The Knitting thread
May 18th 2018, 12:32 am
#31
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Re: The Knitting thread
So kind of you. I love this site, I've received some great help and messages of support and well wishes from lots of folk.
OH would be happy to move to Oz but isn't actively looking right now. He's finding working in NZ increasingly frustrating. So I'm hoping that will spur him on. He loves wombats too and I'm using that as a carrot š.
Anyway
I still can't knit!
OH would be happy to move to Oz but isn't actively looking right now. He's finding working in NZ increasingly frustrating. So I'm hoping that will spur him on. He loves wombats too and I'm using that as a carrot š.
Anyway
I still can't knit!Nice people deserve and get support and help, and you're one of the nicest. If you were an arsehole, no one would talk to you
Bloody hell, it's 1:30am! Up the hill to Bedfordshire I go (or whatever that Pommy saying is)
May 18th 2018, 3:34 am
#34
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Re: The Knitting thread
One gets the feeling of dropped stiches all over the place, accompanied by frustration galore, followed by hair pulling finished by language that would make a sailor blush, with this lot attempting needling at the very least.
May 18th 2018, 3:53 am
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Re: The Knitting thread
Forward, backwards, zigzag and a built in buttonhole setting. Those are the ones I use most. I guess it depends on what you want to sew . I do quilting with mine with occasional dressmaking for the littles. Mostly quilts though so I don't need anything fancy. I used to do loads of sewing when my kids were small.
I got my sewing machine from Aus Post! You know how they pile random stuff around the queue line so you've got something to look at whilst in the never ending queue. It was $99 and is more than fine for curtains, cushions etc. I've made a couple of dresses but could really do with an overlocker but can't decide if it's worth it. Will it only get used a couple of times or will, because I have it, get used stacks? There are normally good machine at decent prices in Spotlight. Hate hate hate the shop but needs must.
Can't see me making anything heavy duty like curtains, it's most likely to be simple tops and dresses and such like.
May 18th 2018, 4:42 am
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Re: The Knitting thread
I trust that the Purl through back loop continental style, is as intriguing/ if not ever so slightly infuriating stich to other knitter fanciers as it is to me?
May 18th 2018, 5:01 am
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I tried about a year ago and I remembered bits but the tension was all wrong and I got frustrated and gave up.
Not too bad thanks. Got a bad case of the anaesthetic blues in the past week, which is normal for me but hard to go through. Pain is generally ok, gets worse in the evening especially if I'm bloated. Main pain is in my hips and thighs especially on the right side. I've lost a lot of muscle mass over the 2+ years of having the mesh in, so it's a case of trying to build that back up gradually. Try to go for a wee walk most days and have physio exercises to do. I'm also down about being back in NZ, it always takes me a while to settle when I get back here. The crap housing, cost of food etc and the lack of choice always gets me down. I'll get over it eventually. Do wish the OH could get a job in Melbourne or somewhere nice in the UK.
Not too bad thanks. Got a bad case of the anaesthetic blues in the past week, which is normal for me but hard to go through. Pain is generally ok, gets worse in the evening especially if I'm bloated. Main pain is in my hips and thighs especially on the right side. I've lost a lot of muscle mass over the 2+ years of having the mesh in, so it's a case of trying to build that back up gradually. Try to go for a wee walk most days and have physio exercises to do. I'm also down about being back in NZ, it always takes me a while to settle when I get back here. The crap housing, cost of food etc and the lack of choice always gets me down. I'll get over it eventually. Do wish the OH could get a job in Melbourne or somewhere nice in the UK.
I find knitting very relaxing and once I had convinced myself that I could knit and purl it all sort of fell into place because all knitting is just either knit or purl after all and take it one stitch at a time. These days there are some nice patterns (shawls are funky and fun) that are just garter (knit) but you can find yarn that does all the work. I find socks really easy too nowadays (I can knit 1.3 socks from Canberra to Cambridge). We are probably not supposed to mention other boards but the knitting/crochet community equivalent of Facebook is called Ravelry and youāll likely find knitters in your area who will welcome you into the fold.
May 18th 2018, 5:05 am
#38
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Re: The Knitting thread
Argh the dreaded ptbl! Iām crap at continental anyway but ptbl is hard enough English style! I now do Norwegian purl if I need to do Continental but not yet needed to do it tbl.
May 18th 2018, 5:28 am
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Perhaps Continental style just sounds too encompassing. Just call it by its other name German style and things may more rapidly fall into place.
May 18th 2018, 11:08 am
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Re: The Knitting thread
Curtains are way easier than clothes. Clothes have curves and bends and darts and stuff. Curtains are straight lines.
May 18th 2018, 12:47 pm
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I agree with Quoll that joining a knitting group would be a great idea. Not sure about where you are, but our local library has a knitting group that's free. And definitely join Ravelry. There's tons of free very easy patterns for shawls and simple jumpers.
Sorry to hear about your enforced āleisureā time and hope you can recover enough to get some sort of crafting mojo back! Yes! Iām a knittaholic - never saw myself as a knitter at all until I got carpal tunnel and couldnāt hold a needle to cross stitch. And I had grandkids so was sort of duty bound to do the nana knitting thing if only to show willing. However, itās probably the best thing I have done ove4 the past 10 years - itās been a fabulous social entree and being in local knitting groups has helped me make new friends back here in U.K. If you have a local yarn shop they may have courses to help you get started with knitting or crochet and, if not, YouTube has loads of very explicit videos (I usually head for those by Very Pink Knits).
I find knitting very relaxing and once I had convinced myself that I could knit and purl it all sort of fell into place because all knitting is just either knit or purl after all and take it one stitch at a time. These days there are some nice patterns (shawls are funky and fun) that are just garter (knit) but you can find yarn that does all the work. I find socks really easy too nowadays (I can knit 1.3 socks from Canberra to Cambridge). We are probably not supposed to mention other boards but the knitting/crochet community equivalent of Facebook is called Ravelry and youāll likely find knitters in your area who will welcome you into the fold.
May 18th 2018, 8:17 pm
#42
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Re: The Knitting thread
My 33 year old daughter taught herself to knit last year and has made some lovely things. I'm so glad she's found something new to do that she enjoys and gives her a sense of accomplishment.
She missed a lot of school due to multiple surgeries (23 I think, they tended to all blur together after a while!). Although the teachers at PMH, SCGH and the rehab centre were good, constant lesson interruptions and a lack of continuity take their toll.
My daughter has a part-time job and an active social life, but having a quiet, peaceful activity to do that produces useful, beautiful and appreciated things has been so good for her
She missed a lot of school due to multiple surgeries (23 I think, they tended to all blur together after a while!). Although the teachers at PMH, SCGH and the rehab centre were good, constant lesson interruptions and a lack of continuity take their toll.
My daughter has a part-time job and an active social life, but having a quiet, peaceful activity to do that produces useful, beautiful and appreciated things has been so good for her
May 18th 2018, 10:03 pm
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May 19th 2018, 12:35 am
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Re: The Knitting thread
Any more talk of using a wombat as a carrot and I'm going to have to contact the RSPCA.
Nice people deserve and get support and help, and you're one of the nicest. If you were an arsehole, no one would talk to you
Bloody hell, it's 1:30am! Up the hill to Bedfordshire I go (or whatever that Pommy saying is)
Nice people deserve and get support and help, and you're one of the nicest. If you were an arsehole, no one would talk to you
Bloody hell, it's 1:30am! Up the hill to Bedfordshire I go (or whatever that Pommy saying is)
I get it from my father, he used to talk about grilling my hamsters and serving them on toast 
!!!!!! I didn't see any wombats whilst over on my trip, I think they'd heard that I wanted to smuggle one back home for the OH and hid away at the two parks I went to. I got my fill off koalas though.Very kind of you to say so. I love you too! How much longer are you in Blighty for? My mum didn't sound too great the other night and I wouldn't be surprised if I have to dash over. Having said that I've been expecting the worse for the past 11+years! She's a stubborn woman my mother!!!
May 19th 2018, 12:39 am
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Re: The Knitting thread
Sorry to hear about your enforced āleisureā time and hope you can recover enough to get some sort of crafting mojo back! Yes! Iām a knittaholic - never saw myself as a knitter at all until I got carpal tunnel and couldnāt hold a needle to cross stitch. And I had grandkids so was sort of duty bound to do the nana knitting thing if only to show willing. However, itās probably the best thing I have done ove4 the past 10 years - itās been a fabulous social entree and being in local knitting groups has helped me make new friends back here in U.K. If you have a local yarn shop they may have courses to help you get started with knitting or crochet and, if not, YouTube has loads of very explicit videos (I usually head for those by Very Pink Knits).
I find knitting very relaxing and once I had convinced myself that I could knit and purl it all sort of fell into place because all knitting is just either knit or purl after all and take it one stitch at a time. These days there are some nice patterns (shawls are funky and fun) that are just garter (knit) but you can find yarn that does all the work. I find socks really easy too nowadays (I can knit 1.3 socks from Canberra to Cambridge). We are probably not supposed to mention other boards but the knitting/crochet community equivalent of Facebook is called Ravelry and youāll likely find knitters in your area who will welcome you into the fold.
I shall look up Ravelry and see if there's anyone in the Whangaparaoa area who can help me. Thank you x