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December 18th

Patterns

Sun, 2005-12-18 11:18 — DorsetMartin

 Hi Guys & ladylurkers

Can anyone tell me why sweaters are designed in 2 pieces? Why are they not made in a circle? My daughter saw the Knit:1 magazine & was amused by the centrefold but spied the sweater with the mega, removable cowl collar of pages 58 & 59. It calls for the front and back to be knit in 2 pieces but the same pattern. Will it make any difference if I make it in one piece? I'm not a designer so not sure if it will affect the look. I do realise that I will have to careful about the armholes but that's what stitch markers arre for surely.
Thank you

December 16th

Weekly topic #2

Fri, 2005-12-16 15:54 — DorsetMartin

Who taught you how to knit & how old were you?

December 14th

What is the difference between inspiration and imitation?

Wed, 2005-12-14 20:50 — Danny

What is the difference between imitation and inspiration? I wonder this as I am currently working on a scarf that I have "designed" in that I took a stitch found in Nicky Epstein’s Knitting on the Edge and put it in a scarf. It is hardly a leap of imagination. Regardless, when I wear this scarf into my LYS and the nice ladies there ask me where I got the pattern, can I say I designed it, or should I say I got it from a Nicky Epstein book?

On a broader level, I have--as I’m sure many of us have--altered a design to better suit my tastes. At what point an altered design become its own design? If I knit a Kathy Zimmerman sweater in green Cascade 220 instead of Classic Elite, have I "designed" a sweater? What if I add an embellishment, or maybe do a garter rib in K4, P2 instead of K2, P2? When does the sweater stop being Kathy Zimmerman’s design?

December 13th

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Bill is onto something!!!

Tue, 2005-12-13 22:49 — Gabriel

Oh guys! If you have not yet seen the site that Billbear mentioned a few posts ago.  www.knotjustknitting.com Run, do not walk(type slowly) to that site.....it is unbelievable!!!! A truly inspiring site!!!!

December 11th

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Eye Candy

Sun, 2005-12-11 20:46 — Bill

Check out these sites...

VERY inventive!
 
 http://ifthehatfits.knotjustknitting.com
 
http://scarfcrazy.knotjustknitting.com 
 
 

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TKGA membership?

Sun, 2005-12-11 16:32 — ChazH

Are any of you members of the TKGA? (The Knitting Guild Assocation; http://www.tkga.com)  I've considered membership off and on for a few years now but I've never done it.  I have and am still considering doing their master knitter  certification program.  What are your thoughts on this?  IMHO, the TKGA is decidedly woman centered, but I guess I should tell us all something we wouldn't already know.<

December 8th

Gabriel's picture

Weekly Topic #1 "FIBER SNOBERY"

Thu, 2005-12-08 12:47 — Gabriel

Gentlemen, (and lady lurkers)

Martin put me up to this, so here goes!

Here is a question to ponder....Is there something about  fine, high-end natrual yarns and fibers that does, in fact, enhance the knitting experience....or is it just as pleasurable to knit with man-made fibers? The real question...are you a fiber snob and why????

Talk amongst yourselves....and then let us know