Easy-on and easy-off shawl

2005-10-07 Thread MLuskin
I may have posted about this before, if so, sorry! I take off my sweater and put it back on dozens of times a day at work. I gave up on pullovers. I just can't get the temperature right. I was thinking that a shawl might be good, since I don't have to wriggle in and out of the sleeves. If I am

Re: Easy-on and easy-off shawl

2005-10-07 Thread Brucie Connell
Would a Faroese shawl work for this - they are so beautiful. The Stahlman book has many of these. They are great and stay where you want it to be. When my Mom was bed ridden she loved the one I made for her. Brucie To stop mail temporarily mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: set nom

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2005-10-07 Thread Catherine Devine
I'm not terribly fond of the Faroese shawl - I find the front pointy bits annoying. Open-front circular shawls work better for me. See some at http://cdevine.typepad.com/photos/lace_work/index.html On Oct 7, 2005, at 3:38 PM, MLuskin wrote: Would a Faroese shawl work for this - they are so

Re: Easy-on and easy-off shawl

2005-10-07 Thread Robin Murphy
MLuskin wrote: I may have posted about this before, if so, sorry! I think I remember you asking this before, Merry but, please, don't apologize! With winter coming close, this type of garment is very interesting to me. I would love to hear about favorite off-again-on-again garments...

Re: Easy-on and easy-off shawl

2005-10-07 Thread Mirjam Bruck-Cohen
My first option is a WIDE Moebious either knit or crochet from the middle out..2nd option a desert `coat` poncho. mirjam To stop mail temporarily mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: set nomail To restore send: set mail

Re: Easy-on and easy-off shawl

2005-10-08 Thread Lynn & Terry Chapin
I find that I'm often a little chilly just before the furnace kicks in, then feel overdressed after! I have a little shawl that I wear on cool mornings or in the evening when the furnace hasn't quite caught up with the temp drop outside. It's a triangle job...you know the ones that start with

Re: Easy-on and easy-off shawl

2005-10-13 Thread Deborah Pulliam
<> I have made many of these in many sizes, for myself and friends and family. I almost always make mine by starting in the middle of the long side of a right triangle (cast on three stitches, increase once at the beginning of every round, and then increase on either side of the center stitc

Re: Easy-on and easy-off shawl

2005-10-13 Thread D Taylor
Hi, I was looking through some old 'Knitters' mags and saw a >360 degree short shawl, knitted from the center with increasing needle sizes. When folded in half, it draped nicely around the shoulders and hugged the shoulders so that it didn't fall off or impede hand activity. Sory I don't have the