tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12793822.post116312453601331088..comments2024-01-10T10:44:25.602-06:00Comments on Two Sock Knitters: Figured something outthe fiddlin' foolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06139395792905529041noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12793822.post-1163774742377910482006-11-17T08:45:00.000-06:002006-11-17T08:45:00.000-06:00I despise DPNs. Yuck . . . yuck . . . yuck.I cord...I despise DPNs. Yuck . . . yuck . . . yuck.<BR/><BR/>I cord thumb sounds like a plan.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17039774325929712448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12793822.post-1163699965664859332006-11-16T11:59:00.000-06:002006-11-16T11:59:00.000-06:00I-cord fingers! OMG, I think you just solved my SS...I-cord fingers! OMG, I think you just solved my SSS problem with my dad's birthday-become-Christmas gloves! I'm going to see if I can get this to work when the rest of the glove has already been knit cuff-up... looks like it may mean a little kitchner's, but if it works, it works!wlturlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11211957370413850905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12793822.post-1163530602753248972006-11-14T12:56:00.000-06:002006-11-14T12:56:00.000-06:00Hate DPNs? Really? Man, I feel like I need to co...Hate DPNs? Really? Man, I feel like I need to cover the ears of my beloved DPNs so they don't develop a complex, but I can't find their ears . . .<BR/><BR/>I love the i-cord thumb idea though. Having made felted animals, knitting skinny tubes normally does not appeal to me.Laneahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13422744848194251178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12793822.post-1163416559543094262006-11-13T05:15:00.000-06:002006-11-13T05:15:00.000-06:00Yes, sorry I didn't get back to you about the I-co...Yes, sorry I didn't get back to you about the I-cord thumb. Tamar has got it right, but the only other thing that Meg Swanson recommends is not pulling your I-cord tight when sliding back. You actually need to leave a stitches worth of yarn so you can ladder it up with the crochet hook. She points out that a stitch takes more yarn than you'd think. <BR/><BR/>I haven't tried it, so I imagine some experimentation would be required to get a feel for it.LaurieMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17609188211326621400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12793822.post-1163191008143874272006-11-10T14:36:00.000-06:002006-11-10T14:36:00.000-06:00I-cord thumb: cast on enough stitches to go around...I-cord thumb: cast on enough stitches to go around thumb, but subtract one. Knit I-cord. Use crochet hook to turn the wide spot in the I-cord into a column of stitches.<BR/><BR/>Or knit the thumb on two needles using double knitting (k1,yf,sl1 p-wise,yb, repeat).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12793822.post-1163178838334259642006-11-10T11:13:00.000-06:002006-11-10T11:13:00.000-06:00The one demonstration I wanted to see at Stitches ...The one demonstration I wanted to see at Stitches Midwest was the magic loop - and it's also the one I missed. So kindly tell the Fool that if he will please show me the magic loop I will also watch, attentively, as he demonstrates the German Twisted Cast-On.<BR/><BR/>Or you could show me, and we could skip the German Twisted Cast-On, but then he might get all pouty.Franklinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03670441931649806878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12793822.post-1163149118004251652006-11-10T02:58:00.000-06:002006-11-10T02:58:00.000-06:00Three days? A pair of mittens in three days?Um, if...Three days? A pair of mittens in three days?<BR/><BR/>Um, if this were the SAT, this is how that would go:<BR/><BR/>Meg is to mittens as Thorny is to...<BR/><BR/>a) garage cozies<BR/>b) ponchos<BR/>c) socks<BR/>d) that freaky hat that looks like a face, with hair on it and everythingThornyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01547362342385107639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12793822.post-1163139386980844032006-11-10T00:16:00.000-06:002006-11-10T00:16:00.000-06:00Magic loop is wonderful, I like the two circs, too...Magic loop is wonderful, I like the two circs, too, but I always end up getting poked in the stomach with a cold cold needle tip - yipe yipe yipe -- do we get to see the mittens?<BR/><BR/>I-cord fingers? WHY didn't I think of that? It's brilliant! NOW I can make gloves without going insane!JustAprilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16743298029997051043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12793822.post-1163129950242033062006-11-09T21:39:00.000-06:002006-11-09T21:39:00.000-06:00That was the realization I came to. I'm usually a ...That was the realization I came to. I'm usually a two-circs person, but I knit these mittens with magic loop and it worked out great! What's the I-cord finger thing? That sounds like it could solve my last mitten annoyance.meghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17567662679581657811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12793822.post-1163129206189880572006-11-09T21:26:00.000-06:002006-11-09T21:26:00.000-06:00Yipes! Why can't you use what ever sock knitting ...Yipes! Why can't you use what ever sock knitting technique you prefer for mittens? The only issue I could think of might be the thumb, but Meg Swanson has a cure for that: i-cord fingers. Let me know if you want an explaination.LaurieMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17609188211326621400noreply@blogger.com