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Posted by Maureen Miller on January 2, 2008, 11:47 am
Hello everyone,
This is a great group, and many names are familiar as I'm a crossover
visitor from R.C.T.N. I have only recently taught myself the basic
rudiments of knitting because I want warm socks that don't slide down
the leg, and have real toes & heels. This doesn't seem to be an option
for any store to supply, so here I sit, tangled in my wonderful alpaca
with my bamboo dpns.
Since I'm actually making visable headway on my first sock (working on
the heel flap), DH has announced he'd like a few pairs of socks, DDs
want 1 sweater, 1 hoodie, 1 pair fingerless gloves, and two leg warmers.
DGM would like a toque, scarf & mitten set, and I wouldn't mind making
a few pair of socks for myself! Now, given that I only have a couple of
hours in the evenings to knit, and also given that this one sock has
taken me exactly one week to get this far, is there an 'average'
ballpark time it takes to knit these things? Am I looking at Christmas
presents for next year? lol
Maureen
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Posted by Wooly on January 2, 2008, 12:13 pm
Just my two cents, mind...
Sounds like it's time to teach DH and DD to knit.
Otherwise the answer is: it will take as long as it takes for you to
do the knitting. The only person who can say how long that will be is
you, because we don't know how fast you knit.
On Wed, 02 Jan 2008 16:47:53 GMT, Maureen Miller
>Since I'm actually making visable headway on my first sock (working on
>the heel flap), DH has announced he'd like a few pairs of socks, DDs
>want 1 sweater, 1 hoodie, 1 pair fingerless gloves, and two leg warmers.
> DGM would like a toque, scarf & mitten set, and I wouldn't mind making
>a few pair of socks for myself! Now, given that I only have a couple of
>hours in the evenings to knit, and also given that this one sock has
>taken me exactly one week to get this far, is there an 'average'
>ballpark time it takes to knit these things? Am I looking at Christmas
>presents for next year? lol
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Posted by Olwyn Mary on January 2, 2008, 12:41 pm
Wooly wrote:
> Just my two cents, mind...
>
> Sounds like it's time to teach DH and DD to knit.
>
> Otherwise the answer is: it will take as long as it takes for you to
> do the knitting. The only person who can say how long that will be is
> you, because we don't know how fast you knit.
I second that! Send everybody off to knitting classes, and knit for YOU
until you are a lot more experienced. I'm still working on a sweater
for me which has taken over a year, and I have been knitting since
childhood. (Mind you, I did have pneumonia in the middle of it, so that
stopped work for a long time). All those requests sound like Christmas
presents for 2010. Do NOT allow yourself to be pushed into this, you
will regret it.
In the meantime, enjoy working on and then wearing your own socks.
Olwyn Mary in New Orleans.
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Posted by Mystified One on January 3, 2008, 12:07 am
A good rule of thumb for any hobby:
Inch by inch, it's a cinch. Yard by yard, it's hard. You may think you
learn more in leaps and bounds, but a little bit at a time and you'll be
done in no time.
When I rode the bus to work, it'd take me an hour each way instead of 30
minutes, but that was some great knitting time. I don't have that now, even
though I drive 5 miles.
> Hello everyone,
>
> This is a great group, and many names are familiar as I'm a crossover
> visitor from R.C.T.N. I have only recently taught myself the basic
> rudiments of knitting because I want warm socks that don't slide down the
> leg, and have real toes & heels. This doesn't seem to be an option for
> any store to supply, so here I sit, tangled in my wonderful alpaca with my
> bamboo dpns.
>
> Since I'm actually making visable headway on my first sock (working on the
> heel flap), DH has announced he'd like a few pairs of socks, DDs want 1
> sweater, 1 hoodie, 1 pair fingerless gloves, and two leg warmers. DGM
> would like a toque, scarf & mitten set, and I wouldn't mind making a few
> pair of socks for myself! Now, given that I only have a couple of hours
> in the evenings to knit, and also given that this one sock has taken me
> exactly one week to get this far, is there an 'average' ballpark time it
> takes to knit these things? Am I looking at Christmas presents for next
> year? lol
>
> Maureen
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Posted by Richard Eney on January 3, 2008, 12:14 am
>Hello everyone,
>
>This is a great group, and many names are familiar as I'm a crossover
>visitor from R.C.T.N. I have only recently taught myself the basic
>rudiments of knitting because I want warm socks that don't slide down
>the leg, and have real toes & heels. This doesn't seem to be an option
>for any store to supply, so here I sit, tangled in my wonderful alpaca
>with my bamboo dpns.
Um... I do hope that's an alpaca blend. Alpaca is wonderful soft yarn,
but it does tend to stretch out. You can get elastic thread to put
in the tops that will help them stay up. If there's merino wool blended
with it, that will help give the fabric some body.
>Since I'm actually making visable headway on my first sock (working on
>the heel flap), DH has announced he'd like a few pairs of socks, DDs
>want 1 sweater, 1 hoodie, 1 pair fingerless gloves, and two leg warmers.
> DGM would like a toque, scarf & mitten set, and I wouldn't mind making
>a few pair of socks for myself! Now, given that I only have a couple of
>hours in the evenings to knit, and also given that this one sock has
>taken me exactly one week to get this far, is there an 'average'
>ballpark time it takes to knit these things? Am I looking at Christmas
>presents for next year? lol
Encouragement is good. Having people actually want something you make
sure beats having them say "You could buy that at [storename] for less."
But yes, at best I'd say those are next year's gifts - birthday,
Valentine's Day, Christmas, etc. - all year long.
It takes me about three days to knit a toque, depending on how much
time I can spend to work on it. If I have all day, I can finish one
in a day. When I was an obsessed college student with time to spare
and a long Christmas vacation, I once made a sweater in one month.
First, finish the socks for yourself and test-wear them.
Then _after_they're_done_, go through the pattern and count how many
stitches are in them, and how long it took, and figure how much those
socks cost, at minimum wage for the time, plus three times the cost
of the yarn. Inform the family, cheerfully. You want them to know.
Handknit socks by Mom do have a dollar value as well, and that's time
you might have spent doing something else, like making socks for
yourself.
Then negotiations can begin for which gets done first. The simplest
ones (scarf and leg warmers) will take a long time, so you may want
to do the smaller projects first, for a quick success. I think the
toque, the mittens, and then the scarf would be good. (Alpaca is
good for all of those.) Then either the fingerless gloves or take
a break and do the miles of leg warmers. Last of all come the big
items, the sweater and the hoodie. Remember to knit a pair of socks
for yourself between knitting major items for other people.
Also, tell them that they should buy the yarn so they'll get the exact
colors and materials they want, and to be sure to buy enough, all of
the same dye lot. Discuss pattern and fit - do they want skin tight,
lightly skimming the body, loose, or huge and slouchy?
Then you can suggest that if they want the things sooner, they are
intelligent people who can learn to knit and be cool and warm at the
same time.
=Tamar
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