Who among us can ignore the allure of really funny math puns?

Willow ,'Empty Places'


The Minearverse 6: Fiery Thread of Death

[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls, The Inside and Drive), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath. Oh, and help us get Terriers dvds!


Gris - Oct 16, 2012 9:23:32 am PDT #3826 of 4535
Hey. New board.

Gris, maybe use thicker yarn, so you can use bigger needles?

I will next time. But these are cute! And the yarn is stretchy! I did an inch in about an hour the other day, and only need to do 7 inches before I get to start the next part, so if I mark it out in shifts I should be fine.


DebetEsse - Oct 16, 2012 11:00:17 am PDT #3827 of 4535
Woe to the fucking wicked.

I agree with Sumi. I have done this, and been happy with the results.

Yay, socks! I am having heel issues on my Latter Day Socks, so they've been sitting on my shelf for over a year.


Liese S. - Oct 16, 2012 12:43:54 pm PDT #3828 of 4535
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

My problem with my abandoned first sweater project is that the yarn is crappy too. I bought it before I knew anything about anything, and it's miserable on the fingers to work with, and it's also clear my gauge was wrong and the sweater is not going to fit me, and is a dorky style for anyone not me. I mean, it's dorky for me too, but I can rock out dorky, especially stripey dorky.

But yeah, I should frog it anyway. I'm trying to finish the hat I started last spring, to go with my new coat. And then I need to do some dishcloths, which will wokr out because I'm trying to teach myself to switch over from English to combination.

But I really still am having string tension issues. I just don't hold the yarn right, I think.


Liese S. - Oct 16, 2012 12:45:03 pm PDT #3829 of 4535
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

What I actually want to do is frog my favorite store sweater, which has a hole in the shoulder, but in such a way that I think I can salvage most of the yarn, which is fabulous and looks great and doesn't hold dog hair. But I'm askeered. Although really, I'm not wearing it anymore, so there's very little risk.


brenda m - Oct 16, 2012 12:58:29 pm PDT #3830 of 4535
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

But yeah, I should frog it anyway.

You should take it to Goodwill and let someone else frog it if they have a use for the yarn. It doesn't sound like stuff you'd want to use again anyway.


Burrell - Oct 16, 2012 2:10:52 pm PDT #3831 of 4535
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

I am not a knitter but I kind of love the term frog. What does it mean, to unravel the pattern? I wonder where the term comes from.

Oo, I should check Wordnik, shouldn't I?


DebetEsse - Oct 16, 2012 2:46:46 pm PDT #3832 of 4535
Woe to the fucking wicked.

Yeah, Liese, if you're not using the sweater, there's not a good reason to not frog it.

I do agree with brenda, though, if you have no use for the yarn, don't put in the work to frog the WIP.

Burrell, yeah, to "frog" is to unravel a piece of knitting entirely. It comes from the sound frogs make: "Rippit Rippit"

You may also enjoy the term "tink," which is to undo stitches one at a time (you know, knit backward)


Burrell - Oct 16, 2012 3:07:23 pm PDT #3833 of 4535
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

Thanks DebetEsse


Sophia Brooks - Oct 16, 2012 3:09:34 pm PDT #3834 of 4535
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

Liese- are you going to left thumb purl? I have been trying to switch to that, but it is hard to unlearn my method, which I taught myself and is continental on the knit, and a really crazy unknown method on the purl.

What is really weird is that my mom tried to teach me to kniw (I learned when I was about 4) and she knits English style, but I just made up my way, and it turned out it was continental!


Liese S. - Oct 16, 2012 7:36:29 pm PDT #3835 of 4535
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

Ack!

Whew, link snafu, lemme try again.

I dunno, I may finish the original sweater just for sentimentality's sake, and who knows, now that I'm losing weight it may eventually fit!

The commercial one I'll definitely frog.

I didn't know the term "tink" but I do that a lot! I'm timid ripping stuff back, because I often put it on the needle wrong. So I happily knit backwards a lot to get to an unnoticed error.

Liese- are you going to left thumb purl?

I dunno! Here's the relevant videos: Combination knit. Combination purl. I want to learn because it's so much faster, but I'm not sure, maybe I should just learn straight Continental? It seems more complicated to interpret patterns this way, something I'm already not good at.