Julie - poor mummy ! I do understand the suitation. Pls bear with it, and the nasty bugs will go off. I agree with Gina, if she is good, keep her, if not, check around wif frens and make a change.
I too, sometimes needs time to myself…hv nothing in mind, go shopping, sitting in Starbucks watiching the world goes round (of course with my fav coffee on hand). Jus do nothing…
Dustina - pls check with Roo what’s the cartoon name, tks.
Dotty - Are u playing hide n seek with us ?? Miss u !
Carla - We baked our first Chiffon Cake yesterday. Taste nice and look good.
The Knitter - I have never try kniting a sock without the heel, hmm…must try! Love to see yours once done.
It’s called a Tube Sock and you just put 2" of ribbing at the top, then knit until your piece measures 14" and then start your toe decrease. You don’t even have to do a kitchener stitch as they recommend that you decrease down to five stitches and then thread the yarn through those stitches and tie off. Very simple. However, for this time, I am doing a REAL sock. Perhaps another time I will make tube socks.
I will post a picture when this sock is finished for you though, even though it’s a REAL sock.
[B]Progress report[/B]: OK, you guys talked me into this. I knit my heel flap. I turned my heel. I picked up my stitches. It’s all good! I distributed them as directed. So far so good. [B]THEN I COUNTED THEM [/B](also as directed). So, I have 25 stitches on needle #1, 32 stitches on needle #2 and [B]26[/B] stitches on needle #3. Now what? I have one too many stitches. I do NOT want to visit the frog pond. Can’t I just K2tog on needle #3 on that first row, or something similar that will then give me the right number of stitches?
[B]H E L P!!![/B]
I was so pleased that I was going to shape the gusset, come in and brag and you’d all be proud of me because I did it with no whining, screaming, crying or throwing it across the room. I didn’t whine, scream, cry or throw it across the room, but here I am [B]begging a solution[/B] for the fact that I obviously cannot count to sixteen when picking up stitches…
Hmmmmm, sounds like you missed a decrease there somewhere. o well. schtuff happens ya know. Yeah I would just k2tog in some inconspicuous place to even out the count. No on knows but you n us friends here n I don’t think we are gonna go n tell anyone!!! LOL:aww: :whistle: :twisted: O no, just kidding. :roflhard:
I’m almost done with untangling the bad yarn, and my moms socks are almost finished as well. Just have to weave in the ends and they are done. Pics of the socks will follow soon!
You did a beautiful job of dying that yarn. I especially like the all blue one. It is simply gorgeous. Nice work!!! I look forward to seeing the pic of your Mom’s sox.
[B]And now for my good news![/B] I have a GUSSET (hmmm that sounds kind of like saying I have a goyter, or perhaps some kind of social disease)! I started this evening knitting a REAL sock instead of a tube sock. I am now at the stage of the sock where I have finished ribbing the top, knitting the leg, knitting the heel flap, turning the heel, picking up the stitches, putting the stitches back on three needles, knitting the gusset decreases and I am now knitting the foot section of the sock. I am almost there!!! Sock #1 will make it’s grand entrance some time later today or tomorrow morning at the latest. And YES I will post a picture.
But for now… I pulled an “all-nighter” knitting this sock (what my DH calls a “Power Knit”) and I think I should go get some sleep.
The.Knitter~ :woot: YAY for a gusset!!! Yep sometimes that happens…I’ve done that before if for some reason they want the heel turn to end with odd # of sts…and I just do a K2tog…usually where the center of the heel would be…
Jackie~ It will air here on Feb. 7th at 11am the show is Ni Hao, Kai-lan…and it will also be teaching the kids Chinese…which I find cool…cause Roo has learned some spanish from Dora…and then she has learned some Chinese from Sagwa too…Then I have worked with them both on ASL…:happydance:
Carla~ how are the potawhatever socks coming :teehee: …I read in the paper that yarn is just going to be 25% off…oh well still a bit cheaper…and I was just going to get Galaway…they just won’t get a big sale from me
My wrist is killing me this morning…for some reason that mitten on magic loop is really hurting me…I don’t remeber the first being like this…I might have to change to dpns and see if that helps some…
I hope you all have a great day of knitting!! :blooby:
Take a break Dustina. I still have to break-since I moved the kids furnature a month ago, sometimes all I have to do is set the bottle of Ranch dressing down and it kills my wrist for the rest of the night. How’s your dh?
The.Knitter: Well are you well rested? I’m so proud that you’ve done the hard part of your first sock! Sorry I wasn’t on her to give you an answer but I have sick kiddos-glad Fibrenut was able to answer you soon. No matter what the question there’ s always someone on here to answer it, or lead you to an answer.
Jackie, just a few more days!!!
Dotty…if you’re reading, we’re missing you, & even if you’re not we still miss your colorful posts. & I don’t know about the others but we’d sure like to see your valentine socks…
Jacob didn’t have a fever yesterday!!! However Bailey was very craby and whiny~I don’t do well with whiny kids-makes me want a big :clink: Thank God everyone slept last night, I feel much rested today!
Someone has been reading my blog & wants to buy my hedgehogs…anyone have any idea what you’d sell them for? Or if you were intereseted in buying them, what would you pay for them? I’d charge the cost of supplies and then my time…any ideas? tia.
Dh is home today (day off) so I hope to get some knitting done on his sock so I’m ready for the sockamania sock ~ wonder if the pattern will be sent out tomorrow? I’m so anxious!
Oooh, Dustina, take a BREAK!!! Pain means you’ve gone too far. Stop immediately or you’ll be like me: All trussed up in splints and able to knit only occasionally!
Julie, hope ALL the kids are healthy today!
The.Knitter, CONGRATULATIONS!
Leike, I like your yarn. PRETTY PRETTY!:woohoo:
SteveDallas, Nice cables! I’m putting just two cables in my Worsted socks.
I know it might already be too late to mention this for some of us, but, don’t forget to stretch before you start knitting for the day. Get them muscles all ready to go n stuff.
A couple of good ones is to splay your fingers like you are trying to grab a basketball on your desk and gently push down. Another good one is to hold one arm out and hold your hand up at a right angle to your arm (if you can manage that, if not just as far as you can comfortably go) then take your other hand and grab your fingers of the outstretched hand and gently pull back, count to 5 and release, now put the outstretched hand down and gently pull back on it, count to 5 and release, do that for both sides. Now gently shake out your hands and forearms and you should be ready to knit.
O yeah and you should take breaks at the most every 20 minutes, more often if your hands are getting sore.
Thanks! Is this in direct response to my “all nighter” sock knitting spree last night? If so,thanks for the info. I might need it again when I cast on for the second sock, once this one is finished of course.
Thanks everyone…the pain eased up this morning while I was grocery shoppping and all that fun stuff…but once I sat back down here and went to use my mouse :wall: …I don’t have my computer set up ver well…the mouse is waaaaaay over there…might have to change it up a bit…
Julie~ I’m not sure how much…I’ve never sold anything already made knitting wise…when I sold my pillows…we took the cost and my hrs and timed it by something…I’ll have to ask mom she figured it up for me …
I got the fun fur today so when I can knit I’ll be ready to start their hedge hogs… I could dye Isaiah’s yarn today…think Lime green koolaid will give me lime green yarn :shrug: …to me the answer should be why of course…but I’ve come to realize with dying you just never know…:teehee:
Set it up so that your mouse is right beside your computer where you can easily reach it. Put something under the back of your keyboard so that it is tipped up a bit in the back. Get yourself one of those jel mouse pads that has a pad where your hand would rest on it. Get yourself a jel wrist support for in front of the keyboard. These things should help a bit (I hope). Good luck Hon!
Hiya knitter,
No hun, it’s just a response for future reference for all of us knitphomaniacs (hehehe). Just like any other continuous motion we need to do all we can to avoid injury. What with the aches n pains as of late. LOL
When I was the foreman for a trim crew, we did those stretching exercises every morning, no exception, and we never once had anyone get carpal tunnel.
In that case I shall copy and paste this into a document and print it out to use every morning. Thanks so much for caring enough to post this! I would hate to have anything stand in the way of my knitphomania…
[B]Leike[/B]–that’s gorgeous! So cool that you have died it yourself.
[B]jberry[/B]–so happy that everyone slept well! Sounds like hopefully you are past the worst of this bout of illness. I agree with the others that if you are otherwise happy with the pediatrician, keep her–I am jealous that you were able to get in at the last minute like that–I have never had such good service from my pediatricians.
I have figured out the dpns! I finally have my first sock underway. Not much yet–but I was so excited just to know I had it started right that I put a couple of pictures at my blog (link below). Now I should be ok until I get to the foot.
Congrats of figuring out the dpn’s. They are not nearly as intimidating as I always felt they would be. Don’t worry about the “foot” part of your sock. Use Silver’s tutorial. I started my heel last night and already I am half way done the foot. It’s so easy and her instructions are very clear and easy to follow. Just knit one row at a time and don’t panic. If I can do it, so can you!!! Good luck!
Julie~ I was upstairs moving the kids rooms around and remebered you asked how my dh was :teehee: …he is doing good…he has cut out most caffeine only has it now and then…he is an ice tea drinker but I make it decaffinated now for him…he hasn’t had to drive in much bad weather since the last spell…he has started training again for an upcoming 1/2 marathon in April…as far as I know he hasn’t had anymore spells :woot: and he promised to let me know…
Thanks everyone…the pain eased up this morning while I was grocery shoppping and all that fun stuff…but once I sat back down here and went to use my mouse :wall: …I don’t have my computer set up ver well…the mouse is waaaaaay over there…might have to change it up a bit…