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flutebabe
Seriously Hooked
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 Posted - 09/21/2004 : 08:26:06 AM
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I have been drooling all over my keyboard while looking at the gloves, sweaters, etc., on the Nordic Fiber Arts site. With LOTS of help, I'm deciphering my first beginner, plain-old, cardigan pattern. When will I be able to make something from the NFA site??? I want one of those incredible sweaters! I want to make groovy, pointy mittens!
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RachelKnitter
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USA
2995 Posts |
Posted - 09/21/2004 : 08:33:29 AM
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| I'm still a new knitter, but inspiration and desire are the two most important things to learning. You're halfway there already! :) |
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flutebabe
Seriously Hooked
968 Posts |
Posted - 09/21/2004 : 08:44:48 AM
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BUT I WANT TO KNOW IT ALL NOW.
Doesn't work that way, does it??? :)
Would it be way over-my-head to attempt the mittens? |
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Lissa
Permanent Resident
USA
4942 Posts |
Posted - 09/21/2004 : 08:58:21 AM
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Guess what - you can do anything you have the patience for! Go for your dream project. Remember that you only knit one stitch at a time, and that when/if you get into trouble, there is a huge community right here to help you.
Lissa
Hey - I MEANT to do that! |
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Ditzy Girl
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USA
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Posted - 09/21/2004 : 09:00:37 AM
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Hi, When you finish your plain old cardigan you will be ready for anything. I have been knitting off and on for over 50 yrs and I still don't know everything. That is what is soo wonderful there is always something new to learn. I haven't done gloves, felted bags, shawls and so many other things. I am just on my second pair of socks. Just pick something you want to try and try it. I have had a Sasha Kagan kit put away for 4 yrs and this yr I think my intarsia skills are good enough to start this sweater. On the other hand maybe I am a slow learner.
Zola, Seattle, Wash.
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flutebabe
Seriously Hooked
968 Posts |
Posted - 09/21/2004 : 09:02:26 AM
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KEWL. Gonna order MITTENS.......... :)
WAHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! |
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Ditzy Girl
Permanent Resident
USA
4711 Posts |
Posted - 09/21/2004 : 09:07:08 AM
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Good for you! Just keep trying anything that strikes your fancy. See you are already ahead of me, but maybe this yr (2005) I will try gloves/mittens/glittens.
Zola, Seattle, Wash.
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flutebabe
Seriously Hooked
968 Posts |
Posted - 09/21/2004 : 09:33:03 AM
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| Are the designs on the NFA site called Fair Isle? Sorry for the dumb question. :( |
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Cameellie
Honorary Angel
USA
900 Posts |
Posted - 09/21/2004 : 09:54:10 AM
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You should read the article in Knitty about knitting maniacs.
Cameellie
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pixiepurls
Gabber Extraordinaire
373 Posts |
Posted - 09/21/2004 : 10:43:24 AM
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If you can Knit and Purl you can make anything :) seriously. Don't be afraid, get past your inhibitions. GO FOR IT!
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dothead
Gabber Extraordinaire
USA
492 Posts |
Posted - 09/21/2004 : 10:44:43 AM
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Flutebabe - we want to hear all about your mittens when they are done. But don't feel compelled to rush through them if it doesn't click on the first try. I had 5 failed attempts at socks before I finally finished my first pair. I've knitted plain mittens - you have inspired me to try fair isle now.
"When life leaves you in knots, untie them and knit." |
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flutebabe
Seriously Hooked
968 Posts |
Posted - 09/21/2004 : 11:05:30 AM
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I'm only going to try the mittens because I don't know any better.
My dad always says, "If you don't know any better, don't let anyone tell you any different."
Not sure what that means. MUST...ASK... |
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rebeccaL
Seriously Hooked
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Posted - 09/21/2004 : 11:09:06 AM
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Flutebabe, I totally agree with your dad. I am the same way, I have never known better not to do something hard and I always manage to make it. I agree mittens are a good thing to start with for more complicated patterns (colour or texture) -- have fun with them!
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galleylama
Seriously Hooked
753 Posts |
Posted - 09/21/2004 : 11:37:07 AM
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I have knit for over 40 years and still am a beginner- everytime I try a new type of knitting, or stitch combination or something I haven't knit before- there I am- a beginner again! Just take your time, go slowly and you can do it! Sometimes it takes me a few times reading the pattern and directions over, or practice swatches, but I am self taught and slowly have been able to do everything I have tried and you can too. You will find little tricks to make things easier for you, everyone finds different approaches to things- sometimes with a new project in a new area I have to enlarge, photocopy and highlight the project to get it broken down into workable segments that I can deal with until I get the hang of the project. Just don't let anyone tell you that you can't do a project because you are a beginner. If you can cast on, knit and purl you can keep adding on skills and find you can do anything! Good luck and have fun.
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mbmoody
Gabber Extraordinaire
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Posted - 09/21/2004 : 2:34:30 PM
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| Try whatever you want. There are people whose first sweaters were Fair Isles or arans. I had a friend tell me that after the third sweater is when things start to click. I think that's true in that it's at that point things start to become intuitive. But there's no reason those three sweaters have to be boring solid-colored stocking stitch. |
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Tam
Permanent Resident
Australia
2810 Posts |
Posted - 09/21/2004 : 4:24:18 PM
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If you can read the pattern, you can do it. I never thought I couldn't do something, it is only now when I read the comments and questions here that I think "is that meant to be difficult?"! 
Happy Knitting,
Tam in Melbourne
http://photos.yahoo.com/lillysmum2002
2004 Stats: 19 FOs, 2 WIPs, 1 frog, 1 on hold
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Wen
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Australia
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Posted - 09/21/2004 : 8:23:02 PM
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Tam took the words out of my mouth. Go read the pattern, anything you don't understand find out about then tackle it.
Wen
2004 stats: 20 FO, 7 WIP, 27 wool purchased, 4 frogpond.
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fmarrs
Guardian angel
USA
9776 Posts |
Posted - 09/21/2004 : 8:32:23 PM
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I hope that I am always a beginner. Always discovering something new to try and to learn and to read about. I never want to be accomplished if that means being finished and no longer have anything to learn.
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dothead
Gabber Extraordinaire
USA
492 Posts |
Posted - 09/22/2004 : 07:52:14 AM
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Flutebabe - you are going to do fine with the mittens. When you think about it, you already have the skills. Now is it just a matter of changing colors when the chart/pattern tells you. I am going to order a pair myself because you all have inspired me. Thanks.
"When life leaves you in knots, untie them and knit." |
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flutebabe
Seriously Hooked
968 Posts |
Posted - 09/22/2004 : 07:55:34 AM
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| dothead555, what colors are you going to use on the mittens? I can't decide to do something WILD or do black/white type colors. |
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mokey
Permanent Resident
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Posted - 09/22/2004 : 08:38:06 AM
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We are all beginners every time we awake. In terms of pattern classification, I knit an intricate lace shawl for my mum after glancing through the pattern and thinking, "I can do that." I finished it, and a few months later the pattern appeared elsewhere with a rating of expert. Had I seen th expert label I'd have never attempted it. Don't worry about the expert/beginner - try it.
"There is no beauty in the finest cloth if it makes hunger and unhappiness." Gandhi |
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