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Posted by Richard Eney on February 14, 2008, 7:56 pm
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>Wow, I am really pleased with how fast this sweater is going (for a
>reminder, I used the sweater calculator from knittingfool.com to create
>a drop-sleeve gansey pattern and am knitting with two strands of
>worsted, one black and one tan, creating a nice random marled look).
It sounds nice and warm. I once knitted a double strand using white
and lemon yellow in seed stitch, and I liked the effect very much.
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>I am hoping to get this thing done before the very cold weather is past,
>but since it seems like spring is already dawning on Northern
>California, I might not.
>After this, I want to knit a similar sweater only with worsted cotton to
>handle warmer weather. Not sure if I will do double-stranded or
>single-stranded. Will have to do a swatch to be sure.
Double stranded worsted cotton? That'll work up fast but it'll weigh a
ton! If you have a swatch of the wool double strand, knit a swatch the
same size and weigh them, and consider how much weight you want to wear.
=Tamar
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Posted by on February 14, 2008, 11:41 pm
On Feb 15, 2:56=A0am, dicc...@radix.net (Richard Eney) wrote:
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> >Wow, I am really pleased with how fast this sweater is going (for a
> >reminder, I used the sweater calculator from knittingfool.com to create
> >a drop-sleeve gansey pattern and am knitting with two strands of
> >worsted, one black and one tan, creating a nice random marled look).
> It sounds nice and warm. =A0I once knitted a double strand using white
> and lemon yellow in seed stitch, and I liked the effect very much.
> >I am hoping to get this thing done before the very cold weather is past,
> >but since it seems like spring is already dawning on Northern
> >California, I might not.
> >After this, I want to knit a similar sweater only with worsted cotton to
> >handle warmer weather. =A0Not sure if I will do double-stranded or
> >single-stranded. =A0Will have to do a swatch to be sure.
> Double stranded worsted cotton? =A0That'll work up fast but it'll weigh a
> ton! =A0If you have a swatch of the wool double strand, knit a swatch the
> same size and weigh them, and consider how much weight you want to wear.
> =3DTamar
As usual your point is a very good point Tamar ,,, but Samantha maybe
will make some lace =3D knit with some rows of enlarged st and or rows
of vertical threads insted of stitch she might have less weight ,,,
mirjam
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Posted by on February 14, 2008, 11:51 pm
On Feb 15, 6:41=A0am, mir...@actcom.co.il wrote:
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> On Feb 15, 2:56=A0am, dicc...@radix.net (Richard Eney) wrote:
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> > >Wow, I am really pleased with how fast this sweater is going (for a
> > >reminder, I used the sweater calculator from knittingfool.com to create=
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> > >a drop-sleeve gansey pattern and am knitting with two strands of
> > >worsted, one black and one tan, creating a nice random marled look).
> > It sounds nice and warm. =A0I once knitted a double strand using white
> > and lemon yellow in seed stitch, and I liked the effect very much.
> > >I am hoping to get this thing done before the very cold weather is past=
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> > >but since it seems like spring is already dawning on Northern
> > >California, I might not.
> > >After this, I want to knit a similar sweater only with worsted cotton t=
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> > >handle warmer weather. =A0Not sure if I will do double-stranded or
> > >single-stranded. =A0Will have to do a swatch to be sure.
> > Double stranded worsted cotton? =A0That'll work up fast but it'll weigh =
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> > ton! =A0If you have a swatch of the wool double strand, knit a swatch th=
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> > same size and weigh them, and consider how much weight you want to wear.=
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> > =3DTamar
> As usual your point is a very good point Tamar ,,, but Samantha maybe
> will make some lace =3D knit with some rows of enlarged st and or rows
> of vertical threads insted of stitch she might have less weight ,,,
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Ps Samamtha it occured to me you could knit your cotton sweater with 1
regular cotton thread , and for EFFECT use perle embroidery thread in
another color , it will add other colored dots , but will no add mucch
to the weight ,,, i have done that !!!!!
mirjam
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Posted by Katherine on February 17, 2008, 5:29 pm
On Feb 13, 9:28=A0am, Samantha Hill - take out TRASH to reply
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> Wow, I am really pleased with how fast this sweater is going (for a
> reminder, I used the sweater calculator from knittingfool.com to create
> a drop-sleeve gansey pattern and am knitting with two strands of
> worsted, one black and one tan, creating a nice random marled look).
> I figured out how to do the semi-set-in (or whatever they are called)
> sleeves thanks to the great instrux posted here. =A0I have the entire back=
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> knitted and the front knitted up to the point where I have to split for
> the neck opening.
> I am chuckling at this lovely marled look, because I am the only sibling
> in my family who can cook without being a slave to a recipe, and there
> have been times when I have made something like "throw whatever is in
> the fridge that looks good into the pot stew" types of dishes only to be
> asked by one or the other of my sisters for the recipe, which, of
> course, I cannot give, so I look at the random color spots on this
> sweater and chuckle, wondering whether, if one of them knitted the way
> they cooked, they would ask for the chart to get that lovely random
> pattern. =A0ROTFL.
> I am hoping to get this thing done before the very cold weather is past,
> but since it seems like spring is already dawning on Northern
> California, I might not.
> After this, I want to knit a similar sweater only with worsted cotton to
> handle warmer weather. =A0Not sure if I will do double-stranded or
> single-stranded. =A0Will have to do a swatch to be sure.
I knitted only one sweater in cotton, and I don't wear it. I just
don't
like the feel of it. And now I am knitting socks in cotton, and I am
really not sure if I will wear them or not. Sigh!
Higs,
Katherine
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Posted by Samantha Hill - take out TRASH on February 18, 2008, 12:58 am
Katherine wrote:
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> I knitted only one sweater in cotton, and I don't wear it. I just
> don't
> like the feel of it. And now I am knitting socks in cotton, and I am
> really not sure if I will wear them or not. Sigh!
I had a cotton sweater a number of years back that I loved for chilly
mornings in otherwise warmer weather (like we get here in northern
California). Granted, it was knit of something more like sportweight
yarn than worsted weight, but it was still perfectly fine.
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>reminder, I used the sweater calculator from knittingfool.com to create
>a drop-sleeve gansey pattern and am knitting with two strands of
>worsted, one black and one tan, creating a nice random marled look).