The various weights of yarn like fingering, Aran, double knitting, and so forth are always ranges of sizes, and not, I think especially useful for most knitters. What you really need to know is the recommended needle size, which most manufacturers helpfully provide: in this case, it's a 3.5mm needle. If you're a loose knitter, use a 3 or 3.25. If you're a tight knitter, use a 4.
An extremely useful guide for most all knitters is Ann Budd's Handy Book of Patterns. You make up a gauge swatch and calculate the number of stitches per inch; figure out what size you want the garment to be; and then follow the chosen pattern, getting appropriate numbers of stitches from a series of inline tables as you go. (Take a look inside the book at that link and you'll see what I'm talking about.) Once you know what you're doing, it's perfectly sensible and intuitive, and will not steer you wrong. It's basically all the patterns for all the garments, ever, and worth every cent.
Very cute! Added to my liked patterns. There are seamed patterns out there, I'm exaggerating a little, but they're definitely far, far outnumbered by circular sweaters.
This is why I design my own patterns a lot of the time. The Knitter's Handy Book of Sweater Patterns is really, well, handy for this, since it breaks a lot of the math down for you based on gauge. If you want a design feature like a puffed sleeve or something you have to futz with it, but it's a good starting point.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1683838262/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_qUefFbTY09MBA
There is the link for it in Amazon! It's a wonderful resource and has wonderful patterns. This sweater is very loosely based on a pattern in here, and thanks.
Has anyone here purchased this harry potter knitting book? I came across it on my local library's web site but the reserved list is months long. Its only $1.99 to purchase the kindle version and I was wondering if anyone had any reviews. I might buy it just to see as it so cheap for 25 patterns.
according to your introduction, you like to crochet! i’m getting into crocheting, too! i think you might like a cute critter crocheting book since you love animals, too! it’s also on sale, YAY FOR SALES!
Crochet Cute Critters: 26 Easy Amigurumi Patterns https://www.amazon.com/dp/1641522305/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_Pr6tFb2QGWNGM
i also have it on my wishlist, too. wink, wink. 😉😂
thanks for the contest!!! ❤️
my wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/2SJOC7ZMI1B3L?ref_=wl_share
I bought The Knitters Handy Book of Patterns on a whim, and now I've got the sweater one and the top down sweater one too. I love them so much. I'm tall so I was constantly having to adjust patterns and it was driving me mad, paying £5+ for a pretty cardigan pattern then having to re-write most of it to make it fit! Now I don't bother, I make my own patterns to fit me properly.
I’m going to try the raglan from The Knitters Handy Book of Sweaters for the first time. The book might be worth a look from your local library. I also have a copy of Knitter's Handy Book of Top-Down Sweaters: Basic Designs in Multiple Sizes and Gauges but it’s a more complicated method, but worth a look if you can check it out of the library.
Your sweater looks very nice and fits well, but if you want to have it go easier next time, try The Knitter's Handy Book of Sweater Patterns: Basic Designs in Multiple Sizes and Gauges. I’ve knitted hats, mittens, and gloves using a different book in the series, but I’m referencing that one for my next cardigan, the first of my own design, mostly because I can’t find the right free pattern for my latest Ice Yarns bargain.
Tanis Grey (or Gray) did an entire book of Harry Potter patterns. She used to do Vogue patterns and you can follow her on FB.
https://www.amazon.com/Harry-Potter-Knitting-Official-Pattern/dp/1683838262/ref=nodl_
>my partner finds icebreaker shirts itchy (they're supposedly ultrafine merino, according to the company 17-19 microns?) and my mom has found even really nice cashmere sweaters itchy in the past. Oh, also my mom can't stand synthetic fibers, so those are out too.
Believe them. If they say 'X' is itchy, then X is itchy for them, and whatever anybody else says has no bearing.
I take it your partner as well as your mother do wear clothing, so there must be materials they do not react to. These *may* be substitutes, but to decide which materials is best for what application does require a lot of reading. The Knitters Book of Yarn is a nice starting point.
If you think you have found a material that might be bearable and wearable for the person in question, take a length of that yarn and ask them to wear it like a necklace for a day or two: in cases of allergic reaction, it should be obvious. Cases of irritation are still not 100%, but it may be a hint.
But the biggest tip that I can give you is this:
>I've been wanting to knit some gifts.
is very nice, but just because you could does not mean you should, and please, do not do this 'surprise!' game (which goes wrong in far too many cases anyhow).
Talk to them - perhaps a cool hot pad is what one goes for, or some other non-wearable things, from cat beds to rugs or back scrubbers, there are ideas out there where you can show love and knit for them, without involving wearable items.
But, again: talk to them.
None specified, just the size of the finished sock. I am using the sock pattern in The Knitter's Handy Book of Patterns, and making it 12 inches/30 cm to be a long boot sock.
I know one to avoid though: Don't use a tube sock pattern for soldiers. The Red Cross tried that in WWII and the fellas much preferred socks with real heels.
I found the book Stitch and Bitch by Debbie Stoller helpful, it walks you through the basics with some easy exercises, and she's pretty funny too!
https://www.amazon.com/Stitch-n-Bitch-Knitters-Handbook/dp/0761128182
The Knitter's Handy Book of Patterns: Basic Designs in Multiple Sizes and Gauges is one I use regularly.
Not one pattern but a book of basic patterns for socks of different yarn weights.
Getting Started Knitting Socks by Ann Budd
It includes useful information such as a chart that shows adult men’s, women’s and children’s shoe sizes and foot length and corresponding sections of her book for socks of that size.
I learn better from videos but this was and continues to be a wonderful reference book.
I just looked at the pattern again and realized that row gauge is important. If you follow it as written without adding rows, it with be too short. I suggest you might want to buy a nice used copy of The Knitter's Handy Book of Sweater Patterns: Basic Designs in Multiple Sizes and Gauges. You can make sweaters in different sizes and gauges.
There’s a short row beanie hat knit from crown to brim just in garter stitch I make over and over that I used to have a pattern for but now I just kind of go by eye/memory. Might have been this one and over time I stopped bothering with the cable in favor of speed or customization https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/braid-edged-cap
I also use this book https://www.amazon.com/Knitters-Handy-Book-Patterns/dp/1931499047 for mittens and gloves especially. It’s the math already done for any size and any yarn weight for just a basic pattern. And then I’ll add any stitch patterns or colorwork or whatever that I want.
Also been meaning to make another Capucine. It’s terribly comfortable.
I used to think I would never be able to knit socks.
Getting Started Knitting Socks Step by step text and pictures guide you through each part of knitting a sock. Sock patterns are written for different weight yarn and knitting gauges. The book has step by step instructions with pictures. If you are a visual learner, this is a great book!
I buy most of my sock yarn from Little Knits. You can usually find really good quality sock wool/nylon yarn for under $10 for 100grams/~400yards.
Wood needles are usually better when starting out. The yarn does not slide off the needles as easily. I like using two or three 16” circular needles. Stitches are divided over two needles. Starting out, it will probably be easier to use three needles.
The first sock is the hardest. It truly gets easier as you practice.
I LOVE this bind off, but it takes some time to get a feeling for the right tension. I definitely had some way-too-tight sleeve cuffs at the beginning.
But the beauty of knitting is that there are tons of different techniques out there, and I hope you fin d your favorite soon!
I also got this book to up my bind off game
Crochet Cute Critters: 26 Easy Amigurumi Patterns https://www.amazon.com/dp/1641522305/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_XKXMJJ56TZGCDKHF40T4
Unicorns, Dragons and More Fantasy Amigurumi: Bring 14 Magical Characters to Life! (1) (Unicorns, Dragons and More Amigurumi) https://www.amazon.com/dp/949164324X/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_KRPRMPRQMWFSYH4EVS9J Theses were my starter books for stuffed animals. They have some really simple patterns and the first one shows you how to sew the pieces together
It's basically the height and width of a knit stitch and the height and width of the intended garment. The former depends on yarn, needles, knitter and even knitter's mood. Looking at a pattern that has a good schematic will help with the latter.
Ann Budd's Knitter's Handy Book Of Sweater Pattern: Basic Designs in Multiple Sizes and Gauges may give you some answers if you can borrow it from a library (or buy it). She has tables of measurements.
The best book I bought to learn socks is Getting Started Knitting Socks by Ann Budd.
It is ideal for visual learners. Every step to knitting socks is shown. There are patterns for basic socks written for different gauges and yarn weights. I bought it in print back in 2007. After I bought a smart phone I got the Kindle version. It’s handy having the book on my phone for when knitting socks when traveling.
Negative ease just means "a little bit smaller than the desired size", so if your hand was seven and a half inches around, you could work a glove to be seven and a quarter inches around so it's snug. There's a reason that "fits like a glove" is an expression.
Since you know how to make a nice pair of socks, try a pair of mittens some day: they're no more difficult, and I would say they're easier. Once you know how to make a thumb, you're ready for gloves, which really are just mittens with five thumbs. Check out Ann Budd's Knitter's Handy Book of Patterns, which makes it easy to knit any garment in any size with almost any yarn: it's how I learned to make gloves.
Pattern from Crochet Cute Critters
It was a request from my mum for her friend who is due to have a baby soon. Mum provided the yarn so it's from her stash somewhere. I used a 3.5mm hook instead of the 5mm the pattern calls for and worked in a continuous rounds rather than joining them like the pattern said.
I love him 😄
Wow I love this set! Where did you buy it?? And as for Amigurumi I am relatively new at it but i bought a book on Amazon that was beginner friendly and covers the basics of Amigurumi. [Amigurumi Book](www.amazon.com/dp/1641522305/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_i_ASK6MNYJZV3EXCMEPSER?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1)
Ann Budd's book - Knitter's handy book of sweater patterns! It does provide some patterns, but it primarily talks about design and how the patterns work. (She has a similar book for top-down sweaters, if you like those better!)
So Ann Budd had/has a book of standard patterns and it’s laid out so you use a formula driven chart to create any size from any (okay many ) gauges …
The Knitter's Handy Book of Patterns https://www.amazon.com/dp/1931499047/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_i_BW0QQB02RSTRVTB3CTFJ
Or, using ravelry’s advanced search features you can look up baby sweaters and filter by the needle size or rough weight of the combined strands… (you can do a WPI, (wraps per inch ) test holding the two strands together
I searched sweater and filtered by “knitting” “picture” “all sweaters” “baby” and then Aran and Bulky weight yarn
Here’s just one hit https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/quick-oats of the 435 patterns those terms returned…
Happy hunting!!
I'm going to second swatching it. The pattern should have a schematic of the blocked sweater so you can do some Fancy Math™ to figure out how many stitches you need to have for the size you're looking for. The armhole decreases on the sleeves and the body will need reworking as well, but you could probably use a resource like The Knitter's Handy Book of Sweater Patterns to help you with your calculations.
Agreed! I prioritize having purses / totes bags that are knitting compatible (that is: large + no zippers / velcro to snag yarn on) and having simple cotton drawstring bags or ziploc that I can throw into them. I'm not into fancy project bags.
My favorite knitting book is the Japanese Knitting Stitch Bible, and I use it a lot!
I found this book helpful way back when I had the bandwidth to think about construction outside patterns The Knitter's Handy Book of Sweater Patterns https://www.amazon.com/dp/1931499438/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_P7GYMFYHQ6H53P49FJP4?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1
I know you are probably looking for free patterns, but this book was worth every penny. This is coming from a person that hates paying for patterns but this book has more than paid for itself. Harry Potter: Knitting Magic: The Official Harry Potter Knitting Pattern Book https://www.amazon.com/dp/1683838262/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_glt_fabc_VH6MCJAR13SJFBP0VJ4J?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1