Craftygal's Knitting Place

Baby Sweater

2009-08-15T12:45:00.002-04:00

It's been so long but I am back to knitting and I love it. I did stay in touch with the knitting world. I got so busy with my volunteer radio work and working and just didn't take time for myself. I let my weight creep up a little and that's not good either. So I am back to doing some things for myself - knitting is one of them.

Two things happened that kept me from knitting: 1) I developed familial tremors and 2) the room became our junk room. If I didn't know what to do with it right now, just put it in there.

Although I have the right medication for the tremors. I realize that I will never do cross stitch or needlepoint again. So, I am working on donating/giving to friends those supplies. Yes I could sell on eBay but my heart won't let me. I know lots of people who love to do stitching with no money. I know that I want to knit and crochet. My goal is to move my supplies downstairs. I need the space for a bed for when my granddaughter comes over.

In that effort, I got the miscellaneous junk put away, sorted the books and have the cross stitch supplies ready to donate. [Niecy Nash would be proud] Unfortunately, I got sick then John too before I could finish. But I have not given up. Just delayed. So work continues.

While in Frankenmuth, MI I found the cutest baby sweater with a hood worked from the neck down in the yarn store. I bought the yarn and pattern. The problem is that the pattern is actually not a complete pattern but one they use to teach so I had to type it up as a full pattern. Finally got that done this week.

Now that September is just around the corner, we have work, the house, the holidays, the radio club, my 40th wedding anniversary trip to Hawaii, and time for myself... I know I can do this... time to myself! One stitch at a time.

Beaumont Hospital Knit shop

2006-11-15T22:24:00.000-05:00

Today I went for my annual mammogram. I know that last month was Breast Cancer month but I couldn't get an appointment. Better late then never right? I went to William Beaumont Royal Oak Michigan and they have the coolest knitting shop right there in the hospital. They sell yarn and have knitters there to help you while they are open. The prices are a little cheaper than the regulars stores since they are considered a non-profit business. The next round of classes start in January and the lady said they are thinking of doing something for charity. I put my name down on the mailing list. I hope they have a time when I can go.

In the meantime, I await the results from the mammogram. I did have a dizzy spell during the test. You know how they say "hold your breath"... well, I must have held it too long. Anyway they checked me out and I was ok. I also did something very important. I had the hospital put down my allergy to Norvasc on my chart. That way when I go to the ER they will not give me Norvasc. I also went online to MedicAlert and updated my bracelet. (gee maybe I can get my DH to get me one with Diamonds for Chanukah) ;-)

happy knitting

Oh Heat what a joy

2006-10-24T12:36:00.000-04:00

What a surprise to come home at midnight last night to find no heat! The house was down to 66 and getting colder by the minute. No wonder the cats were meowing like crazy Monday morning. Now how come they couldn't just talk English and say "Hey MOM, its friggin' COLD IN HERE". I could have called the furnace man on Monday.

So what do you do when you have no heat? Crawl into bed under the electric blanket and quilts and knit of course! That's what I did while waiting for the furnace man this morning. I finished the ribbing on the helmet liner and was able to do about 2 inches on the hat.

The furnace man was really nice. He said the igniter was cracked. He showed it to me. And all it looks like is a section where someone may have scratched off some coating. That and the labor was the new filter was $214. Well worth it since it gets mighty cold in Michigan. Guess I'm good for another year. Now I can sit and knit back with the living and not hidden under piles of blankets. Maybe Mom's right being down there in Florida where it's warm... awww but then I'd miss all those pretty fall colors. It sure does look mighty pretty outside today.

Knitting SFS yarn

2006-10-21T09:15:00.000-04:00

I'm so happy that I finally got some yarn to start knitting a pair of socks for soldiers socks. I joined the group a while back and just couldn't find any black yarn locally. The group has a list of black superwash yarn that the military will accept. As a military Mom I understand how strict the military is. They want plain black in those boots and that is it! But as a mom of an Army Medic I will tell you that they also must wear a pair of white socks under those black socks. So yes we need white socks too. So my next pair will be white. Too many times my son would tell me about the soldier who didn't wear his second pair and had blisters. My sons are now Veterans but we still have other sons and daughters out there fighting for us.

Between knitting the helmet liner (about half done) and this pair of socks I am in knitting heaven.

Knitting and watching DVRs

2006-09-29T13:45:00.000-04:00

I have decided one of the biggest drawbacks of watching TV shows on the DVR's (or TIVO) is that you spend way too much time speeding past the commercials to knit. By the time I put the knitting down and pay attention to where to get back to the show so I don't miss anything I have lost my place in my knitting and don't get any enjoyment out of the knitting. I am either going to have to not knit while watching the DVR or do it while I have someone else to do the DVR thing... hmm maybe I can get my DH to do that for me. After all I do not intend to stop knitting just to watch TV.

OTN - I have 3" on the helmet liner and hope to start on the short rows tomorrow. That will be exciting since I have not done them for a while and have to teach myself how to do them again. Also I will use short row again when I do short row socks.

Knitting on black yarn

2006-09-20T13:06:00.000-04:00

I dug into my knitting bag to start on one of my UFOs. The project that I decided to knit was the helmet liner with Knit Picks Wool of the Andes "Coal" (100% Peruvian wool) and it is really "black".

I figured since it only has about an inch of ribbing on it then it was like starting from the beginning. What could go wrong from there, right? Well, right off the bat I realized that with my new eyes I would need more light.

If I were home I would have turned on the Ott light. But I was on my break at work. So I had to improvise. I moved the desk lamp closer to my hands. Well, that's ok for a few minutes but that's no fix. What if I want to sit somewhere else. I don't want to take my portable Ott lamp to work as I use it in my craft room so I can tell the difference between all the colors of yarn. So my next quest is to find a good lamp at work to sit near while on break knitting.

In the meantime, I think I better pick one of the projects that uses lighter yarn for knitting at work. I think I'll finish up my opal socks.

Fall Cleaning

2006-09-18T10:52:00.000-04:00

Some people do spring cleaning... but no I did fall cleaning. That is I did it to just one room. The most important room I have! My craft room!! tore up all my craft supplies and separated out the knitting, sewing and crocheting.

Now I have it all cleaned up and know what I have. I am ready to go. Do you think I can quit my job and knit all day? Do you of any jobs that will pay me to just knit and watch TV or play? hmm ... me neither... so I guess I'll go to work. {sigh} Guess my socks and helmet liners will have to wait . . .

Knitting again after Cataract Surgery

2006-08-31T12:16:00.000-04:00

After months of demanding that something was terribly wrong with me, the doctors finally probed and prodded and figured out what all of my health problems were. The problem with my leg was the fall in February. I ended up with a strain of the ligament on the outside of my thigh between my new hip and my knee. That is why it hurt so much and I limped. The surgeon said that I also hurt the ligament on the inside groin area so that is why that is sore. But the good news is the hip is still good. So in essence what he said was ... "Take 2 Tylenol and DON'T call in the morning." That lasted for several months and now the cane is put away in the closet where it belongs.

The irregular heartbeat not being able to catch my breath was actually congestive heart failure brought on by the new blood pressure medication that they gave me called Norvasc. Now that was a REAL scare! I kept calling doctors telling them that my heartbeats felt funny and I should know since my husband has atrial fibulation and I know what his feels like. Ladies and Gentleman! Let me tell you something. If you ever feel weird and don't know what it is... Stand your ground! Take yourself to the doctor or ER until they fix it. I must have been to the ER 3 times and the doctor 4 times. I even had a stress test and it didn't show it. The Echo didn't show anything weird either. I had them put me on a 24-hour monitor and that is how they caught it. Then they got all the readings they needed. So now I am off that medication and doing GREAT! And the upshot is that I now know that I have a wonderfully healthy heart. Thank you G- d!!

And more good news!! This summer I had cataract surgery on both my eyes and the doctor said that my eyes are very healthy. It feels so good to see again. The doctor said that at my age (56) and even with astigmatism my corrected vision is about 20/30. I still wear progressive glasses and use over the counter eye drops called Soothe to help keep the lipid layer that protects the cornea moist but all and all my eyes are pretty good.

I'm finally going to start to knitting again. The wonderful thing is that today I went into my craft room for the first time. I want to make a scarf for work. The draft in my office is terrible. I wear a sweater at work but It seems like even with a sweater that my neck is always so cold. I have tons of yarn left over and figure why not use it to make a scarf/wrap just for my neck. I don't know what pattern yet. If it were crocheted I would want to make it in the lovely shell pattern I love so much. Thing is that I need it soon. This is a necessity item. I can make more scarves later for just making scarves - and I like that idea - after all winter is coming and the homeless are getting cold.

So my plans for knitting (crafts) are going to be:
knit a scarf
knit Socks For Soldiers (black)
knit helmet liner for the troops
knit socks for myself
knit baby blankets for hospital (I like the lion brand pattern
cool ties for the troops (not knitted but still crafts) sewing
teddy bears (AT&T Pioneers project) sewing

if I get any of this done this winter I'll be happy ...

I have to go over my WIP and see if I have any UFOs... Gee could I be the only knitter without any UFO's? ;-)

Vision Problems

2006-04-29T20:51:00.000-04:00

Well, I am admitting to myself that I will not be doing any knitting for a while until I get my eyes operated on. I just had the worst experience in my life. I have known for sure since last November that I must get my cataracts removed in both eyes. The doctor said he would do the surgery in July this year. But! here I am and everything keeps getting blurrier. I have some moments of clear vision but most of the times things "bloom". That is when whatever I see has like a halo around it. It is worst when it is sunshining. I feel like I have a veil or vaseline over my eyes. I am calling the doctor Monday to try to get in to see him. I hope to get it done right away. So no more knitting until then. I will be back as I cannot stand being just a lump. Thank G-d that I have my dear sweet husband and son and my job and friends and mother. and of course, my online friends thank you all.

Solving the Mystery

2006-04-08T09:23:00.000-04:00

I've been having leg weakness since I fell on Feb 3rd and landed on my back. It makes it hard for me to be my same ole cheerful self. Problem was that I was having trouble walking and even ended up in the hospital with medicine changes. This medicine change affected me in ways I didn't know would happen. Boy did it ever. I can't knit now with my hands shaking and my skin feeling like I have my hands in electric sockets. Shoot its not just my hands shaking. Sometimes, I will sit and feel my whole body shaking. The doctor said that will go away after I get used to this new medication. I wonder how long that will take. It's been 2 months already. The good news is that my mind is more clear than it's been in 20 years.

The doctor started the tests to see what's going on with my leg (yes the one with the new hip). Yesterday was the first test. that EMG was an unplesant test. At lest the MRI won't hurt. I'll just close my eyes. The orthopedic surgeon said it wasn't my hip but that he would see me Monday. You bet he will considering he should have seen me first. Then on Wednesday the Neurologist will tell me the results of the tests. In the meantime, I hope that it will work out cuz I'm starting to think that I want to start knitting again. I keep going back to what I like is the socks and blanks and dish clothes (boy I need new ones too) little things. Nothing fancy.

Craftygal's Knitting Place

2006-03-02T12:13:00.000-05:00

Sorry it's been so long since I've posted. I've been in hospital and getting med changes and knitting is really hard for me to do. Going to work every day is a challenge enough. I hope to get back into knitting very soon.

Another Project? You're Kidding!

2006-01-09T10:46:00.000-05:00

I can't believe that I'm considering knitting another project. I have the other mitten OTNs and I'm still knitting helmet liners for the troops. I have at least 3-4 projects all set to go in bags waiting. So what do I do?

I took my favorite socks from my drawer and am trying to duplicate them. The basic pattern is
• K1, P1 rib for 1/2".
• K4, P2 ribbing of 8" circumference for 5-5 1/2". This stretches to a 14" calf. (Believe me - it stretches that much!)
• Now do a short row heel (have to learn that technique). Anyone have a website with instructions?
• For the foot, knit the rib pattern on top and stockinette on the bottom half. Knit the foot for 5 1/2".
• Finish with the the toe decreases for 1 1/2". Finish with Kitchner stitch.
Well, that's the basics. and I'll figure out the specifics as I go and post it on here.
I took my favorite socks from my drawer and am trying to duplicate them. The basic pattern is
a K1, P1 rib for 1/2". Then do a k4, P2 ribbing of 8" circumference for 5-5 1/2". This will stretch for my 14" calf (believe me it stretches that much!) Now do a short row heel (have to learn that technique). Anyone have a website with instructions? For the foot, knit the rib pattern on top and stockinette on the bottom half. Knit the foot for 5 1/2". Finish with the the toe decreases for 1 1/2". Finish with Kitchner stitch. Well, that's the basics. and I'll figure out the specifics as I go and post it on here.

One Done and One to Go!

2006-01-01T12:28:00.000-05:00

I finished one mitten. WHEW!! Now if I only had time to knit the second one. Ever been so busy that when you get home from work you feel that you just have to vegetate? Well, that's been me lately. But I did finish the one mitten.

Designing the pattern is a lot of work. If I were doing mindless knitting then it would really help me with the stress at work. I think my mind is just on overflow trying to learn and document the new procedures at work that my mind wants to just shut down when I get home. I sure could use a little less stress so I can relax and knit when I get home.

To design the pattern, I combined the barn mitten pattern with the convertible mitten and came up with a pattern for worsted weight yarn. I don't know how useful convertible mittens will be but I am going to finish the pair. Thing is that it's mighty cold outside. The idea of having even the tips of my fingers bare makes the rest of me shiver. Maybe what I really need to make is gloves. I can easily convert the "convertible" part of the pattern into just a glove pattern. Now that woule be a good idea.

But that's a different project. On to the second mitten.

Mitten Pattern design

2005-12-05T10:29:00.000-05:00

I wanted a pair myself and found the pattern online for Convertible Mittens on http://www.p2designs.com/images/patterns/MittConv.html. However this pattern is for a large mitten and I wear a S/M. Also I find it a little hard for a first mitten project. I found another pattern for plain mittens at www.hjsstudio.com What I liked is that it had a generic pattern in there that would require me to figure out my own pattern and yet gave me instructions for making a mitten.

The 2 patterns are different in that the Convertible Mittens does not set up the thumb. You simply put in a waste yarn and later work on the thumb. The Easy Mitten sets up the thumb using increases. I will see which one I like.

What I'm doing is working the Easy Mitten and yet adding the "glove" features at the appropriate rows. I will end up with a Convertible Mitten with adaptions for setting up the thumb. I am also following the yarn council guidelines as I write the pattern. (more on that later)

Hopefully this glitten will be a warm fit my 8" hand. Once done I'll do a test and let you know the results.

Virtual Red Kettle!

2005-12-01T10:56:00.000-05:00

Please share the love and visit the Salvation Army Virtual Red Kettle! bell ringers raising money this holiday season.

2005-11-18T09:06:00.000-05:00

I’m still making helmet liners and neck warmers.

OTN -- black neck warmer for my coworker. I’m almost done and then I can start another helmet liner.

I'm Waiting to start another helmet liner for my friend’s son. He just finished AIT and going to Turkey. I’m waiting on a friend of mine to tell me what color he needs. Some units are real particular whereas some say any of the usual colors is ok. The usual colors are tan, khaki, olive, dark brown, black. When I find out the color I’ll just squeeze in his helmet liner in between my other projects.

Thing is that I only have 2 Addi #6. I can’t use the Denise needles since they are a little bigger than the Addi’s. I may end up buying another #6 16” circular so I can have a couple of these things OTN at the same time. That way if I get another special order, I can start it right away.

I was just thinking how much I hate doing the ribbing… ;-) The pattern says to knit 5” of 2x2 ribbing before starting the hat portion in stockinette. Funny that I get so excited just making a hat.

A Prayer for Veterans Day

2005-11-12T06:25:00.000-05:00

Our God and God of our ancestors: We ask Your blessings for our
country--for its government, for its leaders and advisors, and for all those who have fought and continue to fight to defend our freedoms and our lives. Teach them insights from Your Torah, that they may administer their work fairly, that peace and security, happiness and prosperity, justice and freedom may forever abide in our midst.

May this land, under Your providence, be an influence for good
throughout the world, uniting all people in peace and freedom--helping them to fulfill the vision of Your prophet: "Nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they experience war anymore."
Amen.

--adapted from Siddur Sim Shalom for Shabbat and Festivals

Onward and Upward

2005-11-06T23:29:00.000-05:00

Blind knitting

I’ve been practicing knitting and not looking. I found that I can do it pretty well with the knit stitch in the round. I can feel the stitches. The purl is a different story. I guess I need a little more practice on that one. I want to learn so I can knit and talk to my friends. I hate going to knitting meet up and can't knit because I'm listening. I never get anything done. The other reason is that while I'm watching soaps, etc. I want to be able to knit and actually look at the TV. Talk about doing something useful. We'll see how it goes in time.

OTN
Black helmet liner
Black neck warmer for coworker

It's fun to get something done. I love the charity project I found. Knitting helmet liners for the troops is my type of project. They don’t take a lot of time and look nice when done. I’ll mail this package tomorrow and start the next one. They are requesting black for the Marines who lost their barricks. It’s hard to knit but that is the color they need. My Ott light is getting a lot of use.

I also made a neck warmer to help on the cold day. Of course, now my coworker wants one so of course, I'll make one for her. I asked John DH and he said he doesn't want one...his loss.

Those are just ribbing and stockinette in the round. No brainers so to speak. Now for something to test the brain:

Now I'm going to try making blue mittens to go with my neck warmer and coat. I usually wear just plain old black thermal gloves and wonder if the double mittens would be good. You know the kind with the fingerless gloves. I just can't figure out how the bear finger tips is any good when it's so darn cold outside. OHH I just thought of something--counting all the lottery winners at the party store when you turn in the lotto tickets :-)

Irish Hiking scarf and hat pictures

2005-10-31T14:02:00.000-05:00

Finally have a picture of my scarf and hat that I made for my DH. He loves the hat since he can pull it down over his ears and close to his neck. He has the scarf tucked in, but he said that he loves how it will shield his face from the wind and snow while running the snowblower. BRRR :-(

Short Row Neck Warmer

2005-10-28T16:54:00.002-04:00

I finished my neck warmer and even wore it for several nights now. It's so cold downtown Detroit with the wind coming right off the Detroit River and running between the buildings. I actually have several requests from my coworkers. I'll post a picture soon.

I followed the instructions for the XL Adult. It's tight enough for me yet not too tight. Here is the pattern:

WOOL NECK WARMER WITH NOSE COVER

If you make a neck warmer with this pattern, please consider making a helmet liner. The pattern is available at http://www.citizensam.org/html/helmetliners.html The address to mail them to is at the bottom.

Materials:

1 skein WOTA 100% wool Approx. 175 yards (from KnitPicks Yarn - http://www.knitpicks.com/ ) Colors allowed by the military are black, charcoal, brown, tan, olive drab.
Size 6 - 16" circular needle, or size to get gauge
Two stitch marker (2 different ones or color suggested)
Yarn needle, measuring tape & scissors

Gauge: 4.5 st/in. in stockinette.

Sizes: Regular Adult (XL Adult).

Neck:
Cast on 84 (92) stitches loosely. Place marker.
Join in round and knit 2x2 rib for 5 inches.

Short Row Sequence for Nose:
Do not remove marker. Knit back and forth on 52 (56) stitches, keeping in K2, P2 rib, as follows:
short row 1: Work across 51 (55) stitches, loosely wrap and turn.
short row 2: Work 50 (54) stitches, loosely wrap and turn.
short row 3: Work 48 (52) stitches, loosely W&T.
short row 4: Work 46 (50) stitches, loosely W&T.
short row 5: Work 44 (48) stitches, loosely W&T.
short row 6: Work 42 (46) stitches, loosely W&T.
short row 7: Work 40 (44) stitches, loosely W&T.
short row 8: Work 38 (42) stitches, loosely W&T.
short row 9: Work 36 (40) stitches, loosely W&T.
short row 10: Work 34 (38) stitches, loosely W&T.
short row 11: Work 32 (36) stitches, loosely W&T.
short row 12: Work 30 (34) stitches, loosely W&T.
Place marker for new start of round.

LAST short row:
K2, P2 all the way around to the new round marker, picking up the wraps as you come to them, and knitting or purling them together with the wrapped st.

Ribbing:
Work in 2x2 ribbing (K2, P2) for 1/2 to 1 inch. You will be picking up the rest of the wraps, working them together with the wrapped stitches as you come to them.
Bind off loosely in K2, P2 ribbing and weave in tail.

Resulting neck warmer will lay nicely along the top of the shoulders and can be tucked under the coat collar. You can push it down to expose the mouth and/ or nose.

This pattern is derived from the Helmet Liner pattern. Thanks to Bonnie Evans for allowing me to post this pattern. Please consider knitting a helmet liner for a soldier. The pattern is available at http://www.citizensam.org/html/helmetliners.html Helmet liner pattern originally designed by Bonnie Long. Revised by Bonnie Evans 10/16/05.

update 2009 - The helmet liner project has been turned over to Citizen Sam. Please note this new address for shipment of helmet liners:

Citizen SAM

P O Box 10565

Peoria, Illinois

Back to Knitting

2005-10-16T12:16:00.000-04:00

Sorry that I've been away for a while. The High Holy Days were great! And there's more fall holidays to enjoy. Sukkot and Simchat Torah are so much fun and Halloween and yum yum Thanksgiving to top it off. My birthday is November 26th so I even get presents for Thanksgiving. ;-)

Yesterday I finally had a chance to continue knitting the short row helmet liner and see that the hat part will be done soon. Then on to the face ribbing and it will be done.

I got some Chambray blue #23769 yarn from Knit Picks that really does match my winter coat. I can't wait to start the ribbing, but alas the #8 needles are in use with the short row helmet liner. When that is done I'll switch to #6 for the face ribbing. Then I can start the ribbing for my new winter hat.

Yes I could buy yet another Addi US 8 16" circular... that would make 3 of them that I have. But I really think I need to finish knitting some of these liners so I can send them out.

Linda is asking for black liners to send to the Marines. They can only wear black. I have one knitted already and will put that in the mail all by itself. I bought 8 skeins of black and that will knit up about 5 black liners. Then I got 3 skeins each of brown and Army green. So I have enough wool to knit 5 black, 2 brown, and 2 Fern (Army green).

The approved list of Knit Picks yarn is:
Knit Picks’ Wool of the Andes $1.79 for 50g ball (need 1 1/2)

Colors that I've used:
Coal 23420
Fern 23433
Tan 23773
Chocolate 23774

Other approved colors:
Snickerdoodle 23429
Chestnut 23424
Mist 23438
Evergreen 23427
Maple Syrup 23426

short rows on the helmet

2005-10-09T00:05:00.000-04:00

I can't believe that I made the short row part of the revised helmet liner pattern. I'm testing the upsized revised (with short rows for face) pattern and I did it right !! I've only done short rows once on toe-up socks and at that time I didn't know what the heck I was doing. Now I can't wait to get them done. This is a great KAL !!

Knitting at Niagra Falls ?

2005-10-02T09:11:00.000-04:00

Well, not exactly. I didn't take any knitting on the days we went siteseeing. I wanted to give all of my attention to G-d's beautiful gift. But, I did knit while traveling to Niagra Falls, Canada. I took my knitting with me and was lucky enough to knit in the car for the 4 hour trip there and home. I even knitting during the evening and got quite a bit of the ribbing done on each one.

I am knitting 2 helmet liners. Chocolate yarn knitted with the original pattern. The tan one is using the new short row pattern that allows for snugging up to the nose and will produce a liner that is 2" larger in circumference then the original pattern. I am the tester for this pattern and will share the results with everyone.

WOW I can't believe how much it has commercialized in the past 10 years or so. But, you know, the Falls are still fantastic. I still get dizzy when I watch the water go over the edge.

The little hotel (Cascade Inn) we stay at is still there. It's now owned by the Holiday Inn next door. The same folks that own the Skylon Tower. We got a great package for 2 nights with breakfast both days, dinner at the Skylon and dinner at Coco's steak house next door to the Hotel. I was sad to see the huge park across the street was gone and the casino in it's place. It was nice to stand on the balcony and see the American Falls.

I'm so glad I went. I think we'll go back next summer and finish seeing everything we didn't to see - the Botanical Gardens, the Floral Clock, eat at the restaurant in the end of the River, and of course, spending more time just me and my dear hubby. Even though it was cut short, I sure do recommend a get away with you and your someone special.

Denise needles vs. Addi's

2005-09-26T18:45:00.000-04:00

Well, I thought I had it all figured out. I wanted to start another helmet liner even though I have one OTN already. I am still using the US #6 Addi's for the chocolate brown ribbing. I only have about an inch done so far. But, I wanted to start the larger pattern in the tan. I will still use the US #6 and #8 needles.

I thought I could use my new Denise needles but have discovered something. I don't think the Denise needles do well in the 16" cable. I put together the US #6 needles with the 9" cable to make the 16" needle. Turns out the needle parts are too long. I ended up spreading the stitches out too far apart while doing them in the circular knitting.

The end result is that I have to buy another US #6 (16") needle or wait until I get the chocolate done. I have decided to get another needle. Just so I don't miss out on any knitting tonight, I'll continue working on the ribbing on the chocolate helmet liner.

helmet liners everywhere

2005-09-21T17:47:00.000-04:00

It's wonderful that so many people are knitting helmet liners. I finished the black liner. It is really tight on me so I asked if there was a way to upsize the pattern. Bonnie came up with a really neat idea. I'm testing the pattern on the tan yarn I got at knit picks. I also started the chocolate one with the short row pattern. Some knitters think the short row is good for when they pull it up over their nose. Bonnie said this larger one will increase the liner by 2". I'll let everyone know the results.

Also lots of knitters are taking the pattern to their LYS so others can make them. That's a great idea! Please spread the word. Some LYS are giving a discount on the yarn when you come in with a completed liner.

I'm trying to find a small tote that I can take my liner and yarn to the radio club meeting. No need to carry the whole megilla. hmm better go in the craft room and see what I can find.