Posted by shawneemonkey on 2007-10-20 16:52:48
Post Subject: magic loop knitting?
i'm looking for some very basic instructions for magic loop knitting, so i can knit socks on circs instead of dpns. do any of you have a link to a site with clear, easy directions?
Posted by craftfetish on 2007-05-14 10:58:38
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I don't know how to crochet yet, but I would guess that in many respects, choosing hook sizes is a bit like knitting.
Most people learn on the middle of the road sizes then build their collection based on the projects that interest you. If you don't want to knit socks, you may never need 2mm needles. If you don't like chunky knits, you wouldn't need the great bif thick needles.
If you are completely enamored with the crochet earrings in Astrid's shop the way I was, I bet you'd want to get some smaller hooks.
Posted by chromegrrrl on 2006-08-27 13:12:50
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Can someone explain the popularity of knitting socks? Lots of people seem to knit them, and it always seems to me like a huge amount of effort to make a garment that will wear out pretty quickly. Are they really fun to knit? Because if so, I will ignore utility and try it.
They are amazingly fun to knit, I can knit a pair in an evening which is good. Also you don't need a pattern for socks once you figure out how to just knit them (make a tube, make a flap from half the tube, reduce the flap to one half the stitches, pick up stitches down one side of the flap, knit stitches, pick up stitches on the other side of the flap, reduce the new tube until it matches the first tube, knit for a while, then reduce the tube for a toe, graft-- voila! A sock.) so you can make them on the go without dragging around a pattern.
If you remember to not wear them without slippers on carpet they last a very long time. I used to avoid wearing mine with boots, but now I have more knit socks than store bought and gave up on being so careful, they are just fine.
Just watch how you wash them, some yarns can't take a cycle in the washer and dryer but some actually benefit from a little bit of abuse after being worn for a while.
Posted by brdgt on 2006-04-20 11:37:44
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Hoping to get a temp job and taking trips to Boston (June) and the Adirondacks (July) and visiting at least two ballparks (Brewers and Twins) that I haven't been to yet.
Otherwise, learning to knit socks, reading, biking, local baseball games, and sitting on my front porch enjoying the weather :)
Posted by Athos on 2005-02-01 02:00:30
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i just had to respond to this -
i knit because stella taught me how! it's my third anniversary this month, and i've already done a fair bit - i'd say i'm an intermediate or maybe even advanced knitter.
i absolutely identify as a feminist. and it is social - somewhat - i do most of my knitting alone or in car trips, etc. but the social part is what made me interested and improve so quickly. i found a gorgeous cable sweater (that someone in an online community posted) and my other friends (online and IRL - though i hate that expression, this IS my real life) all encouraged me, saying i could do it, and they'd be there if i needed help.
i choose this because i like that i only have four sweaters and i made one of them. i choose because i will knit socks for my brother as a gift. i choose this because i don't want more more more at any cost. i'd rather have two drawers of handmade clothes than two closets of mass-marketed, sweatshop gap crap.
and making my own clothes/accessories has made me much more fashionable than i ever was. i get to choose what look i want, how i'm going to achieve that, what texture best expresses my sometime vintage, sometime kitchy and sometime classic style.
good luck with your thesis! crafts and feminism have been discussed several times on this board, do a search for it and i'm sure you'll find some great threads.
