Cover Knitting General Discussion.

[*Efjay*]

hehe yes you should know what im talking about!
Thanks will check out those links

[PinkPalace]

Can anyone help me with a circular longies pattern that only needs 1 pair of needles (not different sizes).

[*Efjay*]

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.

[~Raven~]

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.

[*Efjay*]

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....

[River]

I use booby pins

ouch!

PP, if you have one set of 40cm circs that will do the body, but you'll need one of

• 30cm circs
• dpn set
• long (80-120cm) circ (using the magic loop)

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.

[~Raven~]

FJ! Ouch indeed!

[PinkPalace]

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/

[*Efjay*]

PMSL didn't even notice that typo LOL

PP, You just have to be as loose as possible, even put your work on bigger needles to cast off.
I still have trouble with getting a stretch cast off. But I lost my knitting bug a few weeks back.

[PinkPalace]

Fj - i have been doing this pair of shorties for about 8 weeks now lol

Used 8mm needles and it is huge...... lol should have adjsted the pattern... well actually didnt use a pattern just played around.

So Ashley is allowed a lot of junk in her trunk! as it will definately fit in these wide load shorties! lol

Had bad carpel tunnel the past 2 weeks of htis pregnancy.. so only getting about 4 rows done a day before my fingers go numb and wrists hurt!

[Muppity]

PP - what ply is the wool? Are you sure that using 8mm needles will make the knit tight enough to work?

If you are doing k2p2 then do the same in the castoff. Does that make sense? Case off the stitches in the direction of the stitch. HTH

[PinkPalace]

mmmm it is 12 ply wool muppity.. and seems ok - no big gaps (apart from my booboo's lol!!)

I only know how to do the one cast off... perhaps i need to look at the site again!

[~Raven~]

There is a stretchy cast off that you do with a darning needle. I thought I had it bookmarked cos it's not on knittinghelp but can't find it. Been meaning to try it out but forget and start doing the old fashioned cast off lol.
Will try to find it again.

ETA Google wooly wonder sewn cast off

[jgal]

A good way to hold the stitches (especially at the gussets) is a scrap piece of yarn. It doesn't get in the way like stitch holders or spare needles and you are less likely to drop stitches.

WOW - 8mm needles on 12ply! I normally use 4mm or 3.5 for 8ply and 5-5.5 for a 12 ply. This will give a nice dense fabric to catch all that wee...

[Maruschke]

Hello!!!

I have decided to try to make some wool nappy covers, cause I think they look super cute! But, I can't knit yet .

So I have found some sites online that is teaching me the different stitches, and I'm off to spotlight tonight to buy some wool and needles to learn.

What size needles do you think I need, and why ply wool if I eventually want to make covers and longies (ohh longies are so cute and I'm having a winter bub)?

I am a total novice, I am going to look so silly tonight, LOL. Spotlight is having a sale til the 16th so hopefully it won't cost me too much.

[jgal]

For day time or on newborns 8 ply and 4mm needles works well. On bigger babies or night times you need 10-12 ply (with 4.5-5mm needles).

[paradise lost]

I am considering making some MCN's for #2 whenever he or she rocks up, and was wondering if anyone ever knits over-size wraps and then felts them in the washing machine?

Bx

[Malyna]

Oscar - check out youtube for how to knit videos - there is a few on there by Mrs Moskowitz which are really slow and good for beginners - although I can't cast on the way she does - I think there are easier ways of doing this, so don't give up if her method puts you off ..

have fun!!