Mens knitting challenge

[vernon]

Splendid!

One of my heroes.

Indeedy.

I knitted a pullover from one of his simpler patterns but by the time I finished it I'd put on enough weight to be too big for it.

As I said in a previous post, I've never been a fast knitter.

 

[ianrauk]

my dear departed mother taught me and my to brothers how to knit in the 70's. We all used to sit there 3 brothers trying to knit the longest scarf in the world. Influenced by Tom Baker's Dr Who. Of course non of my/our friends knew our sordid little knitting secret. Not sure if I would be able knit again as it was so long ago.

 

[snorri]

I was taught to knit in Primary 3, it was compulsory for all the boys, can't remember what the girls did. I seem to remember some theory about it strengthening the fingers which would help us hold pencils more firmly thus improving our handwriting. We just did plain stitch and ended up with something resembling an extra long neck tie of randomly varying width.
I always remember that class, the teacher used to shout "I'll murder you boy" when a pupil failed to meet the required standard.

 

[longers]

I've just remembered that my Grandad was an expert knitter in his day apparently and learnt in the Navy during WW2 in quiet spells.

 

[Black Sheep]

So, for you knitters out there, how would I go about knitting a really long doctor who style scarf? Normally when i swap balls of wool I just tie them together with a small reef knot, is there a better way of doing this?

 

[661-Pete]

So, for you knitters out there, how would I go about knitting a really long doctor who style scarf? Normally when i swap balls of wool I just tie them together with a small reef knot, is there a better way of doing this?

No knots, IIRC. Just twist the two ends together and knit with both strands for a few stitches. Then cut off any hanging strands (I think).

Or was that how my effort degenerated into a mass of holes ?

 

[mark barker]

I'd go with the knotted wool approach.

My 9 year old daughter taught me to knit earlier this year, after my mum taught her. My mum is one of those dangerous grannies that knits manicly whilst watching TV. My daughter is rapidly becoming one of them too (although not quite a granny!).

 

[John the Monkey]

I should get the hang of crochet too - I found a knitting magazine in the recyling the other day (well, actually, about 10 magazines) and one of them had some really cute Japanese crochetted animals - there's even a word for them - amigurumi.

More Mrs Monkey Craft (Festive Mice) #Craft #Crochet by John the Monkey, on Flickr

Mrs Monkey makes lots of those, she says they're quite fun, easy & quick too, and not a bad intro to crochet.

On knitting, she taught my daughter's class at the local primary (age 8 at the time, I think). Her view was that at that age, the ability was fairly level between the sexes.

 

[Maz]

I used to be able to knit when I was a kid. Completely forgotten now, and I could only do straight lines!

My mum was (and still is) a master at this art, in my opinion. She didn't use any patterns or anything.
She used to make everything from long-sleeved jumpers and tank-tops to hats, scarves, quilts, you name it, and all with intricate patterns, twisted cord-type patterns. Amazing works of art, really.

 

[John Ponting]

... making me some leg warmers ...

There's the problem - KNITTED LEG WARMERS ! Doesn'matter who knits them.


Real answer - I was taught to knit by my mother around 58 years ago. She also taught me to darn socks and sew tea pot holders. Not sure I could do it today.

 

[taxing]

I should get the hang of crochet too - I found a knitting magazine in the recyling the other day (well, actually, about 10 magazines) and one of them had some really cute Japanese crochetted animals - there's even a word for them - amigurumi.

Last week I made an amigurumi boyfriend. It was for his birthday. I hadn't crocheted for about a year before this, so I had to relearn!

 

[Campfire]

A boy friend of mine once helped me knit a sweater. That was in the ???s won't tell you how long ago! I knit sometimes but am usually challenged by anything other than fairly simple stuff. I get easily bored by it. However I tried a Moebius loop knitting exercise, mainly purely for the hell of it to see if it worked. It was difficult to start with then it was magic!

 

[brokenbetty]

i have 60M of reflective yarn waiting til I feel like crocheting a hat

 

[Aperitif]

i have 60M of reflective yarn waiting til I feel like crocheting a hat

Ideal for a 'thinking cap' bb

 

[Arch]

So, for you knitters out there, how would I go about knitting a really long doctor who style scarf? Normally when i swap balls of wool I just tie them together with a small reef knot, is there a better way of doing this?

I tie a knot myself. Probably best to try and make the join at one end of a row, and leave long enough tails on the yarn so that you can weave then in with a darning needle at the end.

Lovely Amigurami pics! I really must set too and learn. I can crochet, the basic stitch and so on, but haven't done enough for it to be second nature to follow a pattern.

I think knitting is like riding a bike - you don't really forget it - once you pick up needles and yarn, it all comes back.