tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75264707248808869862024-03-13T21:54:06.031-05:00Diana natters on... about machine knittingDiana L. Sullivan, CPAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11003928332594661070noreply@blogger.comBlogger1809125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7526470724880886986.post-59138366846454861012023-09-18T10:23:00.001-05:002023-09-18T10:23:00.147-05:00New Digital Pattern "Long Triangles Short-Row Graphic Blanket" and FIVE Technique Videos<p>Now that I've been making some digital patterns, I wanted to put up one more "Afghan in a Day or Even Less" project. This one, the Long Triangles Blanket, required either a ridiculously long video or five technique videos.</p><p>Once you get the hang of this, it's actually a quite easy project. To do it the first time, though, I felt that you needed to be able to see the techniques. I try very hard to make my pattern instructions accessible to everyone, not just experienced knitters.</p><p>So, like a lunatic, I put up five technique videos. I may not do this again! I put QR codes in the digital pattern, so if you know how to do it, you can skip the video, and if it's new to you, you click on the QR code and see it.</p><p>What's new here? May I recommend the videos of the top hem, which has a super simple marker row, and the corner motif? There are two ways to sew the top hem - some of you might like the way that matches the bottom hem but takes longer. There's also a video teaching the side hems.</p><p>I am getting the most comments on the corner motif. Betcha you'll find more places to use it.</p><p>And are you wondering, what's with all the hems? Well, I have gotten very, very fond of hems around my afghans. The edges get the most wear, and the doubled edges are sturdier as well as more likely to keep their shape. </p><p>Here are the videos. I turned off the regular YouTube advertising, but I made a brief commercial for my new pattern and put it in. </p><p><br /></p><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/p-pHo5z_qME?si=FWSrz-qywiKuW0Wf" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/_ufN3ne92oI?si=t0BJgqDAjQBawv4B" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/VwQcGsFoJ-M?si=jr0_YfcN5f0nYmva" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/iSghv9UoOAU?si=O6bfrxgx5xUDfU-d" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/b74JdUDaryc?si=0ufwwDwMO_NDs-Lc" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe><div class="blogger-post-footer">Happy Knitting!
Diana Sullivan
Email me by visiting my blog at diananatters.blogspot.com and clicking on the envelope icon down on the left side of the page</div>Diana L. Sullivan, CPAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11003928332594661070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7526470724880886986.post-29583764166830304742023-09-11T10:23:00.001-05:002023-09-11T10:23:15.271-05:00New Video: Short-Rowing a Toe Made Easy<p> I did this video in response to a question. I realized that to answer the question, I needed to demonstrate and explain the following things in more detail:</p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Why we wrap as we short row and how to do it</li><li>How to understand those line diagrams in magazines with the darts on the sides</li><li>How to do a very typical toe on a sock</li></ul><div>Here's the video:</div><p></p><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/lnPHLI43-W8?si=E2Z40N7TCgWZCobG" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe><div class="blogger-post-footer">Happy Knitting!
Diana Sullivan
Email me by visiting my blog at diananatters.blogspot.com and clicking on the envelope icon down on the left side of the page</div>Diana L. Sullivan, CPAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11003928332594661070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7526470724880886986.post-11222546417515194622023-09-01T16:35:00.000-05:002023-09-01T16:35:28.436-05:00New Videos for August<p> This month's new videos were two key techniques from my new pattern set, Bargello Lace Collection. </p><p>The first video, the <a href="https://youtu.be/jtJNWsbkP2M" target="_blank">Double Strand E-Wrap</a>, is an easy, practical cast-on for lace projects. This gives you a thicker, sturdier edge than a plain e-wrap, and it's ideal for these Bargello Lace scarves.</p><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/jtJNWsbkP2M?si=KRRBb2yaMyY0-3uV" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe><div><br /></div><div>The second video is a <a href="https://youtu.be/Ia1Qp6vg3WQ">Double Strand Tapestry Needle Bind-Off</a>, so you can do a top edge that exactly matches the cast-on taught above. Same idea - it's thicker than a typical e-wrap and it's stretchy. It's just a variation of the backstitch bind-off.</div><div><br /></div><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Ia1Qp6vg3WQ?si=l7aflq0Im1xt1ZhO" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Happy Knitting!
Diana Sullivan
Email me by visiting my blog at diananatters.blogspot.com and clicking on the envelope icon down on the left side of the page</div>Diana L. Sullivan, CPAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11003928332594661070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7526470724880886986.post-76632017042192052532023-07-27T11:00:00.000-05:002023-07-27T11:00:37.856-05:00Sponge Bars<p>Sponge bars on my mind lately, and I thought a little information about them might be useful to others.</p><p>So, why are sponge bars on my mind lately? I have pulled two different knitting machines out that I hadn't used in a year or two, and they both needed sponge bars. I can push on a needle tip anywhere and it pops up about 1/8". I know better than to try to knit with the machine like this! This can result in jams, bent needles, and terrible aggravation. </p><p>First of all, just about every flatbed machine has either a sponge bar, a felt bar, or a spring to hold the needles down against the bed. If the sponge bar is worn out, the machine will absolutely not knit properly. It will be absolutely miserable to use, and plenty of people have given up on machine knitting when all they needed was a decent sponge bar.</p><p>Sponge bars wear out. I've had knitting machines where I never had to replace a single part except the sponge bar! These have foam rubber, and it deteriorates over time. Also, the foam is squashed all the time, which of course flattens it. I understand you can prolong the life of a sponge bar by removing it from the machine whenever you are not knitting, but I simply cannot make myself do this. They're not all that quick to get in and out, and I like to go to my machine and just start knitting. (But hey, I might as well mention that I've always been the sort who slips off shoes without unbuckling the little straps or loosening the laces, if I could get away with it. And nothing terrible has happened to me from that particular bad habit.)</p><p>The sponge bar is a long metal stick (the length of the main bed) with foam rubber on one side. It slides in to a slot at the end of the knitting machine near the front of the bed. There is very seldom any information at all about it in your machine's manual - I guess the manufacturers all assumed we had a local dealer to help us with this. The sponge bar is installed with the foam rubber side pushing down on the needles. You need a new sponge bar if your machine's needles are not pressed firmly downward against the machine's number strip.</p><p>You can get your sponge bar out with a wooden chop stick. Push on its end until it sticks out enough at the other end to grab it, then pull it out. When you install a sponge bar, make sure you push the needles downward with the flat side of a needle pusher as you slide in the bar, because it has to be ABOVE the needles, FOAM DOWN.</p><p>Yes, you can refurbish your sponge bar. There are good directions <a href="https://www.knittsings.com/how-to-make-a-knitting-machine-needle-retainer-sponge-bar-part-1-remove-the-old-and-clean-for-new/">here</a>. I admit, I prefer weather stripping to the foam rubber in her directions, but it does take some hunting to find just the right size of weather stripping. </p><p>However, I don't refurbish sponge bar anymore unless I can't get the proper sponge bar for that model. I prefer to buy from a dealer. Rehabbing a sponge bar takes time, effort, and materials, and my rehabbed sponge bars never last quite as long as the ones I can get from dealers. If you have a dealer near you, buy the sponge bar from the dealer. First of all, it supports your dealer (you are so lucky to have one!), and secondly, she can show you how to put it in, and third, shipping these long, skinny things is expensive, so you will probably save both money and time that way. </p><p>I don't have a dealer. Lately, I've been buying them from The Knitting Closet, <a href="https://theknittingcloset.com/">here</a>. When I buy them, I try to buy several at once, to save on shipping. Sometimes, you can find a friend who needs some, too, and order together to save on shipping.</p><p><br /></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">Happy Knitting!
Diana Sullivan
Email me by visiting my blog at diananatters.blogspot.com and clicking on the envelope icon down on the left side of the page</div>Diana L. Sullivan, CPAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11003928332594661070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7526470724880886986.post-35830778660259777232023-07-05T09:49:00.002-05:002023-07-05T09:49:24.958-05:00Latest Video <p> I didn't know how many of you would be interested in this, but I've been fascinated with it, so I'm sharing. I had purchased a TINY Sister toy knitting machine, so small I can put it in my suitcase for an ordinary trip, and it is quite old. I did a video on it, and someone suggested we replace the sponge. Well, of course, I should have thought of that! All old machines need a new sponge or felt.</p><p>The sponge holds the needles in proper position for knitting. It's just foam rubber, and it deteriorates over time. Modern machines have a sponge bar, which you can simply purchase. They slide right into the knitting machine, super easy if you know how (sponge above and against needles, please). I like to get mine at the Knitting Closet, which has an online store.</p><p>Older machines, especially small ones, might have a piece of old-fashioned felt or they might have foam rubber. </p><p>In this video, my husband (always the good sport) took this old toy machine apart and figured out what and where the padding was. Then he replaced it with a home-trimmed bit of foam, to very good results.</p><p>Later this summer, I'm posting some videos on making hems with this old, plain, simple machine. Of course, I think you should get the very best machine you can afford, but you'd be amazed at what can be done with a primitive machine. Let's not settle for so-so knitting - let's do our very best!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/d4aURkb7OeA" width="320" youtube-src-id="d4aURkb7OeA"></iframe></div><br /><p><br /></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">Happy Knitting!
Diana Sullivan
Email me by visiting my blog at diananatters.blogspot.com and clicking on the envelope icon down on the left side of the page</div>Diana L. Sullivan, CPAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11003928332594661070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7526470724880886986.post-51941762508759928222023-07-02T16:36:00.004-05:002023-07-02T16:36:26.604-05:00Deadline Approaching for Charity Knitting Grants<p> The knit club that I belong to, the Knit Natters, which is a machine knitting guild in the Austin, Texas area, has funds for charity knitting and has decided to offer charity grants. The grant application (which is short and simple) is due by <b><i><u>July 10</u></i></b>. </p><p>Yes, the deadline is coming very, very soon! You can pick up an an application in the files on Facebook in the "Knitting with Diana Sullivan" group. </p><div class="blogger-post-footer">Happy Knitting!
Diana Sullivan
Email me by visiting my blog at diananatters.blogspot.com and clicking on the envelope icon down on the left side of the page</div>Diana L. Sullivan, CPAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11003928332594661070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7526470724880886986.post-36416965713448235692023-06-22T15:30:00.001-05:002023-06-22T15:30:59.692-05:00What I've been knitting...Round Tams!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Round Tams</div><p></p><p>My mother-in-law likes these little berets for her morning walks, just for a little bit of extra warmth. She is having a birthday later in June, and since she asked for more, I knitted some.</p><p>A few comments about this pattern:</p><p>1. They're standard gauge, and made from 50 grams of self-striping sock yarn. You could use whatever works well on your standard gauge, but I enjoy the interesting designs that self-striping yarns make on the crown. Besides, I often have 50 grams of sock yarn - sometimes I'll even buy single balls on the sale table in the yarn shop. 50 grams won't make a pair of socks, but it'll make a beret.</p><p>2. These have a sew-as-you go ribbed cuff. You make the cuff first, using the ribber, and take it off on contrasting waste knitting. Then you hang a stitch on every other row (as explained in the video). </p><p>3. I do see one change I like to make to the video - cast on 200 stitches for the ribbing. That gives you one extra stitch on each edge of the band for a selvedge. </p><p>4. Obviously, I think they're fun to knit. After all, I made four over just a couple days! These three are in the mail to John's mom, and the other one just wasn't her colors. </p><p>5. I block them over a dinner plate. I pull the hat over the plate, sew around the ribbing edge with a piece of smooth yarn, and pull it and tie it to tighten the hat. Then I steam the hat and leave it to dry.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwVkX6qtoLJy4vrpbUj_txZh67je_VXTb9EcKE0P-WPU-ZyjmAmd05YEyad-LMS9avlztA3GxAUGPpvZrTAbxmSSWdomEyzD5i99XR-ocKFLPpR7gw_aXQd4afBPwQC-0j77kftc6U1IlrbKBZeyCXwkDEkumvPjkQh_hYcEgL9JtCuMl0AREDOyZ54oo/s4015/tam%20fronts.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2089" data-original-width="4015" height="166" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwVkX6qtoLJy4vrpbUj_txZh67je_VXTb9EcKE0P-WPU-ZyjmAmd05YEyad-LMS9avlztA3GxAUGPpvZrTAbxmSSWdomEyzD5i99XR-ocKFLPpR7gw_aXQd4afBPwQC-0j77kftc6U1IlrbKBZeyCXwkDEkumvPjkQh_hYcEgL9JtCuMl0AREDOyZ54oo/s320/tam%20fronts.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3YkBgbLOlgEeDt_qfDSEHzVLA9t7zAiW9Q-AJrgBL-mqCaG-r-ldrKKlLDQ1W_JBKseZCn4b_frD4lcgcO4fj1sJfof3U8CQbLYRVIBBMpxDpFRS-c3AOjfQ-cgLX1_fQmcyzxctZQqDCQlmAIJAPtrkgwsPoE-19iNDOFWvhvJ2_mGzmu6ZHRgfNlNc/s3991/tam%20backs.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1881" data-original-width="3991" height="151" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3YkBgbLOlgEeDt_qfDSEHzVLA9t7zAiW9Q-AJrgBL-mqCaG-r-ldrKKlLDQ1W_JBKseZCn4b_frD4lcgcO4fj1sJfof3U8CQbLYRVIBBMpxDpFRS-c3AOjfQ-cgLX1_fQmcyzxctZQqDCQlmAIJAPtrkgwsPoE-19iNDOFWvhvJ2_mGzmu6ZHRgfNlNc/s320/tam%20backs.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Here's the (old) video where I teach how to make them:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div>
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Diana Sullivan
Email me by visiting my blog at diananatters.blogspot.com and clicking on the envelope icon down on the left side of the page</div>Diana L. Sullivan, CPAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11003928332594661070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7526470724880886986.post-55775959696575064302023-06-10T11:53:00.000-05:002023-06-10T11:53:51.137-05:00New Video: How to Add Ribbed Button Band When You Don't Have a Ribber<p>Don't you think you ought to be able to make very nice garments on a simple machine? I do!</p><p>My video for June is out, and it's a very nice ribbed button band especially for knitting on machines without a ribber - for instance, your Brother 350, Bond, or perhaps your beloved LK150. And, this isn't difficult to do. </p>
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/EkZUceM2SUk" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe><div class="blogger-post-footer">Happy Knitting!
Diana Sullivan
Email me by visiting my blog at diananatters.blogspot.com and clicking on the envelope icon down on the left side of the page</div>Diana L. Sullivan, CPAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11003928332594661070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7526470724880886986.post-78095547452121602322023-03-04T10:36:00.000-06:002023-03-04T10:36:41.210-06:00New Video - Faster, flatter mattress stitch - Sewn from either the knit side or the purl side<p> I have been remiss about posting my new YouTubes here - sorry! I'll try to do better.</p><p>So, this video is specifically to help the Chicago club as I teach seams at their meeting next weekend. It is the "Faster, Flatter Mattress" stitch (probably my most popular YouTube ever in its original form), but I had to change it up. The original video showed how to sew it from the knit side, and this one shows that and also how to sew it from the purl side.</p><p>Maybe you have never done this stitch - try it! It will improve your ability to get projects sewed together, and it looks very, very good. Maybe you've only done it from the knit side, and I think you'll get a kick out of how easy it is to do from the purl side.</p><p>And here it is:</p><p><br /></p><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/oZQGO4uKe2k" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><div class="blogger-post-footer">Happy Knitting!
Diana Sullivan
Email me by visiting my blog at diananatters.blogspot.com and clicking on the envelope icon down on the left side of the page</div>Diana L. Sullivan, CPAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11003928332594661070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7526470724880886986.post-22116315899182974302022-12-25T07:42:00.000-06:002022-12-25T07:42:14.210-06:00Merry Christmas - And an Oldie But Goodie Freebie Project to Knit<p> Hello, dear fellow knitters, and Merry, Merry Christmas! </p><p>Over the years, since I've been teaching machine knitting online, I've got to know quite a few of you. You are very important to me. </p><p>I do hope you are having an absolutely beautiful holiday and that your heart is filled with the hope, love and peace Jesus provides. If for some reason you're experiencing difficulty, discouragement, or illness, please email me so I could pray for you? (Email me by clicking on the envelope icon down the left side of this blog). </p><p>We knitters need to stick together and encourage one another.</p><p>I'd like to give you a Christmas present, and I wondered what I could do for everyone. Why not repost a cool old pattern that's a little tricky to find? So, here's an an oldie but goodie machine knitting pattern for a sew as you go gym-length sock. Knitters get a lot of requests for socks, and here's a pattern you can make on the simples single bed machine. It's a great opportunity to tune up your sew as you go skills!</p><p>First the old video (sorry, made with the older technology) for the technique:</p><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/1iosr7ZuYTA" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe>
<div><br /></div><div>And here's a written pattern for a womens' medium gym sock:</div><div><br /></div><div><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F6F6F6; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Sew-As-You-Go Single Bed Sock</span></b><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F6F6F6; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">By Diana Sullivan</span></b><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F6F6F6; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">© Diana L. Sullivan All Rights Reserved</span><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F6F6F6; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This pattern makes a low-rise gym sock, which barely shows under
an athletic shoe. Instructions are for a women’s medium.</span><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F6F6F6; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iosr7ZuYTA"><span style="color: purple;">Click here for the instructional video</span></a></span><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F6F6F6; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Yarn: Use a good quality sock weight yarn.</span><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F6F6F6; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Gauge: 8 stitches and 9.25 rows to an inch, or 34 sts and
38 rows to 4” (10 centimenters) I was using tension 6.2 on my machine to
get the gauge, but you need the tension setting that gives you the gauge on
your machine with your yarn.</span><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F6F6F6; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Machine: Any standard gauge Japanese flat bed knitting
machine, no ribber required</span><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F6F6F6; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mock Rib Hem</span><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F6F6F6; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Tension 3 tensions tighter than garment tension.</span><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F6F6F6; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Arrange needles for a 2 x 1 mock ribbing arrangement from needle
#L16 through needle #R16. That is, put two needles into working position,
and leave one back, across those needles. Knit a few rows of waste yarn
and a row with ravel cord.</span><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F6F6F6; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Change to main yarn and knit 20 rows. Pick up the hem,
filling in the empty needles. All the needles are in work now, 32 sts.</span><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F6F6F6; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Back of Ankle</span><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F6F6F6; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Turn to the regular tension, which gives the gauge for the
sock. Knit 20 rows.</span><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F6F6F6; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Back of Heel</span><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F6F6F6; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Short row shaping – decrease one stitch at the beginning of
every row until only 11 stitches remain in work. Wrapping to prevent a
hole (see the video), increase 1 stitch every row until all stitches are in
work again.</span><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F6F6F6; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Bottom of Foot</span><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F6F6F6; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Knit 40 rows.</span><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F6F6F6; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Toe</span><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F6F6F6; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Short row shaping, just like heel. Decrease one stitch at
the beginning of every row until only 11 stitches remain in work. Wrapping
to prevent a hole (see the video), increase 1 stitch every row until all
stitches are in work again.</span><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F6F6F6; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Top of Foot and Front of Ankle</span><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F6F6F6; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Knit, doing sew-as-you-go pickup of 1 loop on side opposite
carriage every row. Watch the video to see exactly how to do the
sew-as-you-go join. Knit until you are all the way back to the mock rib
hem.</span><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F6F6F6; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Final Mock Rib Hem (Ankle front)</span><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F6F6F6; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Following the video, sew off every third stitch onto a piece of
waste yarn. Move those unused needles out of work. Turn the tension
to the tighter tension for the mock rib hem. Knit 20 rows. Pick up
the stitches from the waste yarn and put them on the out of work
needles. Pick up the remaining stitches. Cut the yarn and sew the hem
off as shown in the video, OR cast off.</span><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Diana Sullivan
Email me by visiting my blog at diananatters.blogspot.com and clicking on the envelope icon down on the left side of the page</div>Diana L. Sullivan, CPAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11003928332594661070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7526470724880886986.post-79172058436739350942022-12-05T07:43:00.002-06:002022-12-05T07:43:42.453-06:00New Book, Video, and YouTube - Teddy Bear Wardrobe<p>I think you'll get a kick out of this if you have children in your life who just love teddy bears, especially Build a Bears.</p><p>Kids love to dress them. Last year, I helped with a charity project to help dress a LOT of them, and after getting the patterns just right, I created a new book and DVD set. </p><p>These patterns include a dress, Mary Jane "show" which is really a slipper, Tam hat with and without ear holes, top-down raglan sweater with cables or Fair Isle, poncho and also a sewing pattern for trousers, complete with the tail hole.</p><p>This is a terrific teaching set. If you want to teach a beginner, why not do it with small projects? Or maybe you'd just like to finally get the hang of top-down raglans or round tams?</p><p>The video shows how to make the poncho. Here are lots of great techniques in one video,. This project is sideways knitted. It has hems at both the bottom and the top, and they match. It has an extra-easy neckline. It has self-made fringe, and on this one you can learn to lock the fringe in place so it doesn't unravel where the fabric begins. </p><p>'Nuff said, here's the video:</p><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/76-pPwUzAXU" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe><div class="blogger-post-footer">Happy Knitting!
Diana Sullivan
Email me by visiting my blog at diananatters.blogspot.com and clicking on the envelope icon down on the left side of the page</div>Diana L. Sullivan, CPAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11003928332594661070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7526470724880886986.post-20153094822314044132022-11-06T12:49:00.002-06:002022-11-06T12:49:51.279-06:00TWO New Videos<p> I just put up two new videos for November. I usually do one a month, but I wanted to let people know about my digital pattern for a Mukluk in 3 gauges and 12 sizes in time for holiday knitting.</p><p>Here is the Mukluk video, which shows me knitting a child's size mukluk. </p>
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/mJaqBvBFHrA" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe><div><br /></div><div>And here is my regular monthly video, a pile knitted slouch hat. This is warm, but keep in mind that this stitch is a bit fragile. It's okay for a hat if you're careful, but much too easily snagged for something like a mitten or a pillow top. </div><div><br /></div><div>If anyone knows how to thoroughly lock the stitch, would you clue me in? I think it is super cute and you might really enjoy making and wearing this:</div><div><br /></div>
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/mIfv9jnKRU4" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe><div class="blogger-post-footer">Happy Knitting!
Diana Sullivan
Email me by visiting my blog at diananatters.blogspot.com and clicking on the envelope icon down on the left side of the page</div>Diana L. Sullivan, CPAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11003928332594661070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7526470724880886986.post-30904842649303555702022-06-16T13:09:00.001-05:002022-06-16T13:09:27.715-05:00June Video - Pile (Loopy) Knitting on a Brother with Ribber<p>If you've never played with loopy knitting, that is, pile knitting, why not give it a try? Here's a video where I show how to do it using a Brother bulky machine with ribber:</p><p><br /></p>
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/1R79BCFt4GA" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe><div class="blogger-post-footer">Happy Knitting!
Diana Sullivan
Email me by visiting my blog at diananatters.blogspot.com and clicking on the envelope icon down on the left side of the page</div>Diana L. Sullivan, CPAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11003928332594661070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7526470724880886986.post-6135438931915988132022-05-08T16:57:00.000-05:002022-05-08T16:57:19.536-05:00New Video for May - Reversible Double Jacquard<p>This is one of my favorite ribber techniques, and I hope you will try it! </p><p>You can create a double-thickness, fancy two-color pattern that is beautiful on both sides. It's like a photo negative in that the background color on one side becomes the foreground color on the other side. </p><p>Many of us have done this in hand knitting, and it's quite an exercise in counting stitches. I used to try hand-counting it on the knitting machine, and I did not have the patience to do it. However, using the patterning capability of a Brother machine with a ribber, you can use the machine-selected needles as a guide to hand-count the needles on the ribber.</p><p>'Nuff said - more easily seen than explained...</p>
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/wmd29Rvja0o" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe><div><br /></div><div>And also, Happy Mother's Day!</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Happy Knitting!
Diana Sullivan
Email me by visiting my blog at diananatters.blogspot.com and clicking on the envelope icon down on the left side of the page</div>Diana L. Sullivan, CPAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11003928332594661070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7526470724880886986.post-21548874169989105512022-04-06T11:11:00.000-05:002022-04-06T11:11:56.402-05:00Slipper Bottoms from The Knitting Closet<p> <span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I wore my own mukluks so often this winter! It's cold underfoot where we usually sit at our breakfast table with our laptops, because we have a tile floor. I just like to have my feet quite warm. (People do ask for this pattern - it was part of my Strings to Things seminar, and it was based on the lined slipper in Footnotes. it isn't published separately from that USB at this time. I may do it later, but it's not done yet.)</span></p><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I realized I was going to wear through the slippers, and before that happens, I wanted to put some sort of sole on them. </div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I purchased these suede heels and toes from <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl gpro0wi8 py34i1dx" href="http://theknittingcloset.com/?fbclid=IwAR2iumu528TFZZdSp9aR40cq01SFDmeTzk-PPHo4N_XbUmBXqkjf13E9SDk" rel="nofollow noopener" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0" target="_blank">theknittingcloset.com.</a></span> I used some black yarn that has nylon on it to stitch them onto the slipper. The soles came with some black yarn for sewing, but I used my yarn instead because I knew it would be strong. I used two strands and I pulled it through with a rubber "finger cot," one of those gummy thimbles people use in offices. I bought a box of them years ago, and they've lasted all this time and still grip a needle.</div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">So here's my review: They're nicely non-slip. My soles were size "large," and I have a size 8 foot. Large was a good choice since these mukluks are Group 4 yarn and lined with Group 4 yarn, therefore, they're not small foot bottoms. The suede pieces are pre-punched, but the holes aren't very big, so expect to tug. It was easy to keep them in position with just a couple sewing pins, since you can slip pins into the holes. </div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">My only real complaint is I wish they'd come with gray yarn to match.</div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Standing in them, I can feel them a little, but it's not an issue since my slippers are double-thickness. You would certainly feel them through a thin slipper.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKWkUZBSlQ_tewa3XlUIlGg3NQYn6z2JGt9DnKRuom66eOyo-_ibz3uwuhr2P5ppA0sjaa-9jv9ajkTQnXf0qVjNY7mC2lndLkjwgpk_TxW-Efgp5zyvwfshLh-TL9_NNByH6LlnlyPdej37fxvGZ7z3Fqzt7SCqYHBLbiaZST1aLevnc8I0Twhcas/s4032/Mukluk%20bottoms.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKWkUZBSlQ_tewa3XlUIlGg3NQYn6z2JGt9DnKRuom66eOyo-_ibz3uwuhr2P5ppA0sjaa-9jv9ajkTQnXf0qVjNY7mC2lndLkjwgpk_TxW-Efgp5zyvwfshLh-TL9_NNByH6LlnlyPdej37fxvGZ7z3Fqzt7SCqYHBLbiaZST1aLevnc8I0Twhcas/s320/Mukluk%20bottoms.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Happy Knitting!
Diana Sullivan
Email me by visiting my blog at diananatters.blogspot.com and clicking on the envelope icon down on the left side of the page</div>Diana L. Sullivan, CPAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11003928332594661070noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7526470724880886986.post-54286917601770535752022-04-02T10:17:00.001-05:002022-04-02T10:17:03.555-05:00New Video Today - Hand Painting a Sock Blank Using KoolAid<p> <span data-offset-key="bvg75-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I have a new YouTube video today - I did this a while back, and it was so much fun and turned out so well! </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Great</span><span data-offset-key="bvg75-2-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> activity for kids who are cooped up...hand painting a sock blank with Kool Aid.</span></p><div class="bi6gxh9e" data-block="true" data-editor="9hpoi" data-offset-key="e3mss-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="e3mss-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="e3mss-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">While I realize this is a childlike approach to dyeing, I love working wih Kool Aid. It smells good, it isn't toxic and doesn't require special pots and implements, it's inexpensive, and it is amazingly colorfast. </span></div></div><div class="bi6gxh9e" data-block="true" data-editor="9hpoi" data-offset-key="2922c-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="2922c-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="2922c-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">The downsides are the colors are limited and the purple is a disappointment (to me - I know other people like it). You can get strong colors by using more Kool Aid.</span></div></div>
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Diana Sullivan
Email me by visiting my blog at diananatters.blogspot.com and clicking on the envelope icon down on the left side of the page</div>Diana L. Sullivan, CPAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11003928332594661070noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7526470724880886986.post-13317456839752453742022-03-09T11:30:00.001-06:002022-03-09T11:30:37.115-06:00Easy Way to Match a "One Way" Self-Striping Sock Yarn<p>This last week, I'd been making knee socks. I posted a photo the first pair, in rose colors. This was a so-so yarn quality but I bought it because the colors were so pretty.</p><p>Next, I tried some gorgeous high-end yarn, which came on a hank. I weighed it, weighed my finished knee socks, rewound the good stuff on a cone, and started knitting a pair of knee socks. I ran out of yarn before I finished the second sock. I was pretty grumbly about losing a game of "yarn chicken." I can't get more - it was a gift and hand-dyed besides.</p><p>Not wanting to abandon the beautiful yarn as a UFO, I unraveled it and knitted ordinary short socks. I have a little left, and I'll think of something to do with the leftover sock yarn. </p><p>Then I got into some 100-gram skeins of Sale Sock from Yarn Paradise. I wasn't sure about quality, but I bought it because it was such pretty colors. The yardage was good, and I got two pairs of socks out of two skeins - a pair of knee socks and a pair of regular socks. I matched these by finding a place where the color changed, starting there, and then starting there on the second sock. After making the knee socks first, it was easy to match the regular socks since I just started on the yarn where the knee socks ended. I only had a very small amount of leftovers, some of it from where I started a ways into the yarn to make that second sock match.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjvtD0DKZ_ca821P3sDS-Qte8xn9kN_Rct-EZHk33MzuRRHxPMf41mjLPJNW31c_gQNdP0tE1azbGf9ynuqmMCwNn8INZQrzhsiyXflHJzdxJ24M9ABx_5Dw4E7sq--OkgsANh9dSsSX-zh_PBUngf1mQTvTEEQtFqRh9BGV9scrANXkKozfsKtLoBl=s3761" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1681" data-original-width="3761" height="143" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjvtD0DKZ_ca821P3sDS-Qte8xn9kN_Rct-EZHk33MzuRRHxPMf41mjLPJNW31c_gQNdP0tE1azbGf9ynuqmMCwNn8INZQrzhsiyXflHJzdxJ24M9ABx_5Dw4E7sq--OkgsANh9dSsSX-zh_PBUngf1mQTvTEEQtFqRh9BGV9scrANXkKozfsKtLoBl=s320" width="320" /></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEihIkmrk81Gm1i5ytIMgtxC8t-L7r16KCvlBEjpSD7Jm8WM2NS3pGjI_Ls8ouJ3AZRE7D5ZyuwoXNFIATmet_q7ViJY-vf6Y-cUp19QozoqFAzZKXK-noxQBwNznKH4sNDoa2TBpUsLzZwn3JbNnWQk_-1yM4EqdHjJ6ST0MdZ3-ulVnajLNgXXupbl=s3897" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1817" data-original-width="3897" height="149" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEihIkmrk81Gm1i5ytIMgtxC8t-L7r16KCvlBEjpSD7Jm8WM2NS3pGjI_Ls8ouJ3AZRE7D5ZyuwoXNFIATmet_q7ViJY-vf6Y-cUp19QozoqFAzZKXK-noxQBwNznKH4sNDoa2TBpUsLzZwn3JbNnWQk_-1yM4EqdHjJ6ST0MdZ3-ulVnajLNgXXupbl=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I am really happy with this yarn, even though it was inexpensive (for sock yarn...sigh - it's not unusual to spend $20 or more for one pair's worth of really nice yarn). This was soft and knitted beautifully in my antique CSM. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">But notice - this is a "one way" striping pattern. It is not the same right-side up and upside-down. It seems like most of the sock yarn I get is "one way." I rewound my yarn twice, waxing it as I went, to eliminate any knots and tangles. If I rewound one skein once and the other one twice, the patterns would not match - one pattern would be upside-down!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Once I visited my mom and she had a beautiful piece of plaid fabric and a pattern to make my little sister a 4-gore bias skirt. She was puzzling over how to make that plaid match. Mom showed me how the fabric was "one way" <u>both</u> vertically and horizontally. It was a woven-in plaid, not a printed one, and after a whole lot of fiddling, we finally got a beautiful match by flipping the fabric upside-down and cutting out half of the pieces that way. But I digress... </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Back to my current sock puzzle: I still had two skeins of this blue print sock yarn, and they didn't start all that close to the same place in the one-way design. I tried winding off yarn and looking for a spot that matched, but it was annoying - this is such a long repeat! I wanted an easier, but accurate way to do it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I came up with what I think is an efficient, easy way to make your socks match, and I want to share it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Step One: Wind cones or cakes of both skeins of yarn. If you do cakes, leave the plastic centers in the yarn. Not rewinding yarn for machine knitting is just asking for trouble anyway. Always rewind your yarn!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Step Two: Using the flatbed knitting machine and 60 needles, make enough rows to knit an entire repeat and a little more. Remove the cone and the sample without cutting the yarn. Do this with each skein. Here's what I had at this point:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgd4AuRqrHo_coWKc174pPh066rY3YeRDcT2vQPrUy2onWTGxzl7_HU9SxhHAIsGAYwPG6BHj2vBdXWlWU45HNTSs1GYWPq4DqXVuO_ZIDlr1upcWmkJ_caX_X8SoblVlLNF-etyHWpRVa1upF8h9-xWJREgfu2emAOBNpGn0WTC8Cd6uK1FdvGorio=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgd4AuRqrHo_coWKc174pPh066rY3YeRDcT2vQPrUy2onWTGxzl7_HU9SxhHAIsGAYwPG6BHj2vBdXWlWU45HNTSs1GYWPq4DqXVuO_ZIDlr1upcWmkJ_caX_X8SoblVlLNF-etyHWpRVa1upF8h9-xWJREgfu2emAOBNpGn0WTC8Cd6uK1FdvGorio=s320" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">This was very fast and easy. What you see in the picture is the beginning of the knit pieces at the top and the rest of the cone, unused, at the bottom. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I put them on a table and lined them up, matching the knit design. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Step Three: Mark the place where I need to cut the yarn to get two matching cones.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgQulC71AxpV-Ohj3xyDPJvCuGTvuZYGCGb9lWrWdtv5IB7qM3Tc9Q0kcVYMNl2ywqgfhzj32NkEqq4E7zblo26LPCPXqgKVnzRxYOIvUqi8mDYSCKAi1gvPP6-gVCP7C7ZPF_Nq_Gopz-QgkAPFW00mVAyTp38cBTLI_L5vP7gMYygVPKQY9ipjDxB=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgQulC71AxpV-Ohj3xyDPJvCuGTvuZYGCGb9lWrWdtv5IB7qM3Tc9Q0kcVYMNl2ywqgfhzj32NkEqq4E7zblo26LPCPXqgKVnzRxYOIvUqi8mDYSCKAi1gvPP6-gVCP7C7ZPF_Nq_Gopz-QgkAPFW00mVAyTp38cBTLI_L5vP7gMYygVPKQY9ipjDxB=s320" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Step Four: Cut the yarn at that spot. Why? Well, you can't just unwind this from here - the top of the photo is the cast-on edge of the yarn.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgi2IaxDzRbt1G9-MWlp7RgDheq3XuAO5M28z1xo_TvGmw8q59nc0sp3M9Jy3Bk5_8V-uAfAb4Ta4h3ai9-aXw187c1TvZ8QAUtpHTqYI0Wqg4i4tthbWe_4J5LsHSVZ8sd_O5UcRLj_4ogDX6-AIIi_5z6HpOIODqD2MCuxMkcSRgMw1chlk2fSjid=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgi2IaxDzRbt1G9-MWlp7RgDheq3XuAO5M28z1xo_TvGmw8q59nc0sp3M9Jy3Bk5_8V-uAfAb4Ta4h3ai9-aXw187c1TvZ8QAUtpHTqYI0Wqg4i4tthbWe_4J5LsHSVZ8sd_O5UcRLj_4ogDX6-AIIi_5z6HpOIODqD2MCuxMkcSRgMw1chlk2fSjid=s320" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Step 5: Take a cone, push it back on the winder, and wind to unravel the stuff previously knitted up and wind it onto the cone, then do the same thing with the second cone. This is also fast and easy. Here's what I have:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgARiRk6HFroIdsdh2zkMbczNSoLyTG9Ui8XxUMAY-HgUjY0ThdhRWJVTECFb49_qnS91WaybUq7vISPO_hwHOwuK1THwT7W5Jiauxk-6QoHpgDvqQ7oB0NQDpbVyVUwV2COGyXaj1xC1tiNgeYW4UbQ66nvVt1EIxTn4SuIwGtLp9vXUIR2e0Fy1IH=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgARiRk6HFroIdsdh2zkMbczNSoLyTG9Ui8XxUMAY-HgUjY0ThdhRWJVTECFb49_qnS91WaybUq7vISPO_hwHOwuK1THwT7W5Jiauxk-6QoHpgDvqQ7oB0NQDpbVyVUwV2COGyXaj1xC1tiNgeYW4UbQ66nvVt1EIxTn4SuIwGtLp9vXUIR2e0Fy1IH=s320" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This is two cones of yarn that should match very nicely. The little piece is leftover, but I will probably need it for the second pair of socks. By leaving it knitted, I'll be able to see how it will work in to where I run out, and using it plus my other skimpy little leftovers, I can probably create another matched pair. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I am so happy with this approach! Next time I work with unfamiliar self-striping yarn, I'll definitely do this again. First of all, I can see at a glance how often it repeats, what it looks like, and whether the stripes are accurate and it can be matched.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I didn't knit my preview pieces on my antique CSM because mine has a closed yarn feeder, and I didn't want to cut the yarn more than necessary. This was extremely quick to knit on the flatbed.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">Happy Knitting!
Diana Sullivan
Email me by visiting my blog at diananatters.blogspot.com and clicking on the envelope icon down on the left side of the page</div>Diana L. Sullivan, CPAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11003928332594661070noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7526470724880886986.post-21755528031415595032022-03-09T10:28:00.000-06:002022-03-09T10:28:33.827-06:00Cranked a Pair of Socks Today<p> </p><p><br /></p><div class="rpm2j7zs k7i0oixp gvuykj2m ni8dbmo4 du4w35lb q5bimw55 ofs802cu pohlnb88 dkue75c7 mb9wzai9 l56l04vs r57mb794 l9j0dhe7 kh7kg01d eg9m0zos c3g1iek1 j83agx80 cbu4d94t buofh1pr" style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; overflow: hidden auto; overscroll-behavior-y: contain; perspective-origin: right top; perspective: 1px; position: relative; transform-style: preserve-3d; z-index: 0;"><div class="j83agx80 cbu4d94t buofh1pr l9j0dhe7" style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><div class="o6r2urh6 buofh1pr datstx6m l9j0dhe7 k4urcfbm" role="presentation" style="cursor: text; flex-grow: 1; font-family: inherit; height: 531.7px; position: relative; width: 500px;"><div class="rq0escxv buofh1pr df2bnetk dati1w0a l9j0dhe7 k4urcfbm du4w35lb ftjopcgk" style="box-sizing: border-box; flex-grow: 1; font-family: inherit; height: fit-content; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 36px; position: relative; width: 500px; z-index: 0;"><div class="taijpn5t j83agx80" style="display: flex; font-family: inherit; justify-content: center;"><div class="gcieejh5 bn081pho humdl8nn izx4hr6d rq0escxv oo9gr5id t5a262vz b1v8xokw datstx6m lzcic4wl ecm0bbzt rz4wbd8a sj5x9vvc a8nywdso k4urcfbm o8yuz56k jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v" style="border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--primary-text); cursor: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; height: 531.7px; line-height: 1.3333; outline: none; padding: 4px 0px 8px; width: 448px;"><div class="rq0escxv a8c37x1j datstx6m k4urcfbm" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; height: 511.7px; width: 448px;"><div class="_5rp7" style="font-family: inherit; height: inherit; position: relative; text-align: initial; z-index: 0;"><div class="_5rpb" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: inherit; height: inherit; position: relative; text-align: initial; z-index: 1;"><div aria-label="Create a public post…" class="notranslate _5rpu" contenteditable="true" role="textbox" spellcheck="true" style="-webkit-user-modify: read-write-plaintext-only; font-family: inherit; height: inherit; outline: none; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: initial; user-select: text; white-space: pre-wrap;" tabindex="0"><div data-contents="true" style="font-family: inherit;"><div class="bi6gxh9e" data-block="true" data-editor="b471r" data-offset-key="d0a0e-0-0" style="font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 8px;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="d0a0e-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="d0a0e-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">I wanted some knee length socks while the weather is cool. My factory-made knee length socks have a seam on top of the toe that bugs me. </span></div></div><div class="bi6gxh9e" data-block="true" data-editor="b471r" data-offset-key="finu-0-0" style="font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 8px;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="finu-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="finu-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">Today I modified my favorite circular sock machine pattern to make the ankle long and the cuff short, and I'm pretty happy with these.</span></div></div><div class="bi6gxh9e" data-block="true" data-editor="b471r" data-offset-key="1uf8-0-0" style="font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 8px;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="1uf8-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="1uf8-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">Here are the details for those of you use CSMs to make socks. I used the 72-stitch pattern from The Happy Cranker with my 100+ year-old Legare. This has ribs up the top. I measured my leg and followed the ankle routine for 126 rounds (!) to make the calf and then made the cuff just 18 rounds. I had the heel spring on the whole time. With the heel spring for tighter stitches and the ribs, I get a warm sock that is dense and comfy and not too big even though it's a 72-stitch cylinder. I have an 8 wide shoe size and I have to have enough leg width to go around my not-thin calves.</span></div></div><div class="bi6gxh9e" data-block="true" data-editor="b471r" data-offset-key="3d9sc-0-0" style="font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 8px;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="3d9sc-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="3d9sc-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">This yarn is Print Sock from Ice Yarns (Yarn Paradise). This was such a catchy wool! It doesn't seem as soft as other 75% Superwash wool/25% nylon yarns. It took me a long time to rewind it and wax it, as I was constantly untangling it. Then I spent another long while trying to figure out the color repeats and match the stripes. They almost match, but they're slightly off, maybe 1-2 rows. I'm okay with that.
On my next pair I plan to crank 25 rounds for the ankle and then take off the heel spring for the other 101 rounds of the leg. Then I'll put the heel spring back on for the top cuff. I really do not have skinny calves!</span></div></div><div class="bi6gxh9e" data-block="true" data-editor="b471r" data-offset-key="48r9s-0-0" style="font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 8px;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="48r9s-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="48r9s-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">On my monitor, the color in the photo looks wrong. The sock is pink, lavender, rose, and a dark brownish purple. On my monitor it looks like it has gray and blue - nope, all pinks/purples.
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Diana Sullivan
Email me by visiting my blog at diananatters.blogspot.com and clicking on the envelope icon down on the left side of the page</div>Diana L. Sullivan, CPAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11003928332594661070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7526470724880886986.post-22872909301741909682022-03-03T10:51:00.000-06:002022-03-03T10:51:12.444-06:00What's Going On With My New Facebook Group?<p> I was advised by family and friends to do a Facebook group. I'm really NOT quick to adopt social media strategies. I have this ugly vision of myself strapped to a computer and forced to fool with social media all the time.</p><p>However, Facebook worked very well for online virtual seminars, and I simply put up some ground rules - stick to knitting and be nice. I started a Facebook that is free and fairly wide-ranging in content: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/906019446769308">Knitting With Diana Sullivan</a>. Join up and see!</p><p>We have about 2,600 people there now, and I am getting a huge kick out of what people are posting, gosh, especially the photos of what people are making. A wonderful lady is helping me moderate. </p><p>I've been posting free patterns and videos in this group to help a children's charity. The upstate New York knitters are making clothes for a huge number of Build A Bear bears. The bears are being supplied through a counseling service to children in crisis. You know how much kids like to dress up their toys!</p><p>The needs are ongoing and persistent, and there isn't really an end date for this project. Of course we could use your help.</p><p>Want to learn to knit teddy bear clothes? Or would you just like patterns that actually fit the Build A Bear bears? These are specifically sized for the Build A Bear toys that are available for the charity. They send me measurements and I even purchased a bear for a mannequin. These bears are about 17 to 18 inches tall and they are CHUBBY. The clothes look short and wide, but do fit Teddy beautifully. </p><p>So far, I have put up the pattern and video for the top-down raglan, the beret hat, the Mary Jane slippers, and the dress. The beret is a round, flat tam, and after putting up a video showing with and without ear holes, the group asked for both options, so that's how I did the pattern.</p><p>Come and join us! 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Diana Sullivan
Email me by visiting my blog at diananatters.blogspot.com and clicking on the envelope icon down on the left side of the page</div>Diana L. Sullivan, CPAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11003928332594661070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7526470724880886986.post-14322439099803771372022-03-02T17:02:00.005-06:002022-03-02T17:07:50.287-06:00New Video - Seashell Shawl Techniques<p> I posted a new video the other day about how to make the Seashell Shawl.</p><p>This is a really interesting stitch. I've been working on the pattern the last few years, changing thing up to make it easier to do and to make it possible to knit it on all three gauge machines - bulky, mid-gauge, and standard gauge. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/SkgYKZ8hN9o" width="320" youtube-src-id="SkgYKZ8hN9o"></iframe></div>I have tried this shawl in SO many yarns! I never quite know how it will look in a particular yarn until I try a shell or two, and I especially loved it with two strands of thinner stuff and in self-striping yarns. <p></p><p>I am not quite sure how many I have knitted, as I have given some away. They take me a long afternoon (after some practice) but the standard gauge takes about twice as long. More stitches, you know! This is all short-rowing.</p><p>This pattern is available at <a href="http://www.dianaknits.com">www.dianaknits.com</a> and at <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/1171456752/seashell-shawl-pattern-to-machine-knit?click_key=860d917280cbd611a46f43485b5d7be574dcc31b%3A1171456752&click_sum=60b7854f&ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=diana+sullivan+seashell+shawl&ref=sr_gallery-1-1&organic_search_click=1&sts=1" target="_blank">Etsy</a>. It's a digital download. It's actually three separate patterns for the three gauges, and I've added lots of photos and diagrams. There's also a big diagram you can use to track your own progress. </p><p>Here's a little video "ad" I did to Etsy. You can see some of the other versions of the shawl in this quick little video.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwTyTLgIY9vVtII3ffA_tfnZe1c9IeHe5qihyEOLAzKpiCHo0m9myDJWF3vWYmX_QMZUBXEDAdQlG7lF11tXw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><br /><p><br /></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">Happy Knitting!
Diana Sullivan
Email me by visiting my blog at diananatters.blogspot.com and clicking on the envelope icon down on the left side of the page</div>Diana L. Sullivan, CPAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11003928332594661070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7526470724880886986.post-58053839369650262772022-02-16T08:03:00.000-06:002022-02-16T08:03:38.551-06:00Lion Brand's "How Much Yarn Do I Need" Chart<a href="https://www.lionbrand.com/pages/how-much-yarn-do-i-need?utm_source=Purchase%20Frequency%20%3D%200%20in%20365%20Days&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feb%2016%2C%202022%3A%200%20Group%20-%2020%20%2B%2025%25&_kx=WXt-5Qw6uht3FDUc7_AOiYUEFE-opg82AFnvB7kIXDPP3rylTYHqX8E177VW3u3-.J4uKBB" target="_blank">Click here</a> to see Lion Brand's yarn requirements chart:<div><br /></div><div>So, what do you think of this? I just noticed it this morning, looking at one of the Lion Brand advertisements that hit my email, and I plan to check it over a bit, comparing it to some known yarn amounts on previous projects. </div><div><br /></div><div>This chart is denominated in yards, which is a really good thing. The yards-per-pound of various yarns have tremendous variation, and it is yardage that matters most.</div><div><br /></div><div>I expect that a chart put out by a yarn company will tend to overestimate yarn requirements, but I think this is a GOOD thing. I try to overestimate yarn requirements at least a little when I write patterns. What's more, I tend to buy an extra ball beyond when I'm following someone else's estimate. </div><div><br /></div><div>Here's why overestimating is good:</div><div><br /></div><div>1. If you don't buy enough yarn on your initial purchase, you will probably have difficulty finding it later.</div><div>2. If you do find the yarn you need later, you may not be able to get the dye lot. New knitters are often shocked at how different two different dye lots can be!</div><div>3. If you buy too much yarn, you can return the extra if you do it reasonably soon. </div><div>4. This is a risk/reward calculation. Suppose you buy 10% too much yarn, or even 25% too much yarn. Suppose this increases the cost of your project from $60 to $75. You are out $15, right? Suppose you can't return it. Suppose you can't find anything to make from it. You still have the finished project. If you don't buy enough yarn, you have wasted your money and your time knitting, and you are unable to finish your project.</div><div>5. We can always find something to make with leftover yarn! </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Happy Knitting!
Diana Sullivan
Email me by visiting my blog at diananatters.blogspot.com and clicking on the envelope icon down on the left side of the page</div>Diana L. Sullivan, CPAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11003928332594661070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7526470724880886986.post-51388674826100354062022-02-08T17:32:00.001-06:002022-02-08T17:32:21.333-06:00New Video - How to wind center-pull balls by hand<p>My new video is a simple little thing, how to hand wind center-pull balls. It's also useful for hand knitters and crocheters: </p><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/CV-3nPtRL5k" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe><div class="blogger-post-footer">Happy Knitting!
Diana Sullivan
Email me by visiting my blog at diananatters.blogspot.com and clicking on the envelope icon down on the left side of the page</div>Diana L. Sullivan, CPAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11003928332594661070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7526470724880886986.post-27714167930923264992021-12-14T12:44:00.000-06:002021-12-14T12:44:18.713-06:00Guest Article by Abby Holt<p>I don't run a lot of guest articles, but Abby Holt hunted down some interesting links and ideas, and it's so timely during the holidays!</p><p><br /></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN">Made with Love: DIY Holiday Crafting That Won't Bust Your
Budget <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN"><o:p> </o:p></span>With the holidays approaching, it’s easy to
get sucked into feeling like you have to spend a lot to show how much you care.
But who says gifts have to come from a store? There are plenty of DIY ideas for presents and decor that don’t
bust your budget. From zeroing in on the best gift ideas to finding deals on crafts
and supplies, <b>Diana Natters</b> has the
resources to help you get started.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN"><o:p> </o:p></span><b><i><span lang="EN">Crafting Gift Ideas</span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN"><o:p> </o:p></span>Here are some fun and budget-friendly crafting
gift suggestions:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN"><o:p> </o:p></span><span lang="EN" style="text-indent: -0.25in;">●<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><span lang="EN" style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Visit <a href="https://diananatters.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #1155cc;">Diana
Natters’ Blog About Machine Knitting</span></a></span></p>
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Season<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b><b><i><span lang="EN">Shopping and Saving Tips</span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN"><o:p> </o:p></span></i>Learn how you can save on craft and art
supplies:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN"><o:p> </o:p></span><span lang="EN" style="text-indent: -0.25in;">●<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><span lang="EN" style="text-indent: -0.25in;">15 <a href="https://craftwhack.com/art-craft-supplies-online/"><span style="color: #1155cc;">Super Places</span></a> to Buy Art and Craft Supplies
Online</span></p>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN">Find Local Art <a href="https://www.elocal.com/art-supplies-craft-stores"><span style="color: #1155cc;">Supplies & Craft Stores</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span lang="EN">Crafting Supplies</span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN"><o:p> </o:p></span>Here are some supplies you may need for your
next crafting project:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN"><o:p> </o:p></span><span lang="EN" style="text-indent: -0.25in;">●<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><span lang="EN" style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Craft <a href="https://www.realsimple.com/work-life/entertainment/crafts-hobbies/craft-supply-checklist"><span style="color: #1155cc;">Supply Checklist</span></a></span></p>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN">Versatile <a href="https://www.destinationdecoration.com/favorite-craft-supplies/"><span style="color: #1155cc;">Crafting Supplies</span></a> for Multiple Crafts<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">●<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN">The <a href="https://www.scrapbook.com/articles/16-must-have-craft-tools"><span style="color: #1155cc;">16 Tools Every Crafter Must Have</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN"><o:p> </o:p></span><b><i><span lang="EN">Starting a Crafting Business</span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b>As you improve your crafting, you may want to
start a side hustle or even your own business.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN"><o:p> </o:p></span><span lang="EN" style="text-indent: -0.25in;">●<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN"><o:p> </o:p></span><a href="https://diananatters.blogspot.com/"><b><i><span style="color: #1155cc;">Diana Natters</span></i></b></a><b><i> is your ultimate blog resource
on machine knitting. Read more informative articles today!</i></b></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">Happy Knitting!
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Email me by visiting my blog at diananatters.blogspot.com and clicking on the envelope icon down on the left side of the page</div>Diana L. Sullivan, CPAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11003928332594661070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7526470724880886986.post-47010046829479366952021-12-08T17:36:00.000-06:002021-12-08T17:36:00.856-06:00Needle Beetle Madness<p> I can hardly call these Needle Beetle videos reviews at this point - I think the device is awesome and am now quite biased! I don't have a financial arrangement with Kris Basta, but she has given me some Beetles to demonstrate with videos, and I certainly had fun doing that.</p><p>I put up two more Needle Beetle videos today because my husband John pointed out that they would make GREAT Christmas presents, and maybe if I got the videos up, people would buy them for gifts. So, if you want to give a machine knitter with a plastic bed machine (Brother 350, Brother Convertible, Studio LK-150), they will be absolutely wowed. You can purchase them at www.kriskrafter.com. You will need to know the model number the person has so you can choose the correct model. Sorry, these are NOT for metal bed machines. They're for the most popular plastic bed ones.</p><p>I'm not the only one doing Needle Beetle videos. Kris has some good ones on YouTube and other people, do too. </p><p>Here are my two latest videos:</p>
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/hsW7gKjshbw" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe><div><br /></div><div>This first video is using the Brother convertible 395 as a <u>standard gauge</u> machine. My friend Angelika has one of these, and she brought it over to my house, then we played with it all morning using the Needle Beetle and getting a decent Fair Isle routine. Here's the amazing thing - as a standard gauge machine, you can get 16 stitch pattern repeats! Wow - look at the fancy star I was able to knit after I finally got the hang of it.</div><div><br /></div><div>If you use it as a bulky machine by swapping out the striker combs, then you get 8-stitch repeats, as usual.</div><div><br /></div><div>Next video:</div><div> </div>
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<div><br /></div><div>Now this is the 8-stitch repeats on the Brother 350. I have one of those - it's very similar to the LK-150 except that it is a 7 mm machine, rather an odd duck size, but quite good for many weights of yarn. It has 132 needles. I was able to do Fair Isle quite quickly using the trick where you pull the needles (using the Beetle) but then you set the carriage to knit B-position needles only going to the left and knit held needles only going back. Sometimes this isn't so good - the floats are on top of the held needles - but it was fantastic with this machine and I'm glad I did it that way. Try it on YOUR machine, since it will save you time. I also showed how to deal with the end needles to avoid messy edges.</div><div><br /></div><div>Here's an older video, my first one with the Needle Beetle, and using the LK-150. I was doing tuck and slip patterns, because they're quite easy with the Beetle and look great:</div><div><br /></div>
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<div><br /></div><div>And here's the last one, also using the LK-150 and another great Kris Krafter goodie, the Weave-R. It's a little weaving arm for the LK, and I had a great time with it.</div><div><br /></div>
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<div><br /></div><div>Do you need some 8-stitch pattern charts? I have them in my FREE Facebook knitting-only group, "<a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/906019446769308">Knitting with Diana Sullivan</a>," which you can join <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/906019446769308">here</a>. Look in the files after you join. It's a big .pdf file. There isn't a lot of content over there, but you can join at pretty much the beginning of the group and watch it develop. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Happy Knitting!
Diana Sullivan
Email me by visiting my blog at diananatters.blogspot.com and clicking on the envelope icon down on the left side of the page</div>Diana L. Sullivan, CPAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11003928332594661070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7526470724880886986.post-28973837479948161332021-12-03T08:59:00.000-06:002021-12-03T08:59:45.729-06:00NEW YouTube Video - Elf Hat<p> I am having more digital patterns to keep the cost and shipping down and to reach different people. </p><p>The problem with this is that I have always believed that an important part of my work was the companion videos showing all the techniques. People who couldn't follow other patterns could follow mine! Now I have the idea of putting up a free video showing the techniques that go into a pattern I am selling. This kills two birds with one stone - it teaches techniques for free and helps sell a pattern and keep me in business.</p><p>I put up this Elf Hat (which I featured in Joy of Machine Knitting - if you were in that seminar, you already have this pattern in the private group and on your USB). I love this one because it has a very interesting hem and lots of easy garter bar work. Maybe if I can get folks to try the garter bar doing something easy but super useful, like even decreases, they'll use the bar more. I have the Elf Hat pattern in five sizes for standard, mid-gauge and bulky machines.</p><p>I also put up an Etsy page where you can get a digital pattern much faster. My regular shopping site doesn't support this, but Etsy does. If you order at my regular site, I email you your pattern when I see the order the next morning. At Etsy, you download it right away. So that's new - I am old but I can learn! <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/DianaKnitsDesigns?ref=simple-shop-header-name&listing_id=1130797957" target="_blank">Click here</a> to see my new (very small) Etsy store.</p><p>I'm also suggesting to people that they join my new Facebook group. I now have a free group that is knitting-related only and is going to be a very nice community. I am not crazy about Facebook, but if you limit content to a topic and have sensible group rules, it's got some great features, including the ability to post videos and files and interact so easily. I have already posted a bunch of 8-stitch patterns because I have been making Needle Beetle videos (they're not all up yet - just a little more to do). <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/906019446769308" target="_blank">Here</a> is the link to the Facebook group, and I hope you'll consider joining.</p><p>Here's the new video:</p><div class="ihqw7lf3 discj3wi l9j0dhe7" style="font-family: inherit; padding-bottom: 16px; padding-top: 16px; position: relative;"><div class="scb9dxdr sj5x9vvc dflh9lhu cxgpxx05 dhix69tm wkznzc2l i1fnvgqd j83agx80 rq0escxv ibutc8p7 l82x9zwi uo3d90p7 pw54ja7n ue3kfks5 tr4kgdav eip75gnj ccnbzhu1 dwg5866k cwj9ozl2 bp9cbjyn" style="--t68779821: 0 1px 2px var(--media-inner-border); align-items: center; border-bottom: solid 1px var(--divider); border-left: solid 1px var(--divider); border-radius: 8px; border-right: solid 1px var(--divider); border-top: solid 1px var(--divider); box-shadow: 0 1px 2px var(--media-inner-border); box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; font-family: inherit; justify-content: space-between; margin-left: 16px; margin-right: 16px; padding: 8px;"><div class="j83agx80" style="display: flex; font-family: inherit;"><div class="dwxx2s2f dicw6rsg kady6ibp rs0gx3tq" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 2px;"><div class="k4urcfbm" style="font-family: inherit; width: 36px;"><span class="tojvnm2t a6sixzi8 abs2jz4q a8s20v7p t1p8iaqh k5wvi7nf q3lfd5jv pk4s997a bipmatt0 cebpdrjk qowsmv63 owwhemhu dp1hu0rb dhp61c6y iyyx5f41" style="align-items: inherit; align-self: inherit; display: inherit; flex-direction: inherit; flex: inherit; font-family: inherit; height: inherit; max-height: inherit; max-width: inherit; min-height: inherit; min-width: inherit; place-content: inherit; width: inherit;"><div class="hzruof5a l8rlqa9s bipmatt0 bs8yw60a" style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; filter: grayscale(1); font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; height: inherit; opacity: 0.6; pointer-events: none;"><div aria-describedby="jsc_c_cz" aria-disabled="true" aria-label="Create room" class="oajrlxb2 gs1a9yip g5ia77u1 mtkw9kbi tlpljxtp qensuy8j ppp5ayq2 goun2846 ccm00jje s44p3ltw mk2mc5f4 rt8b4zig n8ej3o3l agehan2d sk4xxmp2 rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 pq6dq46d mg4g778l btwxx1t3 pfnyh3mw p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x tgvbjcpo hpfvmrgz jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso l9j0dhe7 i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of du4w35lb lzcic4wl n00je7tq arfg74bv qs9ysxi8 k77z8yql abiwlrkh p8dawk7l dwo3fsh8 ow4ym5g4 auili1gw" role="button" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; align-items: stretch; appearance: none; background-color: transparent; border-bottom-color: var(--always-dark-overlay); border-left-color: var(--always-dark-overlay); border-radius: inherit; border-right-color: var(--always-dark-overlay); border-style: solid; border-top-color: var(--always-dark-overlay); border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline-flex; flex-basis: auto; flex-direction: row; flex-shrink: 0; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; min-height: 0px; min-width: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: inherit; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: none; z-index: 0;" tabindex="-1"><div style="font-family: inherit;"><div style="font-family: inherit;"><div style="font-family: inherit;"></div></div></div></div></div></span></div></div></div></div></div>
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Email me by visiting my blog at diananatters.blogspot.com and clicking on the envelope icon down on the left side of the page</div>Diana L. Sullivan, CPAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11003928332594661070noreply@blogger.com0