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[quote user="ZassZ"] I first used it on some crewel work that had a dark brown fabric background and I needed to really see well. It really lit up the individual stitches. It is like 'open heart surgery' when you don't want to pull out the wrong threads. [/quote] Glad I'm not the only one doing "open heart surgery"
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Thanks! I'll try finding a class somewhere. At the community college they offer lots of knitting classes and maybe they have a crochet class, too. I know it might really be a big help if someone could show me how to do it.
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Well, I only use those light-up needles when I am working something in black yarn. As for knitting in dark places, I got myself one of those lamps on a headband, that you can put on your forehead. My husband loves to make fun of it ("Are you doing an open heart surgery today?") but it really works. And since I often have to sit in the back
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For me it is mostly a question of staff, prices and special order service. There is a quite good yarn shop in the city centre of my hometown, but the staff and the owner smoke in the backroom and the yarn is always smelly. So I don't often go there and buy wool there, since I don't want to have smelly yarn to work with. I even drive a few kilometres
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Thank you! A soy/cotton mix is on my list for this pattern. But right now I am stuck on a different pattern and won't start on the Phiaro scarf until part of my todo-list is finished. *sigh*
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I could have a look at it. Email me off-list and we can talk about it. I do knitting translations quite often.
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That's a great idea! I don't have room for another closet but I do have one of those hanger things for clothes (used to be occupied by lots of T-shirts). I might use this. So far I have been using a big box which is under my bed - you see lots of doubling over, bending knees, stooping, back cracking etc. I would really like to reorganize my
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Hello, Quite frankly put, I can't crochet. I have learned it several times, both my grandmothers showed me, even one of my great-grandmothers, my mother-in-law and my sister-in-law but it seems I can't get the hang of it. Oh, don't get me wrong, I can do a crochet chain and I can also crochet along the edge of a knitted piece but I would
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Hello, Yes, I have already posted this in the comments to today's post, but I wanted to share it here as well. I was wondering, would bust darts make small "assets" seem bigger? I don't have much to show off, plus I am tall (5 ft 10in/178cm), a bit overweight and have really broad shoulders, for a woman. This adds up to me only wearing
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Soy silk! Yeah! or a shiny cotton! Hmm, Sandi, you are making it really difficult for me. Merino, well, I guess that would be wonderful. Just that I have no idea how my neck would like merino. I seldom wear "real" wool around my neck. Mostly cotton only. Thanks for the suggestions!