I have a bit of a history of stressing out about my knitting. Ask Polly. So having sworn that I would not put myself under any more pressure, knit to any deadlines or join any more knitalongs, I went and signed up to the Stick ya neck out one.
Well, how could I help it when it was Kris and Jac organising it. We are all knitting scarves from the "Scarf Style" book and I've been wanting to make one from there for such a long time.
I have been very lucky in the draw as I am knitting for Diana (go over and say hello) and she has sent me the most gorgeous yarn to knit with.
It's Prime Alpaca and it's gorgeous. As I said I am lucky. You can go to Diana's blog here and read a bit more about it.
She has asked me to knit the Turtleneck Shrug which is lovely and another thing I was thinking of knitting. After all when you have done acres of moss stitch for Palm, what's a little ribbing? Except that it calls for 4.5mm / US 7 30cm circular needles and I don't have any. And they're not available online in the UK, trust me I have tried.
Kris assures me that she knit hers on a 40cm circular and it worked fine. Polly has suggested that I use two 4.5 circulars and get around it that way. Any suggestions as to which is a better idea? I think I will probably cross my fingers and try Kris's way.
I am not doing this on DPNS before anyone makes that suggestion...
On the other side of the knitalong, here's what I sent out to the person knitting for me.
5 balls of Muench Touch Me in Olive green, shade 3633 (although some sites call it Forrest Green) which I got from Jimmy Bean yarns last month. It's not the cheapest yarn around (especially when you add shipping to the UK) but it's so so soft to the touch that I have not doubt that it is worth it.
I have a feeling that this is going to be a lovely knitalong.
I know I loved knitting my Touch Me scarf, and I love wearing it. And since the book came out, we can't keep the yarn in the shops -- even with all the colors we stock.
Posted by: Kristine at August 22, 2005 04:59 AMI just purchased a kit with Touch Me included at Knit Happens this past weekend. And I plan to go back and get enough to make the same scarf! It's great because they have ALL the colors. So many beautiful colors and the shipping is so fast!
Posted by: Phyl at August 20, 2005 05:05 PMi'm knitting the turtleneck shrug right now. im using the rowan yarn that the pattern calls for and had to go down to a size 6 needle. i am a loose knitter. and the 12" would hurt my hands too much too but the 16" are working out fine. i'm about 1/2 done. have fun!
Posted by: laurie at August 19, 2005 10:04 PMi'm knitting the turtleneck shrug right now. im using the rowan yarn that the pattern calls for and had to go down to a size 6 needle. i am a loose knitter. and the 12" would hurt my hands too much too but the 16" are working out find. i'm about 1/2 done. have fun!
Posted by: laurie at August 19, 2005 10:04 PMI got the same yarn for the Leaves scarf from Scarf Style when I went to Knit Happens just after last Christmas. It's gorgeous stuff!
Posted by: Shirra at August 19, 2005 03:51 AMHey! I saw that box as it was being shipped out - great to see where it landed - love the brown alpaca. That olive green Muench looks fantastic!
Posted by: Vicki at August 18, 2005 03:23 PMoooo what a lucky person to be getting all that lovely yarn.
i can send you my 4.50mm 30cm circular. as long as you send it back when you are finished. i honestly dont mind. (oh and it's an addi turbo!!)
Posted by: jacqueline at August 18, 2005 11:35 AMHi Amelia
I wouldn't EVER knit with 30cm circulars, they'd really hurt my hands. I like to spread out my needles! I find 40cms a pain, literally.
Excluding dpns, then there's the two circulars, as Polly has mentioned, or one long(er) circular. Why not try both to see which you prefer (I don't mind either method thought I like dpns the best!).
Dawn
Posted by: dawn at August 17, 2005 08:39 PMHi Amelia
I wouldn't EVER knit with 30cm circulars, they'd really hurt my hands. I like to spread out my needles! I find 40cms a pain, literally.
Excluding dpns, then there's the two circulars, as Polly has mentioned, or one long(er) circular. Why not try both to see which you prefer (I don't mind either method thought I like dpns the best!).
Dawn
Posted by: dawn at August 17, 2005 08:36 PMWell, I was about to offer to send some, but it looks like several others have you covered! :) However, if you ever need something sent from the US, just let me know!
Posted by: Andrea at August 17, 2005 03:41 PMHi Amelia, I should have thought of this earlier, but I have a 30cm 4.5mm Clover plastic circ that I could send your way. You could send it back with the shrug, and it would be no problem at all for me to send. What do you think??
You can buy 4.5mm 30cm addi's from
http://www.angelyarn.co.uk/knitting/addicirc.php
Cheers
Posted by: blueadt at August 17, 2005 12:44 PMhon you can order the 30 cm needles, as Addis no less, for CHEAP from Martinas Bastel Hobbykiste (http://www.bastelundhobbykiste.de/oxid/) in Berlin.
I am guessing, just got a pair smaller for a friend, priced at under 7 euros ie under 5£. If you corner her she will ship the cheaper way too.
A bit scattered and english is "entertaining"- but I got my order :)
I'm waiting to get my yarn from my partner. Sadly, I know it's not you - I would have loved to have a go with some of the Touch Me. I think it's going to be a fun swap. As for the shrug, I would go with Polly's option of two circulars (well actually I would use the dreaded DPNs but I won't mention them here!).
Posted by: Mary at August 17, 2005 10:25 AM