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geekgirl
Chatty Knitter
USA
220 Posts |
 Posted - 05/09/2004 : 08:33:27 AM
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I've realized this week that I dread and dislike very much pickup lots of stitches. This past week I had to pick up 300+ stitches all the way around a shrug I am making and then last night I stayed up late picking up almost 200 stitches around the bottom of the Booga bag I'm making. This is the only thing about knitting so far that I've not loved. The knitting romance is still very much alive for me, but I think in the future I am going to pay attention to how much "picking up" there is in a pattern before I begin it.
What does everyone else dread or dislike doing?
-Wendy |
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SusanT
Seriously Hooked
950 Posts |
Posted - 05/09/2004 : 08:45:45 AM
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| Casting on...bleh |
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~rosie~
Gabber Extraordinaire
USA
435 Posts |
Posted - 05/09/2004 : 08:47:59 AM
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Finishing.
Weaving in ends is my second least favorite, seaming/sewing is my least favorite.
Bleh.
I'm hopelessly addicted. I'm strung out on yarn. |
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Wovenflame
Seriously Hooked
Canada
812 Posts |
Posted - 05/09/2004 : 08:50:51 AM
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While I don't love picking up stitches, I don't really hate or avoid it either. I sat for a bit trying to think of something I don't like about knitting and all I could come up with was double point needles......but I use circulars now for all my "in the round" knitting so that no longer qualifies.
I do have a knitting related pet peeve though.....Waiting for catalogues and yarn I have ordered! I ordered the "Patternworks" catalogue weeks ago and haven't heard a word. It is starting to make me wonder.......If they take that long to send a catalogue, would there be huge delays in receiving purchases too?
Does anyone have any experience dealing with Patternworks? Are they prompt with their deliveries? I am wanting to knit a "Dale of Norway" ski sweater but I only have an old 2001 catalogue. Does anyone know of another good source for "Dale of Norway" patterns/yarn/kits?
-Marlene- |
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Boogie
Permanent Resident
USA
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mottstreetsara
Warming Up
84 Posts |
Posted - 05/09/2004 : 09:06:56 AM
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| I also agree that sewing up at the end is my very least favorite thing to do. I'm so pleased that more and more patterns are now in the round. If there are any designers out there reading this, please design more patterns this way! |
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shaggy
Permanent Resident
USA
4125 Posts |
Posted - 05/09/2004 : 09:14:19 AM
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Wendy so glad you posted this in other words you beat me to it LOL
Casting on! I have been putting off my shawl (Square)
336 sts with Jaggerspun Zephyr wool/silk
shaggy
Every day a peddler pulled his cart of wool from his home to the village market. It was a long trip. He had to travel around the perimeter of a large lake that was owned by the town tycoon, a modernday scrooge. One day during the winter the lake froze over. The peddler realized that he could cut off 2 miles from his trip if he crossed over the lake. He was spotted halfway across the lake by the tycoon. Scrooge came racing out of his mansion and screamed at the peddler, "I’ll be danged if I let anyone pull the wool over my ice!" |
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Jenny
Permanent Resident
1613 Posts |
Posted - 05/09/2004 : 09:16:22 AM
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Weaving in and clipping off ends. All those itty bitty cut ends floating around. Eeecch.
Jenny
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mokey
Permanent Resident
15375 Posts |
Posted - 05/09/2004 : 09:51:54 AM
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Sewing/seaming.
Monika
"There is no beauty in the finest cloth if it makes hunger and unhappiness." Gandhi |
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Berchem
Gabber Extraordinaire
USA
375 Posts |
Posted - 05/09/2004 : 09:52:59 AM
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| All the parts of putting a sweater together. That includes sewing seaming, and weaving threads in. Even sewing buttons on. I am not a big fan of picking up stitches esp. when the directions say evenly spaced around. |
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Tam
Permanent Resident
Australia
2810 Posts |
Posted - 05/09/2004 : 1:47:50 PM
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Sewing seams and buttons....I have a number of cardigans that don't have buttons on them!!
Happy Knitting,
Tam in Melbourne
http://photos.yahoo.com/lillysmum2002
2004 Stats: 10 FOs, 3 WIPs
Women are like tea bags - you don't know how strong they are until they are in hot water. |
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anderknit
Permanent Resident
USA
2550 Posts |
Posted - 05/09/2004 : 2:34:29 PM
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I'm with you all - I HATE SEWING!!!! I'm so happy when I find a one-piece pattern w/minimal finishing, and 3-needle bind-off for shoulders is a godsend.
"Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, 'I will try again tomorrow.' " |
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Karen F
Sustaining Member
248 Posts |
Posted - 05/09/2004 : 2:49:39 PM
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Weaving ends and dpns~
Karen |
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Feijoanna
Chatty Knitter
New Zealand
140 Posts |
Posted - 05/09/2004 : 3:47:41 PM
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Hi,
I also hatehatehatehate casting on. Tonight I'll be unravelling the whole so far (about 15 inches) of an in-the-round jersey. And the only part of going back to the beginning that really bugs me is that I dread having to cast on all those stitches again. Not the keenest on skeining, washing and rewinding wool either.
Cheers, FJ |
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jj1150
Chatty Knitter
USA
259 Posts |
Posted - 05/09/2004 : 3:54:30 PM
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I agree with the CASTING ON and the SEWING of seams.
I think the cast on is incredibly boring and the sewing of seams is something I've not done enough of, so I don't feel very skilled in this ... guess that means I need to PRACTICE!!
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GFTC
Permanent Resident
USA
6331 Posts |
Posted - 05/09/2004 : 4:03:26 PM
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FINISHINGespecially sewing in the sleeves!!!!!! |
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Wen
Permanent Resident
Australia
3242 Posts |
Posted - 05/09/2004 : 4:15:17 PM
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Weaving ends, don't mind the seaming but all those ends to finish off.
Wen
2004 stats: 9 FO, 5 WIP, 17 wool purchased, 3 frogpond.
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achrisvet
Permanent Resident
USA
5986 Posts |
Posted - 05/09/2004 : 6:30:43 PM
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Wow, I'm surprised how many of you hate casting on. I think casting on a new project is exciting, so full of promise. Of course it's a pain when you do the long tail and figure your ends wrong, but I'm not too bad at that. On sweaters I try to go on the long side, figuring I can use a too long end in the seam.
I dislike frogging, of course, and deciding whether to frog, like I am right now. There's a mistake in aan otherwise nearly perfect lace scarf and I really think I should pull out about 5 rows to fix it. Sigh.
I'm not crazy about picking up stitches either.
Anita
See my completed projects!
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GFTC
Permanent Resident
USA
6331 Posts |
Posted - 05/09/2004 : 7:04:18 PM
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Try this for long tail cast on: take the # of stitches, divide by the gauge, multiply by 3, and add a few inches for insurance. For example, 64 stitches, divide by 8 (gauge:8spi), times 3 = 24. Add 6 inches = 30. Measure 30 inches and cast on. You should only have to do it once!
Thanks to Maggie Righetti for that tip. |
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frodosmom
Gabber Extraordinaire
USA
480 Posts |
Posted - 05/09/2004 : 7:09:30 PM
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I find myself cursing the day I started socks with very thin yarn and O size needles. They are taking just forever. And the worst part is, I have enough yarn for three more pairs! Well, next time--super bulky and a vacation from the dps.
Margaret in South Carolina |
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mokey
Permanent Resident
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Posted - 05/09/2004 : 7:19:15 PM
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frodosmom, do what I did when I got tired of socks with fingering weight yarn but had lots of it: use two starnds of the yarn, since it ends up being DK weight, you get use 4mm needles.
Monika
"There is no beauty in the finest cloth if it makes hunger and unhappiness." Gandhi |
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