After making two scarves using monster size 13 knitting needles and Wool-Ease Thick and Quick, I am now moving on to making scarf number three with smaller size 10 knitting needles (6mm) and left over Caron acrylic yarn from the afghan I made for tornado victims. A pound of yarn sure goes a long way!
I actually like the thick yarn and big needles, even though it makes me feel like Wilma Flintstone, and I plan to make another scarf using them, but that scarf will be for a friend, so I want to get my technique polished a little more. I’m still working on getting an even gauge to my stitches, but I’m getting more confident. After this third scarf, I plan tackle purl stitch.
June 10, 2011 at 8:55 am
I have friends who use teeny-weeny little needles and make things like socks! Somehow I can’t seem to graduate (downward) from giant needles…oh well 🙂
June 10, 2011 at 8:20 pm
Socks are “in” right now to knit and also crochet. I just don’t see that happening with me for a good long while!
June 11, 2011 at 5:36 pm
I wouldn’t ask this if I didn’t know you are an English prof, Tammy, but since you’re decreasing needle size, what’s the appropriate antonym for “graduate”? I Googled and couldn’t find a good one 😉
June 12, 2011 at 9:44 am
@Eileen – That’s an interesting question. I think it depends on how you use the word. In my title I’ve got “graduation,” so it’s being used as a noun. I mean to suggest that I’m moving onto more difficult knitting since it’s easier to knit with larger needles than smaller ones. So I’m graduating (now a verb) as far as skill level. If you use “graduate” as a noun, then maybe “undergraduate” would work as the antonym for it?