http://www.happyknittingprojects.info Knitting, Purling, Increasing, Decreasing, Casting-On, and Binding-Off Tue, 11 Dec 2007 13:44:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I've made tons of hats on circulars. I start at the lower edge with a 16 inch circular, when I decrease so that there are to few stitches to continue I switch to double pointed needles the same size. I use a size seven for worsted weight. You can go ... http://www.happyknittingprojects.info/circular-knitting/ It's been rather quiet lately...My knitting has been very hit or miss lately, with mostly misses, but I'm sure that happens even to the best of us. Though I am the sort who prefers to have just one project going at a time, I've been allowing myself to be distracted ... http://www.happyknittingprojects.info/my-knitting-has-been-very-hit-or-miss/ Here's what I do: Punch a hole in an index card, attach it to the work [or skein, if it won't interfere] with a coilless safety pin. Add more if needed. Now all you have to do is worry about the pen. http://www.happyknittingprojects.info/keeping-notes-on-projects/ Here's a little program that lets you create your own graph paper (you set vertical lines per inch & horizontal lines per page). You'd have to do a guage swatch & measure your rows & stitches & do some math. I'd use this if you can't find the knitters graph ... http://www.happyknittingprojects.info/knitted-on-edgings/ I suggest  that chenille "hides" the garter stitch effect nicely...You are getting a good knitting education in using a non wool fiber. You will reach new heights in your knitting career by making these items look good by a very gentle pressing/ and blocking. I know not all can use wool in ... http://www.happyknittingprojects.info/yarn-types-that-the-patterns-would-work-well-in/ BEFORE you knit with it... Take a bit of the yarn between your fingers of both hands, pull, tug and twist it a little. Then push it back against itself (about half inch will do). If the threads in the twist fall all apart ittjust might split while you are working ... http://www.happyknittingprojects.info/hints-for-how-to-tell-if-a-yarn-is-going-to-tend-to-split/ Are you knitting with acrylics, or with wool? wool fibres tend to stick to themselves just by their nature... So, for acrylic fibers: Knitting the two ends together should be sufficient to lock in those new balls of yarn, but if you would feel more secure, weave the ends in for a few ... http://www.happyknittingprojects.info/weaving-in-ends-for-woolacrylic-fibers/ If you've raised livestock for very long you learn that most animals who are not healthy, die and the issue stops there. The old farmers never ate sick animals, those got hauled away/burned/buried. An injured animal that wasn't drugged is safe to be butchered, but the degree of injury ... http://www.happyknittingprojects.info/healthy-fiber-animals/ - they came out beautifully! In case anyone is interested, I bought some cheap wooden picture frames, some cheap mats, and double stick tape. Stuck white paper over the cardboard backing in the frame, stuck the blocked swatch onto the paper with the double stick tape, threw it in the frame ... http://www.happyknittingprojects.info/fixing-missed-yarnovers/ Oh yeah. You never stop ripping no matter how good you THINK you are. I've been ripping out  for too many years. I almost never take the work off the needles unless the mistake is so egregious, I have no choice. But when I do rip each stitch out, rather than pull the ... http://www.happyknittingprojects.info/rip-o-rama/