Okay, here's the deal. This is my first attempt at socks [okay, don't tell me how crazy I am to have my first sock attempt be with a Faire Isle pattern, I'm just crazy like that. ^_^], the pattern that I have is from the cuff down. The only problem is, that my decreases are not working out [I'm supposed to be down to 55 stitches, at 14 inches. ( Read more... )

I have a quick question for you kids. I'm trying to knit a top-down raglan with stockinette front and back and reverse stockinette sleeves (they're cables with purl backgrounds), and I'm having trouble finding the prefect increase ( Read more... )

My husband wants a Fair Isle patterned vest with a v-neck. I haven't done a neck steek before, and though I've pored through all my home resources, I can't seem to find any clear directions for designing and steeking a v-neck. Can anyone out there point me to a resource? I don't mind buying a book, but I've been all through Starmore and Feitelson ( Read more... )

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I was looking at the Melusine pattern in the last post and it occurred to me that there are many pretty shawls out there, but I don't wear triangular shawls.  On the whole, I think I would prefer a stole with pointy ends, sort of like Knitty's Juno Regina, but with more interest in the middle bits.

My question then, is how do I start a shawl and ( Read more... )

I made my first sweater a few weeks ago, for my now two week old cousin Sophia. I realized I didn't have a baby present, and figured that I'd wanted to learn to do sweaters, so now was as good a time as any ( Read more... )

Ok, at first this might not seem like an advanced_knit question, ( but after turning this over in my mind, I think i need more help than  )

Has anyone here used this yarn and would you share your opinion on it? Specifically, I wonder how it washes and wears, and does it pill awfully? Alternately, I would be grateful for suggestions for hard-wearing superwash wool worsted/aran weight yarns with a good range of adult/masculine colors (i.e. blues/grays/browns/greens -- not pastels and ( Read more... )

Can anyone explain to me the origins of the sizing system used in the USA? I've googled but all I can find is conversion charts ( Read more... )

A few years back, I made a cardigan for myself that had a hood.  I fouled up the pattern somehow (I can't quite figure out how), and ended up with a really large neckline and a correspondingly large hood.  We're talking a Sith Lord, down-over-the-face hood.  Despite its other flaws, I was happy with the cardigan and wear it proudly ( Read more... )