tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post3556346538836121542..comments2024-03-28T23:25:07.821+00:00Comments on Jean's Knitting: Jeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12038517988391228260noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-19654559723098638232020-02-01T20:57:05.433+00:002020-02-01T20:57:05.433+00:00Yes! That’s why I like Gudrun’s hap - other life t...Yes! That’s why I like Gudrun’s hap - other life things always come up when I’m trying to have a baby shawl ready by due date. Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16568215693665518362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-32500271923802987272020-02-01T18:30:10.351+00:002020-02-01T18:30:10.351+00:00There's a rather lovely shawl called Wild Swan...There's a rather lovely shawl called Wild Swan which has appeared on Ravelry - free to download. It would be good for a wedding shawl. I'm just knitting Houlland for the second time. It starts with the edging lace, all 64 points of it.shandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17372329387935318023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-55732009398167577482020-01-31T22:10:07.905+00:002020-01-31T22:10:07.905+00:00I suppose some people like the idea that they can ...I suppose some people like the idea that they can knit the basic center part and then work on the edges until they're tired of it and just stop with a more or less usable shawl or blanket.=Tamarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-47488427626902993852020-01-31T21:28:25.447+00:002020-01-31T21:28:25.447+00:00I so agree with you on knitting outside in for sha...I so agree with you on knitting outside in for shawls. I love starting out with an enormous number of stitches and then decreasing until I have a large triangle. Rather than giving up because it seems every row gets longer and longer, after a long time of knitting, one can finally see the end in sight - and every row is faster and faster! Same idea with Yoke and other types of sweaters. I have two on the needles that are top-down. Getting to the division between body and sleeves is nice, but then it's knit knit knit endlessly. I prefer to do it the opposite way, with the more interesting, shorter rows at the very end. Hope this makes sense:)!<br />Also, re: your comment yesterday on my comment the day before: I laughed out loud:)! Kept thinking about an expression a friend of mine from England told me about (we were discussing how different phrases could mean something completely different in the US and the UK). She told me about the expression, "I will do X if I have to knock up the Duke of York at 3 in the morning!" Knocking someone up in the US is quite a different matter. I believe my response was something like, "THAT I'd like to see!" ;)FuguesStateKnitshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14271842690827237203noreply@blogger.com