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frualeydis) wrote2005-12-07 10:22 am
frualeydis) wrote2005-12-07 10:22 am
A new knitting project
I started on a new knitting project yesterday (gee, maybe I'll turn into a real knitter some day). It's blue and white vertically striped leg warmers. Now, I'm not generally fond of leg warmers, remember that I was around first time they were popular and there is absolutely no excuse for legwarmers over boots and jeans in my opinion. So I had decided that leg warmers was one of the things I don't like with the 80s revival. The rest I pretty much like: clear colours, frilly skirts, OTK socks, fishnet tights, sparkly earrings and fingerless gloves and all. And skirts (and trousers) with the waist at the waist!!! But leg warmers not so much. But I slowly got used to the idea of leg warmers and now I think they're OK as long as you wear them in your boots and with skirts so it looks like socks. It's a good way of adding extra warmth without adding extra bulk around your feet, thus making your shoes tight. I guess it's Sock Dreams that has convinced me, especially these look cute, even if she's wearing shoes and not boots with them.
I have been looking for royal blue and white striped OTK, thigh highs or tights, but the most common combination is with black so this far I haven't had any luck except for a pair of nylons I bought in Poland in 2003. Blue and white are the colours of my football team so it would be fun to have some nice socks or tights to wear to games. Since I have rather sturdy legs horizontal stripes isn't really flattering so I decide to make the vertically striped.
There are two ways to do that, either you knit them in the normal sock way and change colour every 8 stitches or so or you knit them from "side to side" and sew them together in the back and that's what I decided to do. Then I will pick up stitches and knit blue ribbed sections in both ends. I think it will work.
The only yarn that I could find in the right blue colour was thicker than I originally had in mind, it's made for knitting with 5 mm needles, which is _huge_ for me, who like to make things on 2- 2,5 mm needles. it's a bit clumsy but I guess I will get used to it and at least it will go fast.
I first cast on 110 stitches and knit maybe 12 centimetres in "even knitting" (that's what it's called in swedish and I don't know what it's called in english, you knit one row and then purl one to get a flat result on one side). I was a little concerned about it's stretchability and also realized that I thought the uneven side looked better than the flat side and also that they would be too long. So I unraveled it all and started again with only 100 stitches. I am also going to make the stripes narrower, six rows instead of eight. It will be much better I think, but it means that I have lost two-three hours of knitting. I guess that not much really, but I have a very limited time for my craft projects.
I have been looking for royal blue and white striped OTK, thigh highs or tights, but the most common combination is with black so this far I haven't had any luck except for a pair of nylons I bought in Poland in 2003. Blue and white are the colours of my football team so it would be fun to have some nice socks or tights to wear to games. Since I have rather sturdy legs horizontal stripes isn't really flattering so I decide to make the vertically striped.
There are two ways to do that, either you knit them in the normal sock way and change colour every 8 stitches or so or you knit them from "side to side" and sew them together in the back and that's what I decided to do. Then I will pick up stitches and knit blue ribbed sections in both ends. I think it will work.
The only yarn that I could find in the right blue colour was thicker than I originally had in mind, it's made for knitting with 5 mm needles, which is _huge_ for me, who like to make things on 2- 2,5 mm needles. it's a bit clumsy but I guess I will get used to it and at least it will go fast.
I first cast on 110 stitches and knit maybe 12 centimetres in "even knitting" (that's what it's called in swedish and I don't know what it's called in english, you knit one row and then purl one to get a flat result on one side). I was a little concerned about it's stretchability and also realized that I thought the uneven side looked better than the flat side and also that they would be too long. So I unraveled it all and started again with only 100 stitches. I am also going to make the stripes narrower, six rows instead of eight. It will be much better I think, but it means that I have lost two-three hours of knitting. I guess that not much really, but I have a very limited time for my craft projects.
yay knitting!
This is called stockinette stitch in English-- what's "even knitting" in Sweedish, out of curiosity?
Re: yay knitting!
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