THE FHG SEWING THREAD :-D

[ilove2patch]

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

[ilove2patch]

It is expensive to knit in nice yarn but you get a lot of pleasure in the making as well as the wearing & your item is pretty unique. I often use a different yarn to the pattern as long as the tension is close.

[learning2me]

I've never tried cable or fancy stitches, but I'm thinking of giving it a go. Any advice?

[****merlin*****]

i was gonna say i can tell you how to knit holes:^O

but i cant:_|

i dont know how i did it!:^O

[hiddengems2010]

It is expensive to knit in nice yarn but you get a lot of pleasure in the making as well as the wearing & your item is pretty unique. I often use a different yarn to the pattern as long as the tension is close.

Thats true maggie, plus it always looks & hangs better. 🙂

[hiddengems2010]

Cable can be as easy or hard as you want it to be Mags,

but your better starting with something simple & small, just so you can get the hang of the cable needle.

But if your following a plain pattern and adding some cable, just loosen your tension around the cable area.

but de over ladies will put ya right 🙂

[chickengrandma-2008]

It's years since I knitted cable.  My two had  hooded jackets when they were about four and seven, they must have looked like Hilda and Howard!:^O  The only tip I can give you is you need plenty of concentration so you don't go wrong!:O

[hiddengems2010]

You got me all reminiscing 🙂

[learning2me]

Just been looking at cable needles and didn't realise there are so many different ones 😮

Not sure what length to buy, and whether to get straight or cranked.
Any suggestions?

[****merlin*****]

you know when you are knitting, how much space should there be between the knitting (one needle to another) if the stitches are almost at the end of each needle?

whatever i am doing wrong, is something to do with that

sometimes i can just push the needle through, sometimes i need to sort of lift it up as there isnt a lot of space

i dont mean wool to needle, it goes through easily enough, its not tight there

and i now have 38 stitches

i started with 32

[hiddengems2010]

I only have straight ones, in 2 sizes but 3 lengths, so could not say whether straight or cranked, dont know if  they sell them in multi size packs as they would be ideal. 🙂

[chickengrandma-2008]

you know when you are knitting, how much space should there be between the knitting (one needle to another) if the stitches are almost at the end of each needle?

whatever i am doing wrong, is something to do with that

sometimes i can just push the needle through, sometimes i need to sort of lift it up as there isnt a lot of space

i dont mean wool to needle, it goes through easily enough, its not tight there

and i now have 38 stitches

i started with 32

What size needles are you using, and what thickness of wool?

[hiddengems2010]

I'm using chunky with 4 & half size needles and stocking stitch, there is about half an inch space between needles

[****merlin*****]

6mm needles

and i dont know what the wool is

its sock monkey hair wool:|

its ordinary normal wool

double knitting??

where the red arrow is, how wide should that bit be please?

[*chez*]

That is a very odd picture...the top three rows look like 2 seperate bits of knitting....

[****merlin*****]

i thought that

it was just the first pic i came across that showed the knitting seperate at the top

mines doesnt have such a big gap down the way either, should i?

[chickengrandma-2008]

No merlin, you shouldn't have that big a gap, hang on, I'm just doing a test run........:-D

[hiddengems2010]

about an inch 🙂 doing it now

[hiddengems2010]

What you getting CGrandma ?:|

[chickengrandma-2008]

That size needle is very big for the wool merlin, that's why it's very loose and holey.  Here's what I got...

[chickengrandma-2008]

And this is the 'gap'