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Posted by Georgia on September 26, 2006, 5:30 pm
Has someone in this crowd of accomplished knitters made a Moebius scarf? I
finally got one started, following directions I got online, and it's coming
out awfully small--more like a Moebius strait-jacket!
Directions called for casting on 150 sts, to be knit at 5 sts/inch. That's
30 linear inches, right? I should have been suspicious right there. Well, I
can't follow directions (intellectually capable, just not emotionally
capable of it), so I am trying to knit the yarn at 4.25 sts/inch. (It said
it wanted to be knit at 5 sts/inch on US. #7s; I had #8, which gave me a
gauge of 4.25, and I wouldn't have wanted it any tighter.) Anyway, I didn't
want it to be too big, so I did the math (130/4.25 = 30.xx) and cast on 130
stitches. After 5 rounds it just seemed like it wasn't going to be big
enough, so I moved all 260 sts to a string and tried it on. Surprise,
surprise, I can get it around my shoulders, but it's way tight. Now I am not
a large woman (under 130 lbs), so my question is--is it supposed to fit this
way? Is it somehow going to get larger in diameter (I don't think so!)? Is
there something wrong with these instructions:
http://www.planetshoup.com/easy/knit/scarfmb.shtml
Is there a fix, or am I going to rip this out and start over--maybe with 150
sts at 4.25, or maybe with bigger needles and whatever gauge gets me
something closer to 35 inches?
Georgia
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http://georgiamorgan.net
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Posted by suzee on September 26, 2006, 5:21 pm
Georgia wrote:
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> Has someone in this crowd of accomplished knitters made a Moebius scarf? I
> finally got one started, following directions I got online, and it's coming
> out awfully small--more like a Moebius strait-jacket!
> Directions called for casting on 150 sts, to be knit at 5 sts/inch. That's
> 30 linear inches, right? I should have been suspicious right there. Well, I
> can't follow directions (intellectually capable, just not emotionally
> capable of it), so I am trying to knit the yarn at 4.25 sts/inch. (It said
> it wanted to be knit at 5 sts/inch on US. #7s; I had #8, which gave me a
> gauge of 4.25, and I wouldn't have wanted it any tighter.) Anyway, I didn't
> want it to be too big, so I did the math (130/4.25 = 30.xx) and cast on 130
> stitches. After 5 rounds it just seemed like it wasn't going to be big
> enough, so I moved all 260 sts to a string and tried it on. Surprise,
> surprise, I can get it around my shoulders, but it's way tight. Now I am not
> a large woman (under 130 lbs), so my question is--is it supposed to fit this
> way? Is it somehow going to get larger in diameter (I don't think so!)? Is
> there something wrong with these instructions:
> http://www.planetshoup.com/easy/knit/scarfmb.shtml
>
> Is there a fix, or am I going to rip this out and start over--maybe with 150
> sts at 4.25, or maybe with bigger needles and whatever gauge gets me
> something closer to 35 inches?
150 stitches should get you 35", but you may have to try a larger
needle, or more stitches. I had to experiment a lot to get a size I
liked when I first started making these.
sue
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Posted by bienchat@hotmail.com on September 26, 2006, 9:40 pm
The moebius scarf I made, I cast on 150 stitches and used a size
10US circular needle. ( I used a specialty yarn on mine and the
larger needles made the stitches more open and lacy). I just measured
it and it's 42 inches around.
HTH Marie and the cats
Georgia wrote:
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> Has someone in this crowd of accomplished knitters made a Moebius scarf? I
> finally got one started, following directions I got online, and it's coming
> out awfully small--more like a Moebius strait-jacket!
> Directions called for casting on 150 sts, to be knit at 5 sts/inch. That's
> 30 linear inches, right? I should have been suspicious right there. Well, I
> can't follow directions (intellectually capable, just not emotionally
> capable of it), so I am trying to knit the yarn at 4.25 sts/inch. (It said
> it wanted to be knit at 5 sts/inch on US. #7s; I had #8, which gave me a
> gauge of 4.25, and I wouldn't have wanted it any tighter.) Anyway, I didn't
> want it to be too big, so I did the math (130/4.25 = 30.xx) and cast on 130
> stitches. After 5 rounds it just seemed like it wasn't going to be big
> enough, so I moved all 260 sts to a string and tried it on. Surprise,
> surprise, I can get it around my shoulders, but it's way tight. Now I am not
> a large woman (under 130 lbs), so my question is--is it supposed to fit this
> way? Is it somehow going to get larger in diameter (I don't think so!)? Is
> there something wrong with these instructions:
> http://www.planetshoup.com/easy/knit/scarfmb.shtml
> Is there a fix, or am I going to rip this out and start over--maybe with 150
> sts at 4.25, or maybe with bigger needles and whatever gauge gets me
> something closer to 35 inches?
>
> Georgia
>
> --
> http://georgiamorgan.net
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Posted by Mirjam Bruck-Cohen on September 27, 2006, 12:20 am
A Moebious scarf must be long enough so you can wera it over ytour
shoulders as a scarf , or wear over your neck turn it and piut a part
of it over your head as hat ,, this requires minus plus 150 cm / 59
inches .
I didn`t understand from your description if you make it in one piece,
If you do it in oine piece you must start in the middle and have
stiches BOTH sides of the middle line.
A 150 stiches , look not enough to me in this case,,,,
it might be that you haven`t casted on the other side and thus you
have only half the stitches ????????????
mirjam
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> The moebius scarf I made, I cast on 150 stitches and used a size
>10US circular needle. ( I used a specialty yarn on mine and the
>larger needles made the stitches more open and lacy). I just measured
>it and it's 42 inches around.
>HTH Marie and the cats
>Georgia wrote:
>> Has someone in this crowd of accomplished knitters made a Moebius scarf? I
>> finally got one started, following directions I got online, and it's coming
>> out awfully small--more like a Moebius strait-jacket!
>> Directions called for casting on 150 sts, to be knit at 5 sts/inch. That's
>> 30 linear inches, right? I should have been suspicious right there. Well, I
>> can't follow directions (intellectually capable, just not emotionally
>> capable of it), so I am trying to knit the yarn at 4.25 sts/inch. (It said
>> it wanted to be knit at 5 sts/inch on US. #7s; I had #8, which gave me a
>> gauge of 4.25, and I wouldn't have wanted it any tighter.) Anyway, I didn't
>> want it to be too big, so I did the math (130/4.25 = 30.xx) and cast on 130
>> stitches. After 5 rounds it just seemed like it wasn't going to be big
>> enough, so I moved all 260 sts to a string and tried it on. Surprise,
>> surprise, I can get it around my shoulders, but it's way tight. Now I am not
>> a large woman (under 130 lbs), so my question is--is it supposed to fit this
>> way? Is it somehow going to get larger in diameter (I don't think so!)? Is
>> there something wrong with these instructions:
>> http://www.planetshoup.com/easy/knit/scarfmb.shtml
>> Is there a fix, or am I going to rip this out and start over--maybe with 150
>> sts at 4.25, or maybe with bigger needles and whatever gauge gets me
>> something closer to 35 inches?
>>
>> Georgia
>>
>> --
>> http://georgiamorgan.net
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Posted by Georgia on September 27, 2006, 12:45 am
I'm doing the one that you knit AS a moebius--you end up knitting outward
from the center on a coiled circular needle. (You cast on and then
immediately pick up one stitch for each cast on stitch. (So you cast on 150,
and immediately increase it to 300--but because there are 150 on each edge,
it is still only 150 sts -- 30 inches at the recommended gauge-- in
diameter.) THEN you knit the first (double) round.
The instructions call for using a 16- or 24-inch needle. I suppose I was
using a 24-inch needle, though it could have been a 29". I can't imagine
using a COILEd 16" needle. The idea makes my fingers hurt. And quite
frankly, I was fighting the needles really hard to get those stitches picked
up after the first 5--I ended up using a crochet hook.
Could there be a typo in these instructions?
http://www.planetshoup.com/easy/knit/scarfmb.shtml
Maybe I'll try draping a shawl and get rough measurements from that, though
they'll be very rough, because I don't have anything the right weight and
elasticity,,,,
Georgia
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> A Moebious scarf must be long enough so you can wera it over ytour
> shoulders as a scarf , or wear over your neck turn it and piut a part
> of it over your head as hat ,, this requires minus plus 150 cm / 59
> inches .
> I didn`t understand from your description if you make it in one piece,
> If you do it in oine piece you must start in the middle and have
> stiches BOTH sides of the middle line.
> A 150 stiches , look not enough to me in this case,,,,
> it might be that you haven`t casted on the other side and thus you
> have only half the stitches ????????????
> mirjam
> > The moebius scarf I made, I cast on 150 stitches and used a size
> >10US circular needle. ( I used a specialty yarn on mine and the
> >larger needles made the stitches more open and lacy). I just measured
> >it and it's 42 inches around.
> >HTH Marie and the cats
> >Georgia wrote:
> >> Has someone in this crowd of accomplished knitters made a Moebius
scarf? I
show/hide quoted text
> >> finally got one started, following directions I got online, and it's
coming
show/hide quoted text
> >> out awfully small--more like a Moebius strait-jacket!
> >> Directions called for casting on 150 sts, to be knit at 5 sts/inch.
That's
show/hide quoted text
> >> 30 linear inches, right? I should have been suspicious right there.
Well, I
show/hide quoted text
> >> can't follow directions (intellectually capable, just not emotionally
> >> capable of it), so I am trying to knit the yarn at 4.25 sts/inch. (It
said
show/hide quoted text
> >> it wanted to be knit at 5 sts/inch on US. #7s; I had #8, which gave me
a
show/hide quoted text
> >> gauge of 4.25, and I wouldn't have wanted it any tighter.) Anyway, I
didn't
show/hide quoted text
> >> want it to be too big, so I did the math (130/4.25 = 30.xx) and cast on
130
show/hide quoted text
> >> stitches. After 5 rounds it just seemed like it wasn't going to be big
> >> enough, so I moved all 260 sts to a string and tried it on. Surprise,
> >> surprise, I can get it around my shoulders, but it's way tight. Now I
am not
show/hide quoted text
> >> a large woman (under 130 lbs), so my question is--is it supposed to fit
this
show/hide quoted text
> >> way? Is it somehow going to get larger in diameter (I don't think so!)?
Is
show/hide quoted text
> >> there something wrong with these instructions:
> >> http://www.planetshoup.com/easy/knit/scarfmb.shtml
> >> Is there a fix, or am I going to rip this out and start over--maybe
with 150
show/hide quoted text
> >> sts at 4.25, or maybe with bigger needles and whatever gauge gets me
> >> something closer to 35 inches?
> >> Georgia
> >> --
> >> http://georgiamorgan.net
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> finally got one started, following directions I got online, and it's coming
> out awfully small--more like a Moebius strait-jacket!
> Directions called for casting on 150 sts, to be knit at 5 sts/inch. That's
> 30 linear inches, right? I should have been suspicious right there. Well, I
> can't follow directions (intellectually capable, just not emotionally
> capable of it), so I am trying to knit the yarn at 4.25 sts/inch. (It said
> it wanted to be knit at 5 sts/inch on US. #7s; I had #8, which gave me a
> gauge of 4.25, and I wouldn't have wanted it any tighter.) Anyway, I didn't
> want it to be too big, so I did the math (130/4.25 = 30.xx) and cast on 130
> stitches. After 5 rounds it just seemed like it wasn't going to be big
> enough, so I moved all 260 sts to a string and tried it on. Surprise,
> surprise, I can get it around my shoulders, but it's way tight. Now I am not
> a large woman (under 130 lbs), so my question is--is it supposed to fit this
> way? Is it somehow going to get larger in diameter (I don't think so!)? Is
> there something wrong with these instructions:
> http://www.planetshoup.com/easy/knit/scarfmb.shtml
>
> Is there a fix, or am I going to rip this out and start over--maybe with 150
> sts at 4.25, or maybe with bigger needles and whatever gauge gets me
> something closer to 35 inches?