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blueadt
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| Ali wrote: | I love these!  I seem to recall I was rather taken with the others you made too. What yarn did you use? |
Thanks everyone. I used Debbie Bliss's Soho Ali. I managed to buy 500g for £15 from Coldspring a few months ago. The colour isn't perfect (hence the very cheap price) & if you look closely at the yarn in balls you can see the odd bit of white but it's great for felting & the bad dyeing wasn't noticeable once felted. Like my last pair I used a different yarn to the pattern which had a different gauge. So I had to get the calculator out & with DH's help work out how to adjust the pattern. This pair were made for size 6.5 feet & took 3.5 50g balls.
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cazzie
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| Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2007 9:29 am Post subject: |
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They really are lovely - got some DB Maya but dont think I've got enough - must look
BTW - love the bookmarks on your blog
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blueadt
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| cazzie wrote: | They really are lovely - got some DB Maya but dont think I've got enough - must look
BTW - love the bookmarks on your blog |
You can use any pure wool yarn that isn't machine washable. Do a tension swatch & then you need to work out the % difference between the gauge on the pattern & yours. Then add or decrease the numbers in the pattern accordingly.
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DB Soho on 6.5mm needles (suggested normal knitting 5.5mm so I went up a full mm to the give the yarn space to felt) was 14 sts per 4" rather than 12 sts per 4" which was a difference of 16.68% so this figure was added to add the numbers in the pattern (so instead of casting on 44 sts I cast on 56 sts). If it gave me an odd number I rounded it up to the nearest even number.
I knitted both pairs on magic loop as I don't have any dpns as I can't stand them which got a bit tight near the toe but I kept going. I don't normally use ML as I find I get ladders but if I'm felting that doesn't matter as any ladders will be closed up.
Thanks re the bookmarks. I did the first two for Gilraen but then DD & her friend saw them & nagged me for ages until I gave in.
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cazzie
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| Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2007 9:53 am Post subject: |
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Thanks for that
have to admit I had a go at doing a couple of bookmarks like yours as I had some large beads hanging around - found a flower type motif in a sirdar book
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blueadt
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| cazzie wrote: | Thanks for that
have to admit I had a go at doing a couple of bookmarks like yours as I had some large beads hanging around - found a flower type motif in a sirdar book |
I'd love to see them!
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cazzie
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| Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2007 12:38 pm Post subject: |
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Here is my attempt - not as good as yours - think I need either thicker cotton or a finer needle
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blueadt
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| cazzie wrote: | | Here is my attempt - not as good as yours - think I need either thicker cotton or a finer needle |
They look great. I used a 4.5mm hook with Rowan Handknit cotton & Patons DK cotton.
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cazzie
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Thanks - mine were on a 2.75mm needle using some DMC Senso I got in a kit
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Yipee! 
The Fuzzy Feet arrived on my Step Mum's birthday all the way across the world in Sydney Australia despite only being posted last Tuesday!!!
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