Comments on: More stripes… http://www.hauntedyarns.com/blog/2008/10/more-stripes/ babies, cake & yarn... not necessarily in that order Wed, 08 Sep 2010 08:12:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: <img class="monsterid" src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=cdf7e01524e62683734d8132fa77a938&&;size=60&default=http://www.hauntedyarns.com/blog/wp-content/plugins/wp-monsterid/monsterid/b9505c946822717.png" alt="heather MonsterID Icon" height="60" width="60"/> heather http://www.hauntedyarns.com/blog/2008/10/more-stripes/comment-page-1/#comment-2876 heather MonsterID Icon heather Sat, 04 Oct 2008 01:37:04 +0000 http://www.hauntedyarns.com/blog/?p=450#comment-2876 i hate those stripe jogs too. i've got to chime in with aberdonian, grumperina's post on the striping was a good one. don't know if it would work with 2 row stripes. or, i think it would, but then you'd have lots of seperate yarn bits, although if you're using leftovers already who cares. it might be better than seaming *hopeful smile* i hate those stripe jogs too. i’ve got to chime in with aberdonian, grumperina’s post on the striping was a good one. don’t know if it would work with 2 row stripes. or, i think it would, but then you’d have lots of seperate yarn bits, although if you’re using leftovers already who cares. it might be better than seaming *hopeful smile*

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Do you find the little people like to have DK or 4ply cos it sort of looks like a shop bought hat BUT if you try to get them into something chunkier, they sort of recoil as it looks a bit more like a hand knit?? Well….I find the boys do…..including boys all the way up to 47 yrs old.

]]> By: <img class="monsterid" src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=6ff51adb71b0fae2582b49cfa1ffd13e&&;size=60&default=http://www.hauntedyarns.com/blog/wp-content/plugins/wp-monsterid/monsterid/5e865f7dfabb49d.png" alt="erssie MonsterID Icon" height="60" width="60"/> erssie http://www.hauntedyarns.com/blog/2008/10/more-stripes/comment-page-1/#comment-2872 erssie MonsterID Icon erssie Fri, 03 Oct 2008 15:42:36 +0000 http://www.hauntedyarns.com/blog/?p=450#comment-2872 Love the fold over hem!!(I forgot to say). I love any hem that can be knitted in as you go along. Another nice hem for a hat is made if you use old fashioned English Cast on method Choose a needle size half a size larger than for the main knit Cast on with 2 needles (knit, pull out stitch, twist and put onto needle) 1st row, ktbl's And block flat, it usually stays flat when you put on your head and it looks neat but can be a bit tight Love the fold over hem!!(I forgot to say). I love any hem that can be knitted in as you go along.

Another nice hem for a hat is made if you use old fashioned English Cast on method
Choose a needle size half a size larger than for the main knit
Cast on with 2 needles (knit, pull out stitch, twist and put onto needle)
1st row, ktbl’s
And block flat, it usually stays flat when you put on your head and it looks neat but can be a bit tight

]]> By: <img class="monsterid" src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=6ff51adb71b0fae2582b49cfa1ffd13e&&;size=60&default=http://www.hauntedyarns.com/blog/wp-content/plugins/wp-monsterid/monsterid/5e865f7dfabb49d.png" alt="erssie MonsterID Icon" height="60" width="60"/> erssie http://www.hauntedyarns.com/blog/2008/10/more-stripes/comment-page-1/#comment-2871 erssie MonsterID Icon erssie Fri, 03 Oct 2008 15:38:54 +0000 http://www.hauntedyarns.com/blog/?p=450#comment-2871 The invisible 'jog' method does not work with 2 row stripes. nearly all methods work by creating a stitch that stretches over 2 rows, and if you only have 2 rows max then you are going to to have only 1 stitch left for each coloured band. So, if you got the jogless jog right, then it does look like a seam anyway, because you just get one stitch that alternates in colours going up the centre back. I have just been making beanies too! And have put free patterns up for 'little people', aged Newborn (because most free hat patterns for infants are enormous and way off in size) and for a 4-6yr old or more (about up to 19 inch circumference head) because older kids tend to get forgotten in the world of free patterns, and my recipient knows me as 'knit knit' so I couldn't disappoint by knitting only for her 2 day old brother this winter could I? The invisible ‘jog’ method does not work with 2 row stripes. nearly all methods work by creating a stitch that stretches over 2 rows, and if you only have 2 rows max then you are going to to have only 1 stitch left for each coloured band. So, if you got the jogless jog right, then it does look like a seam anyway, because you just get one stitch that alternates in colours going up the centre back.

I have just been making beanies too! And have put free patterns up for ‘little people’, aged Newborn (because most free hat patterns for infants are enormous and way off in size) and for a 4-6yr old or more (about up to 19 inch circumference head) because older kids tend to get forgotten in the world of free patterns, and my recipient knows me as ‘knit knit’ so I couldn’t disappoint by knitting only for her 2 day old brother this winter could I?

]]> By: <img class="monsterid" src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=95d2acbfebb0224e9f7c1af7614907a0&&;size=60&default=http://www.hauntedyarns.com/blog/wp-content/plugins/wp-monsterid/monsterid/c21404c6d9c5784.png" alt="Diane MonsterID Icon" height="60" width="60"/> Diane http://www.hauntedyarns.com/blog/2008/10/more-stripes/comment-page-1/#comment-2870 Diane MonsterID Icon Diane Fri, 03 Oct 2008 12:01:06 +0000 http://www.hauntedyarns.com/blog/?p=450#comment-2870 Stripes are great :-) I think I want a stripey hat now. I certainly want a hat - any hat! The wind this morning was ouchy :-( Stripes are great :-) I think I want a stripey hat now. I certainly want a hat – any hat! The wind this morning was ouchy :-(

]]> By: <img class="monsterid" src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=238eda19fd4aafc2e43578a5563cd359&&;size=60&default=http://www.hauntedyarns.com/blog/wp-content/plugins/wp-monsterid/monsterid/4dc033117eb236b.png" alt="Aberdonian MonsterID Icon" height="60" width="60"/> Aberdonian http://www.hauntedyarns.com/blog/2008/10/more-stripes/comment-page-1/#comment-2869 Aberdonian MonsterID Icon Aberdonian Fri, 03 Oct 2008 10:48:08 +0000 http://www.hauntedyarns.com/blog/?p=450#comment-2869 Have you tried Grumperina's spiral way of working stripes? It seems to give good results. Have you tried Grumperina’s spiral way of working stripes? It seems to give good results.

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