As requested, a place for us to ask for help and advice from other stitchers and to show the things we make.
Over to you.:-D
Sort out your jewellery boxes ladies! I bought my daughter a hanging jewellery holder thingy as part of her birthday present last week so on Friday she sorted out her jewellery box. She had a few very fine chains that she'd had as a child, you know the type from Argoose with a little pig or wishbone trinket on, cost about £4.99 each. She had some odd earrings and some out of fashion bits too, just a few things that fitted in the bottom of her palm. She took them to one of those gold shops just to save throwing them in the bin. The woman put them on the scales and it said 132g. Daughter had no idea what she'd get, could be £10 or £50 or even £100 (unlikely) She was surprised to say the least when the woman handed over £500!!! 😮 Guess what I've been doing this morning?;-)
I took some broken chains once and got £100. I put it towards a leather gillet which I love, was a good deal.
How do you sew knitted squares so they lie flat? I can't seem to make them lie flat:-(
I'd lay two flat next to each other then take one stitch through one then one stitch through the other (in a sort of zigzag) along each edge, capt..:-)
what do you use to sew them up with? if I used the original wool from one square, it shows up on the other different coloured square doesn't it?
do you just use threade?
I use the wool. If you use the same colour as one of the squares, because they're next to each other and the stitches are in between them, you shouldn't really see them at all.
hhhmmm I did lay two down side by side but I stitched them on the top of the edge and you could see the green wool zig zagging onto the pink square, do you mean you sew it up inbetween the two squares?
do you get what I mean?:8}
are you using ladder stitch?
Yes, sew it half way down the depth, and if you take smaller stitches, especially on the different coloured side, it shouldn't show much. You could always use a different colour altogether and make it stand out as a feature. I'm sure the kitties won't mind whatever way you do it.:-D
I've never done mattress stitch on knitting, only on stocking stitch. Can you do it on plain knit??:|
