Sunday night knitting woes

[Diane CBPFC]

I knitted a scarf when I was a teenager with chunky wool, but my mother both casted on and did the finishing row for me. Now I am stuck trying to make my daughter a "Harry Potter" scarf (after watching the first movie in the series last week) and I have made quite a mess of it. I was able to cast on a row but it is all uneven and a bit lumpy - this wool is a medium thickness (#4 for you knitters) and the faults show.

Do we have any knitters here? If so where to I mail my yarn and #8 needles to?

[Joan]

I've messaged you on FB, Diane. 

[Vulture]

Ah! I see Joan has pointed your needles in the right direction.

Just as a matter of interest, do you cast-on with one needle and a thumb, or two needles?

[Tarquin Thunderthighs lll]

I think you need to ease off the tension in your himple stitch, and make sure your needles are properly lubricated
with Grade 3 or above, Smith and Sidebottoms' Original Purling Oil. Alpaca wool (#37) would also be advantageous. I'm sure Roger and Peepsie will concur.

[Roger Kettle]

When I was about five, I went to school in Glasgow and, one afternoon a week, we were taught knitting. Girls and boys. Knitting. In Glasgow. I still can't get over that. Shortly after that, my family moved to the Highlands where the locals were more interested in the sheep than the wool.

[Diamond Lil]

Now I am stuck trying to make my daughter a "Harry Potter" scarf

I'd trawl Ebay...saves casting on with or without a thumb...unless you really are up for the challenge

[Vulture]

I think it's such a shame that no-one knits any more.

[The Peepmaster]

Is Joan going to have Diane's cast-offs?

[Diane CBPFC]

Ah! I see Joan has pointed your needles in the right direction.

Just as a matter of interest, do you cast-on with one needle and a thumb, or two needles?

Neither of those options. I am following the instructions that came on a free pamphlet in the wool isle and using my index finger of my left hand.

[Diane CBPFC]

I think you need to ease off the tension in your himple stitch, and make sure your needles are properly lubricated
with Grade 3 or above, Smith and Sidebottoms' Original Purling Oil. Alpaca wool (#37) would also be advantageous. I'm sure Roger and Peepsie will concur.

You sound like you know what you're doing - watch out for the knitting supplies in the mail.

[Diane CBPFC]

Joan has kindly offered to help (but that does not mean that she also wants to nip around and clean your kitchen Peeps) - however all I really need is someone to do the first "cast on" row so the stitches are spaced evenly.

I am thinking that I may pop in to the old folks home and place my wool and needles in someones knitting bag like cuckoos do with their eggs.

[Diane CBPFC]

When I was about five, I went to school in Glasgow and, one afternoon a week, we were taught knitting. Girls and boys. Knitting. In Glasgow. I still can't get over that. Shortly after that, my family moved to the Highlands where the locals were more interested in the sheep than the wool.

Is that the scarf you wore in book #5

[The Peepmaster]

Is Joan going to have Diane's cast-offs?

This would be a knitters' "in" joke.

[Bilthehut]

She probably purloined it.

[Vulture]

http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/how-to-cast-on-with-the-thumb-method.html


http://www.wonderhowto.com/how-to-use-thumb-method-cast-knitting-208341/