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2008-10-04 Knitting - New Language for Shawl Collar knitting: Pamela Glad your grandson liked the sweater. As for this new one, the instruction sounds like it could be a very badly written instruction to make 1 stitch purlwise - presumably being a shawl collar...
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2008-10-03 Knitting - double pointed needles: HI Nerissa Congratulations to you for trying to knit socks. It is a little confusing at first with all the needles. The main thing to remember is that you are only using two needles at any time....
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2008-10-03 Knitting - neck edge: Hello Joan, No, this isn't stupid at all. Your assumption is correct, the neck edge is where the buttons will eventually go. Often you'll have two decreasing patterns going on at the same time...
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2008-10-02 Knitting - Blending Wools: Val As a very rough rule of thumb you can add the number of sts/inch given for the two yarns being used, then divide the result by 3 to get the probable gauge of the combined yarn. So add 5 and 5, if...
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2008-10-01 Knitting - Ballet sweater with 2 ties: I would not say this was too difficult for you - just not a very well written pattern! Some patterns are very clear whilst others are just plain confusing. As for binding off - always bind off at the...
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