Maxine, I think an option - especially if you like knitting with
circular needles - is, buying the Addi Click set. It includes a
connector that enables you to lengthen the cords. I have the KnitPicks
(or KnitPro set, as it is known in Europe) set which also contains a
connector. I think... Not sure
Maxine, there is no need to buy a longer circular needle.
You can use several shorter ones - 2 or 3 it's up to you.
When you start knitting with one needle, make sure that
you are using the other end of the same needle. There is
no need to have another separate needle as when you
are using double
At 01:36 PM 29/10/2009, bev walker wrote:
Could you work on 3 circular needles? Two hold an even number of stitches
each, a third needle is active until the next needle is empty, and that
becomes the active one - assuming you are working a continuous round.
However I think this would apply to bac
Are you sure you need a longer needle? I am not sure what 3-ply wool
is (the ply system for sizing yarn isn't used much outside
Australia/NZ, AfAIK), but unless it's an exceedingly thick yarn
(unlikely if you're using 3.25mm), most shawls should fit on a 1 meter
needle when the stitches are bunched
t;
Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 7:36 PM
Subject: Re: [lace] Lace knitting - help!!
Could you work on 3 circular needles? Two hold an even number of stitches
each, a third needle is active until the next needle is empty, and that
becomes the active one - assuming you are working a continuous round.
Could you work on 3 circular needles? Two hold an even number of stitches
each, a third needle is active until the next needle is empty, and that
becomes the active one - assuming you are working a continuous round.
However I think this would apply to back-and-forth as well. All else I can
suggest
Hi Jacquie
Google 'Knitting Estonia' and you get lots of interesting sites
including:
http://www.einst.ee/publications/crafts_and_arts/socks.html
which answers your question about Estonian 'fair isle'
http://www.knittingbeyondthehebrides.org/lace/estonian.html
http://www.dominiqueknitting.blog
Recently someone posted a link for a site which had comparisons between
Shetland and other knitted lace traditions. I was sure I had bookmarked it but
if
I did, I don't know what as!
I have looked in the archives but I am not sure what the thread was and can't
trace it that way. Any help wou
