For those with an interest in knitting...

amazing how things show up
we have a new baby in the family..I havent knitted a thing for 19 years but fancied trying again, but no inspiration in knitting books and hey presto, here is this link

tigress

ps it is a god job I didnt knit for a new baby as she has about 30 made by a knitting mad granny

LOL tigress, the new baby has one item of knitting for every day in the month, well, April, June September and November that is!

I've seen a beautiful heart patterned blanket on that site which seems very straightforward to do so i think that will be first 'proper' thing i will knit as i've just been doing little samples to ease myself back in.:)

warmest wishes- calla lily x

Hi Calla.

An interesting site, have just had a browse, discovered a flamingo dishcloth, 😮 and some sheepish socks, and it brought back memories. I retired my knitting needles years ago, but used to do the cables,fairisle and lacy's. I once knitted myself a huge sweater from Prima Magazine when it first came out, it was a leopard face, with pawprints all over it, and another one zebra striped......it looked brill at the time...honest:rolleyes:, I even made my husband a cable sweater in size 14s and 12 needles, now that took ages. I moved onto a knitting machine, but that wasnt as relaxing as the old steel pins. Yes and I did the matinee jackets and baby bootees.........ahhh memories 🙂

Hi fleur :wave:

WOW! you were far more advanced than i was as i never had the patience to knit adult clothing, and i remember knitting my son a Mr. Happy jumper which i had to unpick several times where i used to get in a terrible pickle with all the bits of different coloured yarn hanging!

I bet your jumpers looked really fab 🙂 and wouldn't look out of place now- leggings have made a comeback! I absolutely hated baby patterns that required size 12 and beyond needles as it was like knitting with a pair of pins so i salute you for knitting your husbands cable sweater 🙂

warm wishes- calla lily x

Hiya Calla, me again 🙂

I think knitting was in my bones, my mother taught me very early, when my sister was born I was 7, and I knitted her a pink moss stitch cardigan (with a little help from my mum of course......shaping the armholes :))

I think i was roughly 8-9 when my mum showed me how to knit but i never progressed from the knit or stocking stitch stage, or anything more than 10 stitches as a snail was faster than me - what an achievement that was for you to be able to knit a garment at such a young age.:) I remember my mum being able to knit an intricate cardigan from memory alone, and when i asked her how she replied that when she was young, she would watch other women knit and learnt that way. It wasn't until i was 19 that i self taught myself and used to knit toys, the usual baby stuff, young children's jumper and i've still to this day have christmas decorations that i knitted many moons ago!

My daughter aged 11 has shown an interest in knitting where it has been, and is pure torture to teach as she either a) expects to master the patterns immediately, b) failed to grasp the concept of following a pattern and did her own thing, then moaned the pattern wasn't going right :rolleyes: or c) outfaces me that she can't do it despite being shown numerous times 😡

As i said to her, i could never be her school teacher as she's so awkward to teach!!

warmest wishes- calla lily x

and can anyone remember threading wool over 4 nails in a bobbin, was it french knitting? I cannot remember. I do remember it went on for miles:rolleyes::rolleyes:, and what on earth could we do with it when it was finished i.e. no wool left!!

There's an idea Calla, teach your daughter "french knitting", it might keep her quiet for hours, especially when she then has to find ideas what to make with it all ;).

Not much of a smiley........just thought it looked like a "woolLy jumper", bad joke I know, but its late, and off now....byeee

That wouldn't happen to be along a similiar vein to weaving, if it is, i do have a vague memory of having a go when i was a child and getting into a right pickle over it!

Thanks for the suggestion fleur, :hug: as it would be something she could do independently and i already have an idea for her- a gag after last night's hissy fit...:p

I love the wooly monster smiley,:) perhaps a wooly mammoth one would of sufficed too!

warmest wishes- calla lily x

Hiya Calla,

Just like French knitting,,,I can go on and on until my "yarn" runs out:010:

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ahhhh, so that what french knitting is,:) i think i shall keep that to myself as my daughter has a habit of leaving oddments of yarn in the most strangest of places in her bedroom and she would be in her element if i let her loose with french knitting - when scoubidous were all the rage a couple of years ago, i was forever finding bits of them at various stages!:mad:

Warmest wishes- calla lily x

Talking about knitting machines,I too prefer knitting by hand but tend to get inpatient by the time it takes to hand knit a garment! Much quicker by machine.:)

Knitting machines

When my kiddies were little I made them allsorts of jumpers on the knitting machine. I used to make my own pattern templates for the fairisle designs and I made a spider with wiggly worms once, hand drawn and punched in the plastic cards, a creepy crawly sweater for my son. I would spend hours at that machine, then ventured onto buying a ribber. with all the accessories that little pastime turned into hundreds of pounds back then. A relative brought hers down from the attic only last week, and looking at current trends she would be lucky to get 30 quid for it. I moved on tapestries, and then cross stitch in recent years, but once the holistic therapy bug got me, there was no time left and I have many cross stitch project half finished. Might ressurect them in the winter.......if I have any time left from the reflexology course I will be starting. 🙂

LOL, yes I was thinking of maybe winning the lottery an then I can spend all of my time studying and in my spare time expand my hobbies - adorable! I used to knit, whilst clearing the loft recently and going thru the boxes of bits and pieces I have kept for my boys I found the Snowman jumper I knitted my eldest boy one Christmas 🙂 he's now 20!

Have recently found rag rugging, really enjoy that too!
Julesxx

Hi colourful,

I've knitted a snowman jumper too for a friend's child years ago, took me blinking ages and when i finished my piece de resistance, the neckhole was more like a cuff !:confused:

Warmest wishes- calla lily x

hey folks, i know it's been over a year since this thread was last updated....but does anyone have more good websites for knitting?
I did a bit of knitting as a kid but have re-discovered it's joys a few weeks ago...am itching to find some web-site that isn't too complicated 🙂

does any one here crochet, i love to i find it's quicker then knitting. just finished a christening blanket for my niece. it look lovely if i say so myself....

[url]The History of Knitting[/url]

Reading this on a webpage I visit from time to time and thought it might be of interest to all the "Knits" out there in HP land!

Enjoy!

When looking for something completely different (!) - I came across these free pages of knitting patterns which may be of use to the industrious amongst you - please note there are more patterns on the second and third pages.

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Happy Knitting!

I don't knit (after four rows I can't get it off the needles!) but found these on a site I was visiting for something else and thought might be of use to all you "knits" - lol

[url]Assorted Knitting patterns[/url]

Thanks Celia. I was especially pleased to see the video on making up. I never seem to get it right so will try mattress stitch from now on.