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Feijoanna
Chatty Knitter
New Zealand
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 Posted - 10/06/2004 : 5:47:57 PM
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Gee, am i the only person who has an irrational problem with reverse stocking stitch?
Can't say I fancy steeking, either. But that's only because I don't like sewing machines. How do you do it by hand? There must be a way.
I also find crochet totally scary and intimidating, and don't like large intarsia motifs. Mixed feelings on modular and entrelac. Would like to try them, and it looks like it would be fun and satisfying to do, but I don't like the way it looks.
Love doing socks on tiny needles, but despise using bulky yarn on large needles.
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knitz2
Permanent Resident
USA
1800 Posts |
Posted - 10/06/2004 : 6:57:35 PM
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Lets see ... I'm making progress. I once said "never!" to crochet and I still hate that there seem to be so many more crochet than knitting patterns available; however, last weekend I pulled out the "how to" book and managed to do a single crochet edging on a piece to stabilize it. I also once said never to socks but now I'm intrigued with trying them. I'm going to try a pattern with "fun fur" for a Christmas gift, didn't like the looks at first but .......
acrylic vs. wool ..... the climate where I live is too warm for more than the very lightest of wools and wool is SOOO expensive; I'm on a yarn budget. I will buy a nice wool for a scarf for my sister who lives in a cold climate, but it is acrylic done with two strands for the young grandchildren so their moms will let them wear it and not ruin it in the wash. I use a lot of cotton just by the nature of the projects I like and my climate.
the real fear: color patterns - intarsia, fair isle, whatever. |
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knitz2
Permanent Resident
USA
1800 Posts |
Posted - 10/06/2004 : 7:37:37 PM
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| oh, I knew I was forgetting something: fringe. I simply won't do it. Partly a hold over from my grandmother's theories regarding her projects. She pointed out that fringe is simply not practical, it twists, it knots, it tangles, it gets caught in things so WHY waste time doing it?? She actually did fringe a few things that were made more for "show" than practicality and I had to fringe a project for 4-H when I was in their Learn to Knit program in 1960-something. |
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Molly C
Seriously Hooked
USA
884 Posts |
Posted - 10/07/2004 : 04:34:06 AM
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I am prejudiced against acrylic as well. Even though I'll purchase a commercially made sweater that is partially acrylic, I just can't knit with it. I was going through my stash yesterday and found two and a half balls of perfectly good Plymouth Encore that I'd used for a baby hat. I emailed my the mother of said baby yesterday to see if she'd like this yarn, because I feel certain that I'll never be able to use it. Fortuantely for me, she is really excited about getting it, so we are both happy!
I think that after I finish the floral felted tote from IK I'll be avoiding intarsia for quite sometime, or at least designs as involved as that one. Too much effort to keep all those colors untangled.
Oh, and straight needles other than DPNs. I think we should create a day in honor of whoever invented circular needles. I'll never use straights again.
Molly 
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jrwhiskey
Gabber Extraordinaire
373 Posts |
Posted - 10/07/2004 : 04:56:13 AM
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Originally posted by Feijoanna
Can't say I fancy steeking, either. But that's only because I don't like sewing machines. How do you do it by hand? There must be a way.
I don't use the sewing machine to steek. I crochet. I believe Meg Swanson had an article somewhere that describes it. If you have to knit stitches side by side, take the left side of one stitch and crochet together with the right side of the other stitch. I came up with a similar way, where I have a steek that's 5 stitches wide: KPPPK. I take the left side of the left-hand K stitch and crochet together with the bump of the neigboring P stitch. I then cut down the middle of the center two P stitches. I've done this with cotton blend for a v neck, and with wool. I'm currently making a henley with Debbie Bliss cotton aran and have steek the front for a henley as described.
Julie in central MD |
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pzee
New Pal
USA
25 Posts |
Posted - 10/07/2004 : 08:50:13 AM
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I don't use acrylic either. It's too much work to make something and then not have it hold its shape. I will use Encore, though, because it is a combination of wool and acrylic. Just won't use 100% acrylic.
Cotton I don't have a phobia for any more. Just learned not to make anything too heavy with it - as cotton is a very heavy fabric. When it gets wet and you're wearing it, you might as well have put on your kid's school back pack.
I also leave long tails, but now I force myself to only weave in a couple inches. That was so hard to do, because I also think everything I make will unravel with one twist of the yarn - never has happened - never will, I'm sure, but darn - I still worry about it. |
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Knit kitty
Permanent Resident
USA
1383 Posts |
Posted - 10/07/2004 : 09:42:16 AM
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I used to have the notion that knitting was too hard to attempt since both hands were involved--I had crocheted for decades and had not ever picked up knitting needles. Between one person too many asking what I was "knitting", and the availability of a wider selection of patterns for garments, I finally decided to give it a try. That was 3 years ago, and I rarely crochet anymore--it aggravates my tendonitis and knitting doesn't! So, to those who say "that is too hard to attempt", I say--"How do you know unless you try?" 
~Rebecca
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pixiepurls
Gabber Extraordinaire
373 Posts |
Posted - 10/07/2004 : 11:22:03 AM
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i refuse to use plastic needles.. it just feels wrong.. in the old days they didnt have plastic. I like to feel like a young girl on the prarie watching a sunset knittin in a rocking chair.. plastic sticks and even turbo's dont do it for me (but I do use those addi turbos.. hehe)
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levis_mama
Chatty Knitter
USA
188 Posts |
Posted - 10/07/2004 : 11:38:19 AM
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I feel the same way about socks, but still want to knit a pair to learn the techniques involved. The other thing I don't like is circular knitting on double pointed needles. I feel like I'm wrestling a porcupine lefthanded.
Fringe, I've never been crazy about it. Gets in the way, snags on stuff, etc. But... I was almost out of yarn yesterday (hand-dyed and no hope of every getting more) and the shawl just felt too short and blocky - should have cast on more stitches. So I bit the bullet and sliced up my remaining yarn and had just enough fringe to make the shawl the perfect length and the fringe added just the right amount of movement to make the shawl feel graceful and almost elegant. So, I guess fringe has a purpose after all - at least it saved me from frogging a loopy boucle shawl and reknitting it.
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jennidina
Gabber Extraordinaire
USA
485 Posts |
Posted - 10/07/2004 : 12:04:21 PM
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socks... i like dpns for other stitches (i love i-chord, lol, but not on this blanket i am making) and fingering weighted yarn. TOO SMALL, i mean i even have issues with worsted, and end up holding 2 strands together. It just takes too long, maybe one day, when i have enough needles to put to the side, i'll try a pair of socks on this beautiful purple sock yarn i have, but right now, i lose patience.
also, the knitting cast on. to me it feels like a waste of time LOL.
steeking i am afraid of, and i mean SCARED!! (guess that belongs in a knitting phobia message board though)
Jenn
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Atavistic
Permanent Resident
6604 Posts |
Posted - 10/07/2004 : 12:09:17 PM
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My issue with socks isn't the size, I'm knitting a sleeveless top with 1s or 2s right now (Milinda might remember, but I don't) and like small needles and fine work, but it's the fact that they go on your feet!
“There is more than one way to burn a book. And the world is full of people running about with lit matches." Ray Bradbury |
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Berchem
Gabber Extraordinaire
USA
375 Posts |
Posted - 10/07/2004 : 4:27:02 PM
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| I have a fetish that no one has mentioned yet. When I put down my knitting for the evening,I have to finish on the wrong side. I will not leave it with a right side row done and the wrong side row is the next row to do. I will also try to finish my knitting at the end of a pattern sequence. Right now I am knitting a scarf with a 16 row pattern repeat so I better have time to do 16 rows or everything has to wait until I am done 16 rows. Lastly I also like to end with an even number of rows done, getting back to ending on a wrong side, so sometimes when the instructions say that Row 1 is wrong side row, it really gets me "nervous" until it is long enough not to notice. Now you all can say, "Boy is she weird." |
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achrisvet
Permanent Resident
USA
5986 Posts |
Posted - 10/07/2004 : 7:24:21 PM
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Originally posted by knitz2
Lets see ... I'm making progress. I once said "never!" to crochet and I still hate that there seem to be so many more crochet than knitting patterns available;
the real fear: color patterns - intarsia, fair isle, whatever.
Where are you looking for patterns and what are you tyring to make? I see a lot more knitting patterns than crochet! Maybe in craft stores there are more crochet afghans etc thatn knitting, but in a yarn store it's mostly knitting.
Anita
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Cameellie
Honorary Angel
USA
900 Posts |
Posted - 10/07/2004 : 7:25:35 PM
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Umm, no, you're not weird because I do the same thing. I didn't think to mention it because I've never thought of it as weird.
Cameellie
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OdellBurgess@aol.com
USA
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Posted - 10/08/2004 : 03:41:25 AM
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Originally posted by Berchem
When I put down my knitting for the evening,I have to finish on the wrong side. I will not leave it with a right side row done and the wrong side row is the next row to do.
Oh, I do this too! It's very compulsive for me -- like, even if I am running late and should really put the knitting down, I can't unless I finish with a wrong side!
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SerMom
Permanent Resident
Canada
6412 Posts |
Posted - 10/09/2004 : 12:47:14 AM
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She'd wag her finger and go "There's no warmth in that!" I'd always feel slightly guilty if I used it, and be looking over my shoulder waiting for the scolding. Fortunately, I love wool and can't get enough.
The problem with acrylic is that it neither breaths nor absorbs water, so you can get too warm in it, sweat, then get chilled 'cuz it doesn't absorb the sweat. The worst of both worlds - too hot and too cold. It does have it's uses though.
I've really enjoyed this thread. I don't think I have any unreasonable beliefs. The first 2 projects I did were in chenille, then cotton, I'll put my work down in the middle of a row if I have to, I don't believe you have to start a new yarn at the beginning of a row, I don't mind large needles, and now that I have my magnifying glasses, I don't mind small needles. I do have a thing against seams, and it's become a sort of game, seeing if I can figure out a way to do something without having to seam. I don't even know what entrelac is, so I can't comment, but I've done both fairisle and intarsia, cables, lace, textures. I've never steeked, but i"m not afraid of it. quote:
Oh, and straight needles other than DPNs. I think we should create a day in honor of whoever invented circular needles. I'll never use straights again.
Why exclude DPN. That's why magic loop and 2 circ method were invented - so we could eliminate straight needles entirely!!
Barbara
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Julie the Purple Chick
Chatty Knitter
166 Posts |
Posted - 10/13/2004 : 05:52:17 AM
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I see many things here that I at first didn't like very much, but have tried a few and use them sometimes (cotton yarn, steeks & cutting, cables, chenille yarn.) I spin and don't enjoy spinning silk at all, although my spinning sisters produce beautiful yarns. I'll stick to buying the darned stuff! I also stick my nose in the air over machine work; there's something special about a stitch done by hand. I don't know where this comes from and I'm sure if I tried it, I would come to appreciate it in some way. Afterall, I did move from the drop spindle to the spinning wheel!
Oh - - P.S. 14 inch needles; They feel like telephone poles. 10 inch or circulars for me.
Julie - The Purple Chick |
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Savoury
New Pal
Canada
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Posted - 10/13/2004 : 09:39:41 AM
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Mamid, have you tried homespun wool? I mean the stuff that people in a group called the SCA make. I am allergic to wool commercially bought. In the SCA we spin and dye it au naturel. I can use this stuff. If you want, I can set you up with some to try...I live in Canada and am willing to gift it to you so you can try it. Let me know...
Be it craft, be it life. |
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Schleppenheimer
Seriously Hooked
USA
627 Posts |
Posted - 10/13/2004 : 10:04:15 AM
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I have been laughing for five full minutes over Lissa's "Steeks. Not gonna do it" post. . .! ! !
I'm with ya on that one!
Kris |
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jade
Permanent Resident
USA
1543 Posts |
Posted - 10/13/2004 : 10:29:36 AM
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I have a perfectly rational dislike of cotton and all non-resilient fibers. They feel like string, hurt my hands and the sweaters look like you slept in them within a hour of putting them on.
I don't like modular knitting at all. Knitting little pieces and joining them up to make a big piece makes no sense to me and I don't like knittus interruptus.
Cheryl |
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