Knitting, crocheting and general craftery

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Garfield Feb 2018 8:38am, 1 Feb 2018 8,677 posts	0 Garfield That sounds intriguing IM!:)
icemaiden Feb 2018 9:06am, 1 Feb 2018 4,852 posts	0 icemaiden We have to knit swatches first to see if we want to do the whole stocking. The needles are actually 0.7mm. We're testing if the silk is gummed or ungummed as well. It isn't spun, just a fine floss. The first test groups took 5 hours to knit their 5 x 5 cm test squares, so the stockings will be lots of work. Must get on and finish the WIPs I have now.
Garfield Feb 2018 9:08am, 1 Feb 2018 8,678 posts	0 Garfield Yes, the needles sound painful...having used 2mm and thinking them quite small to knit with. It sounds very labour intensive with unspun silk.
kwala Feb 2018 11:54am, 1 Feb 2018 5,907 posts	0 kwala Rather you than me icemaiden - atm I am looking at patterns using the biggest and fattest wool and needles I can find!!
sallykate Feb 2018 2:07pm, 1 Feb 2018 5,366 posts	0 sallykate Wow, icemaiden - I'm impressed but won't be trying it!
Velociraptor Feb 2018 2:16pm, 1 Feb 2018 37,664 posts	0 Velociraptor I like doing dainty knitting, but my upper body is going tense just thinking about that project, icemaiden.
HellsBells Feb 2018 4:34pm, 1 Feb 2018 23,449 posts	0 HellsBells I prefer thin yarn and needles to thick, but my hand wouldn't cope with that at all unfortunately
jabberknit Feb 2018 7:51pm, 1 Feb 2018 2,022 posts	0 jabberknit Interesting project, icemaiden, but I'd need a magnifying glass to be able to see those stitches on 0.7mm needles!
EvilPixie Feb 2018 8:50pm, 2 Feb 2018 13,284 posts	0 EvilPixie Proper pottery this time!
icemaiden Feb 2018 8:39am, 5 Feb 2018 4,853 posts	0 icemaiden Does anyone right handed knit continental style? Yarn in left hand as opposed to British 'throwing' from the right hand. What's the best way to do purl for stocking stitch if you knit continental style?

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