinguist · 18/12/2020 10:04

It's knitted from the bottom up, bruffin, so I've done the body. I'm supposed to continue and cast off a bunch of stitches for the left armhole, then the right, and then knit backwards and forwards for a while in stocking stitch to continue knitting the back and front, then rejoin into the round to do the yoke bit.

What I don't get is how you can carry on knitting the front and back at the sane time on the same circular needle while keeping them separate and unjoined iyswim. Maybe I'm being dim and it will make sense once I get there!

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bruffin · 18/12/2020 10:23

You dont knit them at the same time. You do either back or front first and leave the other side hanging on the back of the cable. if that makes sense. When you finished the back (or front ) then go back and work on the other side.

FlaviaAlbiaWantsLangClegBack · 18/12/2020 10:38

bruffin I think you're right and you're untwisting it. I have to add the twist back into single plys with my fingers when I'm casting on as my knitting style tends to untwist them.

He's very cute crochetbug though I have a fondness for his previous eyes Grin

I just went and checked out your pattern out of nosiness lazy and I think it's just badly translated. I think it's saying you need 4 rows additional rows knitted separately at the back and the front in total, not at the same time?

FlaviaAlbiaWantsLangClegBack · 18/12/2020 10:40

Cross post Smile

bruffin · 18/12/2020 10:49

Flavia , thanks , im just going to have to be really careful with 1 ply wool, glad its not just me.

FlaviaAlbiaWantsLangClegBack · 18/12/2020 11:14

There's something about S spun yarns working better for continental knitters and crocheters than Z spun or vice versa I think, but I've never been fussed enough to try it out. I'd probably end up adding too much twist and having a new set of problems Grin

tizwozliz · 18/12/2020 12:13

I think the mouth is a bit scary @CrochetBug I'd be tempted to leave it off completely

lazylinguist · 18/12/2020 12:14

Thank you bruffin and Flavia - I'm very glad I asked! Goodness - it's hard enough when patterns do make sense in sensible English. I speak a few languages, but sadly Icelandic isn't one of them, so the original pattern wouldn't be much use. There's a French version, but presumably there's no guarantee it's been translated into French any better than English!

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SoupDragon · 18/12/2020 12:22

@tizwozliz

I think the mouth is a bit scary *@CrochetBug* I'd be tempted to leave it off completely
Or just a little dot.

He is far less toe like though! A vast improvement :)

CrochetBug · 18/12/2020 13:40

@lazylinguist I've never knitted anything, but when I crocheted a cardigan the sleeve bit made no sense whatsoever no matter how many times I read it. Then when it actually came to doing it it was so easy! Sometimes I think we need to physically do things to understand them.

Jesus' mouth is actually far more subtle than it looks in the photo. My camera is almost too good I think it also captures all my chin hairs

lazylinguist · 18/12/2020 15:38

Sometimes I think we need to physically do things to understand them.

You're probably right! I'm more of a words person than a physically doing things person though. Grin

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CrochetToTheMoon · 18/12/2020 18:58

Omg a crochet thread! I didn’t even know this board existed!

Hello all

FlaviaAlbiaWantsLangClegBack · 18/12/2020 20:34

Hi CrochetToTheMoon!

We just watched the Lego Star wars special and they have tiny knitted Lego jumpers. So cute Grin

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