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Thank you @Missie for finding the past messages.  That's how I would so any QAYG, even if it had sashing.

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A Good Yarn / Re: AUTUMN SOCK KNIT ALONG. 2023 New
« on: February 03, 2024, 22:17:11 PM »
And the next pair.
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A Good Yarn / Re: AUTUMN SOCK KNIT ALONG. 2023 New
« on: February 03, 2024, 22:11:50 PM »
Here are the pink socks finished.
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A Good Yarn / Re: AUTUMN SOCK KNIT ALONG. 2023 New
« on: February 03, 2024, 22:10:22 PM »
Using the same yarn and similar size hook or needles; the crochet fabric will be thicker and less stretchy than the knitted fabric, so probably better for slipper socks rather than wearing inside shoes socks.

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In the wardrobe / Re: Cutting singularly or double?
« on: February 02, 2024, 10:21:27 AM »
I do all the things @Missie says.  Cutting singularly only happens if the fabric is very slippy, pattern matching needs to be precise or something is cut on the bias

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The Haberdashery / Re: Maraflex thread
« on: January 26, 2024, 16:26:30 PM »
I haven't used it bet there is info here and here.

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Technical Help / Re: major issues with armhole gaping
« on: January 22, 2024, 21:22:08 PM »
Is the asymmetry your body? Or a problem with the fabric?  Fabric cut on the bias will behave differently on either side.

Bodices with sleeves do generally need more wearing ease than the same bodice without sleeves.  Are the toiles baggy around the sleeve seams?

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Sewing Machines / Re: All about Sewing Machine Needles
« on: January 21, 2024, 09:46:19 AM »
@Bodgeitandscarper  the difference is explained here.

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In the wardrobe / Re: Possibly a crazy/impossible alteration?
« on: January 19, 2024, 16:22:57 PM »
Are you happy with the fit of the shoulders?  It looks to me as though the tops of the sleeves are a bit low.  If that is the case then you could take princess seam 'darts' up the front. over the shoulders and down the back.

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Hi, I'm new... / Re: New to the forum
« on: January 18, 2024, 14:50:19 PM »
Hello and welcome to TSP - I read your diary entry first as it just happened to be top of the list.  Yes it is nice to see newcomers who post photos from the beginning - and congratulations on the big weight loss. :)

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A Good Yarn / Re: Fitting a knitted garment
« on: January 14, 2024, 08:55:54 AM »
I am referring to hand knitting. I would love to work out on a chart where I need those extra stitches and I guess it would vary depending on the yarn/gauge.

@Puzzler  If you do work on a chart you have to know your tension for the yarn and needles before you start designing/adapting.  With most stitch patterns an individual stitch is wider than it is high; more rows per inch than stitches per inch.  If you use square graph paper the design will be long and skinny!

You can buy pre-printed graph paper that aproximately right for knitting
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Books-Knitting-Graph-Paper/s?rh=n%3A266239%2Cp_27%3AKnitting+Graph+Paper
or you can generate your own.  see
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Books-Knitting-Graph-Paper/s?rh=n%3A266239%2Cp_27%3AKnitting+Graph+Paper

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A Good Yarn / Re: Fitting a knitted garment
« on: January 13, 2024, 11:28:21 AM »
There are a number of books about fitting hand knitted socks, but otherwise most knitted garments rely on the stretch of the fabric to fit.  Just get the total girth right and the length - but be aware that if you are knitting a swimsuit it will stretch rather a lot when it gets wet!

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Patterns Discussion / Re: Zero Waste Patterns
« on: January 08, 2024, 22:11:17 PM »

I'd like to see how it moves, as well. I would expect it to twist a bit, with wear.

@Ouryve I agree.  I'm not likely to make it, but if I did the first step after cutting would be to stabilise all the diagonal cuts.

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Hi, I'm new... / Re: Hi folks, another newbie-ish guy here.
« on: January 07, 2024, 18:03:17 PM »
Hello @grndkntrl and welcome.

If your budget is tight think carefully about the habby purchases.  Needles and pins are consumables and you have to have them.  Cutting quipment is also essential but you don't need shears and a rotary cutter to start with.

There are two schools of thought about rotary cutters - some people love them and use one for almost all cutting out, others much prefer the conventional shears (or scissors). 

I am in the shearrs/scissors camp.  For cutting out garment pieces I always use shears - and I flinch when I see  contestants on GBSB using rotary cutters and fear for their fingers especially when they are cutting towards themselves! :scream:  I also think that scissors are more accurate when cutting out small fiddly pieces.  I do use a rotary cutter but only with an acrylic ruler when cutting strips and squares for patchwork.  I am also one who pins pattern pieces to the fabric rather than hoping that weights and gravity will keep the pattern pieces where they need to be.

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A Good Yarn / Re: AUTUMN SOCK KNIT ALONG. 2023 New
« on: January 06, 2024, 09:20:21 AM »
I haven't done much knitting for a while but I know that I can get three socks from a 100gm ball of four ply and back in the autumn I bought two balls and made a blue pair, a pink pair and a blue and pink pair - or so I thought.  A couple of times I looked in the sock drawer for the pink pair but couldn't find them.  Yesterday I was getting my stuff together for craft club and looked in the knitting bag and guess what I found?  The pink pair are not finished so of course they wouldn't be in the drawer.

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