Knitting inspiration! Help! I'm all sick and tired of knitting endless pairs of wool socks (although my kids do love them), for they instantly go through the laundry and become shrunken and felted. I finally figured out that my husband, who finds the hand washed socks on top of the dryer, is the culprit who tossed them into the wash. Grrrr. Communication error. And the other thing about wool socks: they get holes in them really really easily.
I finally finished a small stack of stuff for some nieces and nephew last night at knitting group, and happily spent some time looking at wedding dress patterns for a gal who is going to be getting married this summer. Girly fun!
And I less-than-happily darned a few socks (see above).
So, I need knitting inspiraton. I really want to knit a sweater, but am worried that such an endeavor would ultimately result in a shrunken felted sweater, too, if I used wool.
Furthermore, there's the budgetary difficulty of buying enough yarn for a whole sweater all at once. You aren't supposed to mix dye lots. I wonder if the knitting shop has layaway.
So, any knitters out there with suggestions? Please, pass them on.
I finally finished a small stack of stuff for some nieces and nephew last night at knitting group, and happily spent some time looking at wedding dress patterns for a gal who is going to be getting married this summer. Girly fun!
And I less-than-happily darned a few socks (see above).
So, I need knitting inspiraton. I really want to knit a sweater, but am worried that such an endeavor would ultimately result in a shrunken felted sweater, too, if I used wool.
Furthermore, there's the budgetary difficulty of buying enough yarn for a whole sweater all at once. You aren't supposed to mix dye lots. I wonder if the knitting shop has layaway.
So, any knitters out there with suggestions? Please, pass them on.
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small shoulder shawls - fingering yarn is more bang for your bucks. Plus, hand wash and lay on towel to block it on your bed. Less likely to get shrunken.
Mittens/gloves/fingerless mitts - which can be shrunken for optimal use. If ya can knit socks, you can master gloves. :-)
Yarn suggestion for socks - use the ones with a bit of nylon and superwash wool. Won't shrink as much and will last longer.
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Or, try out a blanket. Make different squares then seam them. That way you can buy yarn as you go, and make it just however you desire!
My friend is doing a shawl project where each month you do a different section. I think it's called 12 months shawl on Ravelry.
Happy knitting!
But, I also want a pair of socks.
If you want a one skein project, Knitty.com has a pattern for fingerless gloves called "Fetching". I've made 2 sets now and really enjoy them.
And it's tweed, which makes me happy.
http://www.yarnbarn-ks.com/Tatamy-Tweed/productinfo/KY-TATAKR-/
I second making fingerless gloves. I feel much warmer with mine, but I can still pick up my keys when I drop them. And I get to play with cables and fun things while knitting, and since they take so little yarn it's easy to justify something kind of nice, since it still ends up less than buying gloves.
Good luck!