KAL ~ January 2013

[OrangeBananas]

It is NT rainbird

[mhaddon]

Love NT colorways

[bumminbeachbabe]

I'm doing my first skirty. I'm adding the ruffle to the a-line skirt. After those instructions it says to prevent it from curling to do an edge. Do I need to do that? I would think it wouldn't need an edge like the full skirt

[mhaddon]

An edge like a few rows of seed stitch after you're done? Yes, it will help depending on the type of ruffle you are doing. It will curl up.

[mhaddon]

Or you can just let it roll up if you like it that way, so I guess you don't HAVE to add an edge

[christiemurley]

I would also suggest adding an edge of some sort if you want it to lay flat

Just had to frog a huge portion of my longies due to pooling, going to try knitting from the top and bottom of the skein and see if that helps

[christiemurley]

Originally Posted by OrangeBananas Both of the longies look great! Here is my WIP. Ignore the awful cell photo.

Sooo cute! I need someone I know to have a girl so I can knit one of these! What pattern did you use?

[mhaddon]

Originally Posted by christiemurley I would also suggest adding an edge of some sort if you want it to lay flat Just had to frog a huge portion of my longies due to pooling, going to try knitting from the top and bottom of the skein and see if that helps

Oh no! What a pain, but it is always worth it to frog for my own sanity. I go crazy if the pooling is too much and hate the finished product.

We have a lot of flooding, a covered bridge is right down the road from us and we keep seeing people drive back by because they can't get out that way. The kids are finding it entertaining. I have no motivation to do anything today and I need to clean.

[jsmith]

Originally Posted by Scaethach Oh and yes my feet are 7.25" at the widest point. An 8" circ would stretch them out to where they would not fit my feet. Average feet are around 8"-8.5", so an 8" circ is ok, but many many people can't use them because of hand cramping. 9" works for people with wider feet, if the posture of the needles is something you can handle. I mostly DPN socks, but if I do handspun ones I will do them two at a time on magic loop. I can't say what's faster or slower really, because it depends on the pattern complexity. Stuff like Thelonious takes me a while because I end up having to highlight my progress or the constant kid interruptions will mess me up to no end.

I need to learn to ML or get the smaller ones. Making socks with dpns isn't going to happen

[christiemurley]

New longies finished! Made with mm swimsea on mmw, I am in love where is everyone btw???