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In the wardrobe / Re: Wardrobe switchover time?
« on: April 14, 2024, 13:36:48 PM »
I will put away my quilted coat and probably my quilted short coat but our weather is never consistent enough to have clothes for two different seasons.

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The Haberdashery / Re: Portable sewing kit
« on: April 04, 2024, 11:23:38 AM »
I had never heard of it, but good old Amazon stocks it from several suppliers.

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A Good Yarn / Re: Or give up
« on: April 03, 2024, 19:17:43 PM »
Thank you all.

If people who tackle Aran and Cable can find themselves unravelling then I fell better about having to do it. It isn't just me not being capable.


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A Good Yarn / Re: Or give up
« on: April 03, 2024, 17:55:35 PM »
Quote from: Acorn on April 03, 2024, 17:17:08 PM
Yes - I converted an old aran jumper pattern so that I could make it on a circular needle.  I was more than two thirds of the way up the body - at the armpits I think - when I realised that the ribbing was lying diagonally.
Oh that must have been frustrating.

Actually several steps beyond frustrating and into very rude words territory.

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A Good Yarn / Re: Or give up
« on: April 03, 2024, 17:27:19 PM »
Quote from: Sheilago on April 03, 2024, 16:34:35 PM
It’s frustrating to rip things out, but no point in knitting something that’s not going to be right.
Thank you.

Yes, I know it's daft at my age to think I need permission, but then I have never denied that I am daft  0_0

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A Good Yarn / Or give up
« on: April 03, 2024, 16:25:13 PM »
Experienced knitters of TSP, have any of you realised when 3/4 through knitting something that you made a major mistake early on (size etc) and unravelled most of it and started again?

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The Haberdashery / Re: Portable sewing kit
« on: April 03, 2024, 16:05:21 PM »
That looks like a good idea but my first reaction (UK person) was 'a Barbie pink pistol case???'.

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Sewing Machines / Re: Bills New Machine
« on: February 22, 2024, 09:57:40 AM »
Thanks @Bill
That looks like a good price too considering some I have seen.

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Sewing Machines / Re: Bills New Machine
« on: February 21, 2024, 22:25:40 PM »
I like your light @Bill 
Where did you get it?

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Vintage Machines / Re: Guess what I have part II
« on: December 30, 2023, 17:46:50 PM »
 :faints:

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Vintage Machines / Re: My next Project Universal Cleaning
« on: December 11, 2023, 17:44:53 PM »
Quote from: realale on December 11, 2023, 10:47:09 AM
Yep, me!!
It was the same shock last year when I discovered that 2022 was the same distance from 1970 as 1918 to 1970. When I was growing up 1918 was ancient history!!
:scream: :faints:

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Sewing Professionally / Re: I'm in business
« on: November 20, 2023, 16:03:43 PM »
 :VV:

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A Good Yarn / Re: Keeping track
« on: November 01, 2023, 12:55:40 PM »
Quote from: Ohsewsimple on November 01, 2023, 12:15:32 PM
Row counters are a great idea.  But the only time I’ve used them I forgot to turn them! :laughing:
Nothing to cure poor memory is there?
Sorry, no.
Plus - it gets worse.

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A Good Yarn / Re: Keeping track
« on: November 01, 2023, 09:40:29 AM »
Thank you all.
I think I have worked out a combination of suggestions that will work for me.

I am getting back to knitting after many years (and I only did very simple things then) and panicked when the 'simple' pattern I had suddenly looked complicated.

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A Good Yarn / Re: Keeping track
« on: October 31, 2023, 15:33:04 PM »
Sorry, I meant an old style way when using old style paper patterns.

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