didn't mean to do that...

[robinsnest]

Ooops. CADD strikes again. It's hiraimi's fault! I had been meaning to make super simple pair of knit garters forever, and this morning she handed me a bag of undyed wool yarn her Mom was off-loading. Tonight after dinner I decided to untangle and wind it onto a ball...Then I figured why not I'd start. I just used the one pair of wooden needles I have, perhaps in the size 8ish? they're not labeled. And did a garter stitch...and suddenly I had a strip long enough to wrap around my leg and tie! So I cast off and suddenly had a garter. I'm debating putting matching tassels on the ends..but they're not really anything special so perhaps that's silly. Either way I won't have to use bias tape pieces anymore!  I hope I don't seriously regret this much knitting in the morning...I'm not good at pacing myself and sometimes feel it in the morning. 

Comments

[mre-awiwench.livejournal.com]

Love my knit garters. Welcome to the club!

[sewloud.livejournal.com]

thanks! :-)

[quincy134.livejournal.com]

I wear knit garters all the time. Tip--they work better if you wrap them twice around your leg and then tie them. Less likely to slide down. I posted the pattern I use here: http://longrunknitter.blogspot.com/2009/03/knit-garters.html

[sewloud.livejournal.com]

d'oh then I didn't make this one long enough! I'm sure there's a way to recast on but I'm not that good a knitter. Perhaps I'll just make two longer ones :-)

Thanks for the tip!

[quincy134.livejournal.com]

If you can unpick your cast off and then put the stitches back on your needle, you can start back up on your existing garter.

If you've already cut the yarn from your existing work, you can rejoin the yarn by felting it back to the yarn on the ball, since you are using wool. Fray the ends of both yarn pieces you want to join by untwistig them opposite the direction they were spun. Get the ends and your hands wet (a lot of people use spit, but you can use tap water if you'd rather be less gross). Lay the two yarn ends together in the palm of one hand. Then rub your palms together, twisting the yarn ends together. You may need to wet the yarn and rub multiple times. Pull on the yarn to make sure that it has securely joined. If not, just try again. Your yarn around the join will look fuzzy, but that usually isn't an issue for something like a garter (it might be a problem if you were knitting a sweater, as then you'd have a notable fuzzy patch on your chest for example).

Of course, all this might not be worth the effort, as you could just start over without having wasted much time and yarn on a large project. But it's cool to see the wonders of felting wool in action.

[hlwoods.livejournal.com]

You sound like me and tablet weaving. :)

[sewloud.livejournal.com]

I tried tablet weaving once, I remember enjoying it. Someday I want to buy an inkle loom. It's on the bucket list.

[brickhousewench.livejournal.com]

Hope your hands are doing well this morning!

[sewloud.livejournal.com]

so far so good! nothing but normal morning stiffness.

[brickhousewench.livejournal.com]

Glad to hear it! =)