# Knittery and Stitchery and Stuff **URL:** \ **Category:** Not The Archers\ **Created:** [11 October 2019 09:57 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/knittery-and-stitchery-and-stuff/2291 "2019-10-11T09:57:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 21
**Author:** ![ThatFunnyMummy](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/thatfunnymummy/32/8722_2.png) [@ThatFunnyMummy](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/ThatFunnyMummy)\ **Post date:** [27 February 2021 21:18 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/knittery-and-stitchery-and-stuff/2291/402 "2021-02-27T21:18:45Z")
Wow! Thank you. My brain is in a bit of a spin now, but I’ll watch the video (probably a couple of times, at least), and give it a go. Never (quite) too old to learn. Carinthia, if you really want your mind blown by knitting, try this… [![](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/uploads/default/original/2X/e/e46ef6ed788f61a1a475e2921697a55faa9db9e4.jpeg "Shetland Knitters Really Did Knit 200 Stitches a Minute!") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ibP2YH6QCI) OMCB, who taught me to knit, was herself taught in the 1930s by a woman who was brought up on the Islands and was taught in her turn by the old Shetland knitters in the 1860s. Which may be why she can knit Fair Isle without looking at it. I can’t! (I can’t manage 200 sts a minute either!) ---
**Author:** ![Fanta](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/fanta/32/98_2.png) [@Fanta](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/Fanta)\ **Post date:** [27 February 2021 21:48 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/knittery-and-stitchery-and-stuff/2291/403 "2021-02-27T21:48:56Z")
Strewth. ---
**Author:** ![ThatFunnyMummy](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/thatfunnymummy/32/8722_2.png) [@ThatFunnyMummy](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/ThatFunnyMummy)\ **Post date:** [27 February 2021 21:53 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/knittery-and-stitchery-and-stuff/2291/404 "2021-02-27T21:53:04Z")
Exactly! Mind blowing. But, even though I’m not a particularly fast knitter, I do find the anchored needle technique the easiest by far. Maybe just because I learned that way, I don’t know, ---
**Author:** ![Fanta](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/fanta/32/98_2.png) [@Fanta](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/Fanta)\ **Post date:** [27 February 2021 21:54 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/knittery-and-stitchery-and-stuff/2291/405 "2021-02-27T21:54:43Z")
I’m assured that having been taught to knit first by a Pole and subsequently by an Austrian, I knit backwards. ---
**Author:** ![Carinthia](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/carinthia/32/6542_2.png) [@Carinthia](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/Carinthia)\ **Post date:** [27 February 2021 21:54 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/knittery-and-stitchery-and-stuff/2291/406 "2021-02-27T21:54:59Z")
That’s fascinating, TFM, & the economy of movement at waist level is interesting too. No waving about there! I think that it was in 2019 when I shared a film about Shetland Wool Week, where one saw children knitting with belts holding an gadget which separated the different colours. It all seemed to be enjoying a revival. I think that all sewing/knitting & handicrafts have seen a huge upsurge in 2020. Once the competitive mask-making had slowed down to manageable proportions, then people wanted summat else to do. Patchwork piecing has also become more popular, as people had lots of cotton scraps frim the masks. Carinthia.xx ---
**Author:** ![ThatFunnyMummy](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/thatfunnymummy/32/8722_2.png) [@ThatFunnyMummy](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/ThatFunnyMummy)\ **Post date:** [28 February 2021 17:15 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/knittery-and-stitchery-and-stuff/2291/407 "2021-02-28T17:15:38Z")
Thanks again Fishy, that helps a lot. > [@Carinthia](#): > > That’s fascinating, TFM, & the economy of movement at waist level is interesting too That’s exactly how I was taught too - both elbows stay firmly glued to my sides, my right wrist doesn’t move at all & my left wrist barely does, it’s all from the fingers. Right needle rock steady, left needle moving as little as possible. It’s much less tiring like that. ---
**Author:** ![Gus](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/gus/32/11_2.png) [@Gus](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/Gus)\ **Post date:** [28 February 2021 17:18 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/knittery-and-stitchery-and-stuff/2291/408 "2021-02-28T17:18:03Z")
‘Look at that - steady as a rock. Trouble is, I shoot with _this_ hand…’ Sorry. As you were. ---
**Author:** ![Fanta](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/fanta/32/98_2.png) [@Fanta](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/Fanta)\ **Post date:** [28 February 2021 17:24 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/knittery-and-stitchery-and-stuff/2291/409 "2021-02-28T17:24:00Z")
> [@ThatFunnyMummy](#): > > Thanks again Fishy, that helps a lot. Hurrah! I am knitting another Norwegian jumper from the polo-neck downwards at the moment and doing exactly what I was suggesting to you: using the longest circular needle I am likely to need for the bottom of the yoke, and keeping about half of it as a spare bight of needle – which curls up, and curls down, and in general tries to be a nuisance, but is easily Quelled. ---
**Author:** ![ThatFunnyMummy](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/thatfunnymummy/32/8722_2.png) [@ThatFunnyMummy](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/ThatFunnyMummy)\ **Post date:** [24 April 2021 17:29 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/knittery-and-stitchery-and-stuff/2291/410 "2021-04-24T17:29:35Z")
OK, I’ve downloaded this pattern but I’m uncertain about actually knitting it, any thoughts from knitters would be appreciated - and Carinthia might have some ideas on this one too. > **[Rowan - New Vintage DK - Mullion Cardigan by Sarah Hatton in Softyak DK...](https://www.woolwarehouse.co.uk/rowan-new-vintage-dk-mullion-cardigan-by-sarah-hatton-in-softyak-dk-downloadable-pdf)** > > Product Name: Rowan - New Vintage DK - Mullion Cardigan by Sarah Hatton in Softyak DK (downloadable PDF). Pre Order: No. Man. Part Code: ZB239.MULLION. Brand Name: Rowan. Author: No. Format: Download. Patterns Discipline: Knitting. Needles Required:... It’s not the actual knitting I’m concerned about but the way it’s put together, and how it would be to wear. If you look at the first of the enlarged pictures you can see that the back looks longer than the fronts, as though the model hadn’t quite put it on properly, but when you look at the second picture you can see why. This isn’t easy to explain but… The body and the main part of the sleeves are knitted together, so that eg the back is a T shape, with the cuffs knitted on later. Fine so far but each of the fronts is exactly the same width as half of the back, with no shaping at all, so that the shoulder seams go all the way across and meet in the middle. So as you can see in the second photo the shoulder seams sit below the shoulders at the back. It’s more like a sort of shawl with sleeves than a cardigan in some ways, I suppose. I like it, but I just wonder how wearable it would be. ---
**Author:** ![Gus](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/gus/32/11_2.png) [@Gus](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/Gus)\ **Post date:** [24 April 2021 17:41 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/knittery-and-stitchery-and-stuff/2291/411 "2021-04-24T17:41:56Z")
I have had garments of similar construction in the past and found them eminently wearable and very useful as a medium-warm layer, iyswim. That design is really lovely. Did you finish that jacket, the 32-row pattern repeat one? ETA: and iirc you are quite small/slim. They suited me better when I was slimmer. ---
**Author:** ![ThatFunnyMummy](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/thatfunnymummy/32/8722_2.png) [@ThatFunnyMummy](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/ThatFunnyMummy)\ **Post date:** [24 April 2021 17:50 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/knittery-and-stitchery-and-stuff/2291/412 "2021-04-24T17:50:15Z")
Oh thanks Gus, maybe I’ll give it a go then. I’ve got a lovely pima cotton DK yarn which has a sheen to it, should be very useful as a layer. Yup, I did finish the jacket and am very pleased with it, it worked out well which was a relief considering how much I mucked about with the pattern. I did try to photograph it but completely failed to make it look the way it does IRL so gave up. ---
**Author:** ![Gus](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/gus/32/11_2.png) [@Gus](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/Gus)\ **Post date:** [24 April 2021 17:55 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/knittery-and-stitchery-and-stuff/2291/413 "2021-04-24T17:55:30Z")
Please have another bash at a picture. Maybe TFD could take one of you in it, from the neck down. Not that I imagine your visage is hideous, you understand, but for privacy… > [@ThatFunnyMummy](#): > > I’ve got a lovely pima cotton DK yarn Sounds _perfect_ for a late sping/early autumn/summer evening shrug-on. What colour? ---
**Author:** ![ThatFunnyMummy](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/thatfunnymummy/32/8722_2.png) [@ThatFunnyMummy](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/ThatFunnyMummy)\ **Post date:** [24 April 2021 17:59 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/knittery-and-stitchery-and-stuff/2291/414 "2021-04-24T17:59:17Z")
> **[Cascade Ultra Pima - Maple Sugar (3850) - 100g](https://www.woolwarehouse.co.uk/yarn/cascade-ultra-pima-maple-sugar-3850-100g)** > > Product Name: Cascade Ultra Pima - Maple Sugar (3850) - 100g. Brand Name: Cascade. Brand: Cascade. Yarn Name: Ultra Pima. Shade Code: 3850. Shade Name: Maple Sugar. Yarn Weight: DK. Ball Weight (in Grams): 100. Length: 200. Needle Size: 3.75mm, 4mm.... There are prettier shades but that that’s a sort of go-with-everything (or most of what I’ve got anyway) one, I thought. ---
**Author:** ![Gus](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/gus/32/11_2.png) [@Gus](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/Gus)\ **Post date:** [24 April 2021 18:01 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/knittery-and-stitchery-and-stuff/2291/415 "2021-04-24T18:01:52Z")
Splendid! That’s a very tempting yarn altogether. ---
**Author:** ![ThatFunnyMummy](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/thatfunnymummy/32/8722_2.png) [@ThatFunnyMummy](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/ThatFunnyMummy)\ **Post date:** [24 April 2021 18:05 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/knittery-and-stitchery-and-stuff/2291/416 "2021-04-24T18:05:23Z")
If only it didn’t come in hanks… Sigh. ---
**Author:** ![Fanta](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/fanta/32/98_2.png) [@Fanta](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/Fanta)\ **Post date:** [24 April 2021 18:06 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/knittery-and-stitchery-and-stuff/2291/417 "2021-04-24T18:06:43Z")
Ah, you need an anti-kitten… ---
**Author:** ![Carinthia](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/carinthia/32/6542_2.png) [@Carinthia](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/Carinthia)\ **Post date:** [24 April 2021 18:29 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/knittery-and-stitchery-and-stuff/2291/418 "2021-04-24T18:29:09Z")
That looks lovely, TFM, & eminently wearable. Shawls & stoles are all very well until one moves, & then they are a Bugga. That has enuff structure to be comfy, & still look very neat. Carinthia.xx ---
**Author:** ![ThatFunnyMummy](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/thatfunnymummy/32/8722_2.png) [@ThatFunnyMummy](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/ThatFunnyMummy)\ **Post date:** [24 April 2021 19:36 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/knittery-and-stitchery-and-stuff/2291/419 "2021-04-24T19:36:34Z")
> [@Fanta](#): > > anti-kitten Warning: Don’t try googling that. > [@Carinthia](#): > > That looks lovely, TFM, & eminently wearable. I’ll do it! ---
**Author:** ![Gus](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/gus/32/11_2.png) [@Gus](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/Gus)\ **Post date:** [24 April 2021 20:28 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/knittery-and-stitchery-and-stuff/2291/420 "2021-04-24T20:28:33Z")
> [@ThatFunnyMummy](#): > > Don’t try googling that. \< koff \> I shan’t stick beans up my nose, either. What you need is one of these ![](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/uploads/default/original/2X/2/2646e729fa92ae4bf3f4c11b13b741f3157cdd93.jpeg) And one of these skeletal brolly type yokes (properly speaking, a yarn swift) ![](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/uploads/default/original/2X/5/57be9143617406b58d57112796c895dc6a8b22e3.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![HedgeSparrow](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/hedgesparrow/32/124_2.png) [@HedgeSparrow](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/HedgeSparrow)\ **Post date:** [24 April 2021 20:32 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/knittery-and-stitchery-and-stuff/2291/421 "2021-04-24T20:32:39Z")
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