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Posted by Maureen Miller on January 3, 2008, 3:46 am
Richard Eney wrote:
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> 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.
Uh oh. No, it's pure alpaca. I wanted it because I loved it at the
local yarn & craft fair held just before Christmas. Actually I wanted
alpacas, but that's a whole story by itself. :))
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> 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.
I'm glad. A year's worth of knitting is really something to look
forward to! :)
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> 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.
I'm thinking more like two weeks for the toque, and 6 months for the
sweater. I have only a couple of hours 4 nights of the week and that's
it. But that's o.k. I enjoy the other things that keep me so busy, as
much as I do the knitting.
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> First, finish the socks for yourself and test-wear them.
That's my plan. Tonight I got the heel finished, and part of the
gusset. Tomorrow night I'm hoping for the foot, or most of it, and I'll
either finish this first sock tomorrow night, or the next night. Either
way I'm happy.
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> 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?
DD 1 has already bought the chenielle in electric blue for her leg
warmers and they're getting fitted, but not TOO fitted everything to
wear when I make them because I'm mom and they're not allowed to wear
skin tight anything! lol
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> 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.
Well lets see now....do I want to sit here and pull my hair out while
teaching them to knit, or let them go to the mall which in turn will
give me a couple of hours free time to knit things up myself? No choice
to make there! lol
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> =Tamar
Maureen In Vancouver, B.C.
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>>a pair of socks out of it because it's so soft and warm. I'm a slow
>>knitter to start with, partly because I'm new to this and holding four
>>needles feels awkward, and partly because I want to sit back and enjoy
>>the knitting and the relaxation that goes with it. I'm actually
>>honoured that the family wants me to make all these things for them and
>>I'm looking forward to the hugs when I get each project knitted. :))