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Posted by Pogonip on March 14, 2008, 11:02 pm
BEI Design wrote:
> I very nearly failed Home Ec, I knew more than the teacher
> and didn't hide the fact. :-}
>
> I learned knitting from my mother who had this odd technique
> of keeping one needle (the left-hand one) stationary and
> anchored in one's lap (that may be common, but I've never
> seen anyone else knit like that). I love knitting that way,
> keeps my hands from tiring, but having learned that way I
> never could manage knitting on in-the-round needles, or the
> four double-pointed needles for sox and other seamless
> stuff. When I knit sweaters for my dog, I alter the pattern
> so a seam runs into and down the tiny little "sleeve".
>
> Beverly
>
>
Europeans knit backward from the way it's taught in the U.S. I do both
-- when doing two color work, I hold one color in each hand, and knit it
off with the side the color is on. It reduces a lot of "swinging" of
the yarn. For one color, I hold the yarn in my left hand. But since I
started machine knitting, I don't do any of that!
--
Joanne
stitches @ singerlady.reno.nv.us.earth.milky-way.com
http://members.tripod.com/~bernardschopen/
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Posted by Joy Beeson on March 16, 2008, 12:04 am
On Fri, 14 Mar 2008 18:15:02 -0700, "BEI Design"
> I learned knitting from my mother who had this odd technique
> of keeping one needle (the left-hand one) stationary and
> anchored in one's lap (that may be common, but I've never
> seen anyone else knit like that). I love knitting that way,
> keeps my hands from tiring, but having learned that way I
> never could manage knitting on in-the-round needles, or the
> four double-pointed needles for sox and other seamless
> stuff.
There are extra-long double-point needles especially for knitting in
the round with one needle fixed. The only source I know of is
Schoolhouse Press http://www.schoolhousepress.com/ .
Grump. Just went to the website & couldn't find 'em. But they still
have knitting belts and knitting sticks, and I'm notoriously bad at
finding things.
Joy Beeson
--
joy beeson at comcast dot net
http://roughsewing.home.comcast.net/ -- sewing
http://n3f.home.comcast.net/ -- Writers' Exchange
The above message is a Usenet post.
I don't recall having given anyone permission to use it on a Web site.
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Posted by BEI Design on March 17, 2008, 1:38 am
Joy Beeson wrote:
> On Fri, 14 Mar 2008 18:15:02 -0700, "BEI Design"
>
> > I learned knitting from my mother who had this odd
> > technique
> > of keeping one needle (the left-hand one) stationary and
> > anchored in one's lap (that may be common, but I've
> > never
> > seen anyone else knit like that). I love knitting that
> > way,
> > keeps my hands from tiring, but having learned that
> > way I
> > never could manage knitting on in-the-round needles, or
> > the
> > four double-pointed needles for sox and other seamless
> > stuff.
>
> There are extra-long double-point needles especially for
> knitting in the round with one needle fixed. The only
> source I know of is Schoolhouse Press
> http://www.schoolhousepress.com/ .
>
> Grump. Just went to the website & couldn't find 'em.
> But they still have knitting belts and knitting sticks,
> and I'm notoriously bad at finding things.
Oh, too bad! I don't knit much anymore, my hands just can't
take the weight, but maybe with double-pointed needles I
could give it a try again. The last big knitting project I
did was for DGD when she was a baby, and she's turning 13
soon !!! I made a white blanket and booties:
http://home.comcast.net/~ickesb/wsb/html/view.cgi-photo.html--SiteID-2390657.html
before I learned she was going to be a girl, so I made pink
ones and put the white ones in storage for the "next"
grandchild... Who has not yet arrived. ;-}
Beverly
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Posted by AK&DStrohl on March 11, 2008, 10:01 pm
> AK&DStrohl wrote:
>> Beverly,
>> Would you share your kilt pleating resources, please?
>> AK in PA
>
> Happy to. I bought, and read several times *before* I Traditional:
> http://users.telenet.be/jbruyndonckx/kilt_making1.html
Beverly,
I had put 'pleat resources' in the subject line but asked for the kilt info
in the body.
But I didn't really need the formal kilt directions, especially the math.
Sorry.
I'm trying to pleat a wrap around skirt out of a plaid homespun.
I decided to pleat it because it was such a lightweight fabric I thought it
would give it more substance. I have instructions from another source but
they are confusing and want to get a double check.
I've pieced together three 44" wide pieces and have another 12" piece of
fabric for the underlap. The piece I want to pleat (without) the underlap
is 126" long. My waist is 44".
The instructions I have are:
Step 1: Turn left and right side up 1/4" and stitch. Then, turn left
side under again 4" and press.
Step 2: Begin to measure from left side and 'pinmark' for pleats. You will
be making as many pleats as your waist measurement in inches.
Then it gives in illustration:
It shows a turn of fabric, no dimensions, then 1", pin 1, 2" pleat, pin 2,
3"pleat, pin 3,
3"pleat, pin 4, 3"pleat, pin5 etc.
Step 3: Pin pleats in place. Bring pin #2 to meet pin # 1. Bring pin #3
to meet the back fold of pleat #1=pleat 2. Bring pin #4 to meet the back
fold of pleat #2=pleat 3.
There are more instructions but they do not influence the making of the
pleats.
I've tried it out on a scrap. It took a length of 23" down to 8 inches.
This comes out to be about 3:1. Therein is the rub. What is a consistant
formula, without going into
calculus or even algebra to figure out if I should follow these instructions
out to the end or do I need to skip some distance between pleats and
then...how much?
I'm confused.
AK in PA
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Posted by BEI Design on March 12, 2008, 12:51 am
>
>> AK&DStrohl wrote:
>>> Beverly,
>>> Would you share your kilt pleating resources, please?
>>> AK in PA
>>
>> Happy to. I bought, and read several times *before* I
>> Traditional:
>> http://users.telenet.be/jbruyndonckx/kilt_making1.html
>
>
> Beverly,
> I had put 'pleat resources' in the subject line but asked
> for the kilt info in the body.
> But I didn't really need the formal kilt directions,
> especially the math. Sorry.
Ok, I misunderstood what you needed. See below...
> I'm trying to pleat a wrap around skirt out of a plaid
> homespun.
> I decided to pleat it because it was such a lightweight
> fabric I thought it would give it more substance. I have
> instructions from another source but they are confusing
> and want to get a double check.
>
> I've pieced together three 44" wide pieces and have
> another 12" piece of fabric for the underlap. The piece I
> want to pleat (without) the underlap is 126" long. My
> waist is 44".
26"/44" would make each pleat 2.86". So if each pleat is 1"
wide, you'd have 1.86" "inside" the pleat.
<snip>
>
> I'm confused.
So am I. I can't wrap my head around all of that. Sorry.
:-(
When I made the Nationals skirt for DGD, I divided her waist
measurement (25.25") by .75" (the approximate size of the
pleat face I wanted to use) and then divided the resulting
number (33.66) into the total inches of fabric (less 6" for
laps), which was about 160 inches IIRC. That computation
resulted in a measurement of 4 13/16" inches for every
pleat, with 34 pleats total. So I marked the first 3" for
the underlap, marked the first pleat, and then continued to
place a pin at 4 13/16" inches all across the fabric, making
sure I came out at the far end with enough fabric to
underlap the first pleat. I made a cardboard measuring rule
on which I marked the .75" (pleat face) and the 4 13/16"
inches (total pleat) marks, and basted each pleat. Maybe
these pictures will help:
http://www.kodakgallery.com/I.jsp?c=jwqxlbn.rtt43nz&x=0&y=gvn0be
Beverly
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