the ribbing is fine and stretchy i find it is that 1 line where i casted on if that makes sense
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the ribbing is fine and stretchy i find it is that 1 line where i casted on if that makes sense
Try the long tail cast on. It's heaps stretchier and I find it a lot easier too! It's on knittinghelp.
yep that is the one i use raven. looks like that is just the way it is then. this time might have to make the waist band a little longer!
try casting on a little looser or even on bigger needles then go back to smaller as you begin your ribbing.
mmm ok that sounds good FJ... now i need to buy bigger needles hehe
p.s how are you feeling today *hugs*
I've still got a long wait until I meet bubs, but was wondering if it would be worth my trying to start to knit some longies or soakers now.
Can I start now or should I wait?
Am planning on using prefolds initially - would this make a difference in sizing?
My knitting skills are pretty limited but I'm determined to learn!!
OMG Tarkine!!! Congrats, or had you only just gotten your :bfp: when I left the DC thread?
The earlier you start the more relaxed about the knitting you can be. I tend to be quite slow because my hands lock up when I have done it too long or it is too cold
I am not sure about the sizing, not having had a NB in cloth before (I jumped on the band wagon a bit late :redface:) so I reckon your best bet would be to ask the ladies in the cloth nappy discussion, if you can keep up ;)
6 months does go quick, and knitting will pass the time quickly for you hun. Good Luck!
No harm in starting now, Follow the sizing on the patterns & they are bound to fit at some stage.
Im making stuff for my unborn. I am also making tuf for my DD in unisex/boy colours so Mr Doodle will get wear of the also as they will share the same month of birth so season/size wise should be similar.
Im not sure if prefolds & soakers/longies will be your best option. You may find (from what I have heard/read, haven't actually done a NB in cloth yet) that you will want some good fitting covers for your prefolds. Nice snug fits around the legs to help prevent leaks. But jump into the cloth thread for more on that side of MCNing :)
Get started now tarkine and by the time bub needs some woolies you'll be a pro ;) It's taken me about a year of trying, turfing it away and trying again to get to the stage where I'm happy with what I'm managing to knit!
Not sure how soakers will work with prefolds. I think they are more suited to covers you can "undo" for ease of removal, though I could be wrong as I haven't used them in combination ;)
There are a few soaker patterns that work like a wrap cover so they would the style to go for over prefolds I reckon. I think Little turtle knits have a pattern for one if you google them. But definitely go for a wrap style cover over a prefold otherwise I would imagine you risk getting newborn pooh everywhere when trying to remove a normal style soaker.
Raven - just looked at your longies and I :woot: them!
What type of wool was used to get that effect?
I actually know diddle about kniting but am thinking I will give it a try. Do you guys think the knittinghelp.com plus a pattern, needles and some wool will be enough for me to figure it out or should I try and find somewhere to get lessons?
That plus a little help from us here on line & there is no need for lessons. I am self teaching myself. There is heaps of free help on the net:
Salsa unless you have a relative or friend that can show you I wouldn't worry too much about lessons!
Knitting stuff is cheap ATM due to it being the end of season and wool and needles are on clearance. One of us in here can help you out if you get stuck with something but the knittinghelp site is awesome to get you started.
Thanks for your commets on the longies! The wool I knitted them with was hand dyed in various colours. Mostly turquoise and blue with a bit of orange and red and a few other colours that were made when they ran together. It was my first dying lesson :D I'm happy with the way it turned out but will do a few things differently next time because some of the colour didn't take which is why there are lighter parts.
ok if i wanted to make a double waist band on my shorties i have already finished.
What would be the best way to do this?
cast back on to one side and k2p2 the same length and blanket stitch on - repeat on the other side?
Or cast on 50 (this is the width of my shorties waist) k2p1 and then attach on the inside of the wasit somehow?
Dont have circular needles so cant do it in the round and i doubt i will be able to fit 100 stitches on my needles to do all at once??
suggestions?
hmmm i have no idea what you mean
lol FJ! thanks hun... i get that alot.
I want to make the waist band on my shorties double thickeness (ie add another side of ribbing)
and trying to figure out how
you could try picking up stitches like you did to make the cuffs and then knit in rib till you get the width you want cast off loosely and stitch it down with the yarn. There is a way to knit into the back of the existing bit to join them but it is a bit complicated to explain via post...you really need to see it IYGWIM. Stitiching it down would be just as good. A word of warning though don't try to unpick from the cast on end and join it in that way...you will just end up with a big mess that way!
I reccon if you knit another waist band separately and then once you have it the length you want, cast off then sew it onto the other one.
thanks girls... will try them out!!
Hi girls - now I'm not a knitter (but don't kick me in the butt on my way out ;)) but my sister is and she said she would knit some shorties or longies for me (whichever she can actually make).
Now, I just need to know what ply wool is appropriate for queensland weather (bein hot and all... )
Thanks heaps!!! :)
Oh, and any other additional information or tidbits you can throw my way to pass on to her would be GREAT!!! ;)
hehe
Most of the patterns are worked out with 8ply and 4mm needles though but check first before you buy the wool ;)
That wouldn't vary due to the temperature but I imagine you wouldn't need full longies, rather shorties or a soaker.
You can knit in 12ply but then you need to adjust the pattern as it makes a much bigger size. You could also knit in a smaller ply but you'd need to cast on more stitches to make up for that or you'd end up with dolls clothes.
Not sure if that helped lol!
Uh... thanks... Sam..... pmsl
Totally all went over my head but will relay to my sister..
:)
okay in simple terms for queensland weather you wouldnt need 12 ply or aran weight wool...it would just be too thick. I would stick with 8ply or what is known as double knit (same thing) for the wetaher up there. I prolly wouldnt go less than 8ply as you lose the absorbancy factor although some people swear by those Kozy longies that are a 5 ply wool. Does that help?
Yup. Gotcha :)
Thanks heaps
Mel - i used 12 ply. i find it fine but yes not sure when summer comes around! lol
How do you do pictures as you knit?
what do you mean fj?
well i have a couple of soakers with pictures knitted into the soaker as its knitted, they aren't added once its finished. I can kinda see how you do it, like one I have is a duck on the bum & I can see its simply the yellow added on those particular stitches but Im not sure if there is a certain way of doing it.
I would guess it would involve counting the stitches to know where to add the colour....
No idea there!
yeah it is a matter of knowing where on the bum to add the new colours.
And remember it will be upside down too! if you do it in one piece
FJ, it's intarsia knitting, stranded knitting (can also be referred to as fair-isle although technically different). You knit from a chart (because yes, it's upside down). One big thing to remember though is to twist the yarns around each other as you change colours or you end up with holes. Doesn't work for circular knitting, only flat knitting because you have to carry the other colour around with you on circ knitting and that takes away from the stretch of the knitting. On flat knit it's okay because you go back and forward across the rows to pick it up on the same side you finished on.
hth :)
LOL FJ - I know what you are talking about ;)
I just wrote a whole long instruction trying to visualise it but then turned to trusty google (who is far more useful than I!)
Google "swiss darning" and look at the first two links.
Let me know if this still poses any problems.
hehe yes you should know what im talking about!
Thanks will check out those links
Can anyone help me with a circular longies pattern that only needs 1 pair of needles (not different sizes).
P if you use shannons pattern & do the enclosed elastic you should be fine with the one set, what size do you have?
Also, I have often forgot to change needles from the ribbing to the body & it hasn't made a big difference to me.
Im do my first enclosed elastic waistband now, onto the 5th row of it, its not that hard to follow. Give it a try.
I would get an extra set of needles for two reasons.
First being that's it's damn tricky putting stitches onto stitch holders or straight needles to hold them when you get to the crotch bit. You would need three per leg (plus the ones that hold the crotch till you graft it...and you'd have needles sticking out all over the place while you try to knit. I'm speaking from personal experience here too ;)
Also if you get one circ then if you get 40cm's they are too long to do the legs and you risk stretching the knitting too far or 30cm's then it get's a bit crowded on the needle for a larger size and you can drop stitches easier.
I started off getting 1x40cm and 1x30cm but then got another 30cm plus DPN's to make it easier on myself. It seems a bit I suppose but I also knit beanies with them too.
Yeah thats true actually. I have 2 circs, & 2 sets of DPN plus 3 other sets of straight needles. I use booby pins are stitch holders but you have to be careful as its easiy to drop sitches if your not watching.
I like to do the legs on the circs over the DPN as I worry about the gap between sitches/needles with the DPN.
I can't remember what length my circs are. 30 I think....
ouch! :cryinglaugh::
PP, if you have one set of 40cm circs that will do the body, but you'll need one of
to do the legs as there aren't enough stitches to put them on a 40cm circ. You don't have to use another circ or a stitch holder, you can use waste yarn, you just get a darning needle and sew on the stitches onto the yarn and tie a knot in it to hold it for when you are ready.
- 30cm circs
- dpn set
- long (80-120cm) circ (using the magic loop)
:rofl: FJ! Ouch indeed!
well girls i gave up on the circ and just stuck to the good one way with bamboo needles.
Anyhow qn... i have a k2p2 ribbing waist band... how do i do a stretchy cast off/