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Aug 2011
4:35pm, 28 Aug 2011
5,706 posts
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runner duck
i think we need a thread for those of us who like making 'stuff'.
if nothing else, to stop other threads getting hijacked 
anyone care to join me as my needles clickety clack?
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Aug 2011
4:46pm, 28 Aug 2011
7,919 posts
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Girlie
Definitely, it should be more of a yarn though than a thread!
I'm power knitting this afternoon, a pair of Cookie A socks in fabulous Laughing Yaffle yarn:-)
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Aug 2011
4:46pm, 28 Aug 2011
16,978 posts
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Velociraptor
I'm in
I don't crochet (though I'm always meaning to teach myself) but am partial to knitting and have been known to dabble in other sorts of needlework.
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Aug 2011
4:49pm, 28 Aug 2011
16,979 posts
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Velociraptor
Laughing Yaffle! Drooool!
I had my eye on a huge load of mostly cotton yarn that was going ridiculously cheaply considering how much there was - I even had secured my XH's agreement to pick it up for me since it was close to where he lives - but decided it wasn't worth it because I don't much like knitting with cotton.
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Aug 2011
5:00pm, 28 Aug 2011
5,709 posts
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runner duck
ooh don't you? i don't think i ever have used cotton that i can remember. what don't you like?
i'm knitting coasters at the moment - well trying them out - for a charity stall. but i think they are looking too rusticky. the stitches are coming out quite higgledy piggledy. i think it's becasue the yarn is rather coarse. which i thought would be ideal for coasters but now i'm not sure...
what are cookie a socks? and i've never heard of laughing yaffle yarn...
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Aug 2011
5:06pm, 28 Aug 2011
16,981 posts
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Velociraptor
Cotton would be quite good for coasters - IF I had bought the job lot I'd probably have made lots of slip-stitch pattern placemats and coasters with it. The main problem with knitting with cotton is that it doesn't have any elasticity and is completely unforgiving if you don't have absolutely consistent even tension unless it's a popcorny cotton and most of those are just horrible to work with compared to using wool.
What are you using for the coasters, RD?
(Laughing Yaffle is a really fancy posh hand-dyed yarn. The sort of thing I'd buy just to look at and stroke )
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Aug 2011
5:12pm, 28 Aug 2011
30,961 posts
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LorraineS
I'm knitting mohair lace gloves in Edinburgh and a hat for felting in Dundee
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Aug 2011
5:14pm, 28 Aug 2011
16,982 posts
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Velociraptor
I've currently got three things on the go - a baby outfit which just needs some making-up and a wash and gentle press, a shaped jumper for me which is one sleeve away from completion, and in one of my drawers at work I have a chunky jumper that I'm making for my son
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Aug 2011
5:14pm, 28 Aug 2011
9,109 posts
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HellsBells
ooooh hello
I'm not up to the level of you lot - I need a pattern and I'm always slightly disappointed with the end product, as it always looks distinctly amateurish.
Doesn't stop me from doing it though.
Currently I've got a largish knitting project on the go that I won't talk about as I'm superstitious - although there's lots of stitch counting it is one i can do in front of the TV.
In my work bag are a few balls of oddments that I'm turning into blanket squares at slack times - that needs to be something simple that I can pick up and put down and not have to think about.
Then on a huge frame on the dinig table I have my godson's cross stitch birth sampler - he was two in June and I'm less than a third of the way through, but I'm planning on cracking on with that after my op
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Aug 2011
5:16pm, 28 Aug 2011
16,983 posts
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Velociraptor
Love the idea of felting, Lorraine. I didn't get it at first - why knit something then ruin it deliberately by giving it a boil-wash? - but having seen the gorgeous felting work (from mats to dainty jewellery) on display at The Wool Clip I've resolved to give it a try eventually.
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