"They called me mad at the sewing circle... but I'll show them... I'll show them all!"
This pattern looks interesting - I'll see if I can handle it. Just realized that the pack of DPNs I picked up was a 4-pack, and there's cabling, and that's annoying to me. The only 5-packs were nearly twice as expensive, though, so I'll just have to make do with a dowel, or a safety pin, or something.
... you know, I have this penannular brooch, which I've sometimes used to weight that flap down, and I bet the pin is only a wee bit thinner than the needles I'm using...
The only issue I'm hitting with the DPNs is working around the neighbor needles just after or just before a changeover. It honestly looked simpler and cleaner, to me, than trying to use one circular "magic loop" style (however that got the name), or trying to use two circulars. So far, it's been slow going, but that's mainly because I'm trying to work small and tight.
That pattern does look neat and simple, but since these were the ones she asked for, and I'm already three inches in... I'm goin' for broke. It's not a hard pattern, either. So here's hoping.
I've seen the instructions for cabling without a cable needle before - biggest issue right now is that I'm working under ludicrous tension to keep to gauge/size, and if I slip off three stitches, they're just not going to hold long enough to slip back on. I've already accidentally dropped and had to rescue a handful of stitches. I think the penannular I got from Thor-Thor's Hammer lo those many years ago will do as a makeshift cable needle, at least keep the stitches from dropping
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Double pointed needles are impressive? Really? Wow! We learn to knit socks on dpn in 6th grade as part of the school curriculum and everybody and their dog does it.
I'm floored by the magic loop technique and knitting two socks on one loooong, flexible cable...
The numbers don't lie. I don't pretend to get it - it seemed to me that knitting smallish things on circular needles was crazy. But if people think DPNs are where it's at, I'll capitalize on that perception.
Excellent point, of course. It also does explain in part how I went overnight from being an average knitter to an OMG-fall-on-the-knees-in-amazement-and-awe-knitter. Who knew a trans-atlantic flight could so enhance my fiber-craftorial achievments!
I think it depends enormously on your audience and your own approach. There's enough difference between "grandma taught me how she knits" and "I learned to knit in school" or summat.
Personally, I think I get a lot of credit because of the Y chromosome. Guys just don't play with string, therefore whatever I'm doing with it is ZOMG AMAZING. ;)
It's been slow going, fits and starts and insane tension... had to tink an entire round and a half of knitting after the design pattern started... but I dropped a lifeline where the shaping began, and tonight I should be up past the thumb gusset. New picture tomorrow, and I can add pics to the new Ravelry account. ;)
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(I need to make more fingerless gloves, especially now that I've figured out how to make cable-crocheted ones)
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This pattern looks interesting - I'll see if I can handle it. Just realized that the pack of DPNs I picked up was a 4-pack, and there's cabling, and that's annoying to me. The only 5-packs were nearly twice as expensive, though, so I'll just have to make do with a dowel, or a safety pin, or something.
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Brilliant!
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That pattern does look neat and simple, but since these were the ones she asked for, and I'm already three inches in... I'm goin' for broke. It's not a hard pattern, either. So here's hoping.
I've seen the instructions for cabling without a cable needle before - biggest issue right now is that I'm working under ludicrous tension to keep to gauge/size, and if I slip off three stitches, they're just not going to hold long enough to slip back on. I've already accidentally dropped and had to rescue a handful of stitches. I think the penannular I got from Thor-Thor's Hammer lo those many years ago will do as a makeshift cable needle, at least keep the stitches from dropping ( ... )
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I'm floored by the magic loop technique and knitting two socks on one loooong, flexible cable...
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Personally, I think I get a lot of credit because of the Y chromosome. Guys just don't play with string, therefore whatever I'm doing with it is ZOMG AMAZING. ;)
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