Comments on: Very Secret Mysteries, no. 1: Knitting http://www.string-revolution.com/2009/07/very-secret-mysteries-knitting/ Creative journey of an Irish needlewoman Thu, 26 Aug 2010 08:50:34 +0000 hourly 1 By: leannich http://www.string-revolution.com/2009/07/very-secret-mysteries-knitting/comment-page-1/#comment-25 leannich Sun, 26 Jul 2009 21:55:38 +0000 http://www.string-revolution.com/?p=193#comment-25 @Mollydot: Finger knitting! I'd forgotten about that. I'll see if he's keen. @Longtime: I haven't ever tried the long-tail cast-on. Perhaps next project. Meanwhile, I love the idea of wearing your handspun skein just as it is! They are such beautiful things in their own right. @Mollydot: Finger knitting! I’d forgotten about that. I’ll see if he’s keen.

@Longtime: I haven’t ever tried the long-tail cast-on. Perhaps next project. Meanwhile, I love the idea of wearing your handspun skein just as it is! They are such beautiful things in their own right.

]]> By: longtimenotknitsouthamerican http://www.string-revolution.com/2009/07/very-secret-mysteries-knitting/comment-page-1/#comment-23 longtimenotknitsouthamerican Fri, 24 Jul 2009 05:19:14 +0000 http://www.string-revolution.com/?p=193#comment-23 I loved the Oyster's needles. They are so cute! If he's already being creative with them, I´m sure he will be a great knitter! A free-styler! Thanks for all the links in this post, they are really interesting. And I discovered the name of the cast-on method my grandmother taught me: the longtail cast. She didn´t use a slipknot, though. She started with the yarn just held over the needle, but after casting the first stitch you end up with two stitches on the needle anyway, maybe the first stitch is neater if you do use the slipknot? Well, I have a skein of handspun and handyed orange yarn, haven't decided what to do yet, have been wearing it though, as a scarf. I just find the skein so pretty as it is, and it's long enough to wear as a double strand necklace. People have actually complimented me on it, so now it's a bit more scary to undo it and start knitting! I loved the Oyster’s needles. They are so cute! If he’s already being creative with them, I´m sure he will be a great knitter! A free-styler! Thanks for all the links in this post, they are really interesting. And I discovered the name of the cast-on method my grandmother taught me: the longtail cast. She didn´t use a slipknot, though. She started with the yarn just held over the needle, but after casting the first stitch you end up with two stitches on the needle anyway, maybe the first stitch is neater if you do use the slipknot?
Well, I have a skein of handspun and handyed orange yarn, haven’t decided what to do yet, have been wearing it though, as a scarf. I just find the skein so pretty as it is, and it’s long enough to wear as a double strand necklace. People have actually complimented me on it, so now it’s a bit more scary to undo it and start knitting!

]]> By: mollydot http://www.string-revolution.com/2009/07/very-secret-mysteries-knitting/comment-page-1/#comment-22 mollydot Thu, 23 Jul 2009 10:52:30 +0000 http://www.string-revolution.com/?p=193#comment-22 We didn't get to see anyone actually laying blocks, unfortunately. But I did like seeing the partially built walls. Have you tried the Oyster on finger knitting? We didn’t get to see anyone actually laying blocks, unfortunately. But I did like seeing the partially built walls.

Have you tried the Oyster on finger knitting?

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