True Love!

[Brandi]

I knit a lot! And a couple weeks ago I decided to treat myself and buy some really nice yarn.
They have a type of yarn they whind into a hank. Hard to explain but anyway you are supposed to whind into a ball. Well I didn't know this and it is the first time I have delt with it like this. Well long story short I REALLY messed it up trying to figure it out. My dh looked at me and said I was making a mess. I was ready to call it a loss. He is now sitting in front of me with yarn all around him,fending off cats and letting he's ice cream melt to fix it for me. I told him we could just forget it, no big. He won't let it go. It was a huge mess too. He's so cute sitting there doing this right now. And i was so mad about the mess he made yesterday and then he does this. Sigh.

[KnottedYet]

Aw, that's sweet!

Winding the yarn into balls was always one of the best parts of getting ready to do a sweater. There was somthing about taking those hanks and looping them around my toes and unwinding/rewinding that yarn... The first time I'd touch that new yarn!

I used to carefully knit strands of my hair into each sweater I made.

[Brandi]

I would love to learn how to knit a sweater! Oh knotted it is wool yarn by the way! I bought it for a hat. It is a junky lavendar yarn.

[KnottedYet]

Wool yarn is lovely to work with. My favorite for years was a brand called "Brown Sheep." It had such a nice texture! And it smelled good.

I need to start knitting again. I was given some beautiful wooden needles for Christmas/Hannukkah.

[Bikingmomof3]

My favourite yarns to knit with come from Norway. If I do buy yarns in the US, I will use Galway, Brown Sheep, or Cascade 220.

I almost exclusively knit sweaters. Most of my patterns come from Garnstudio or Dale of Norway. These patterns can be purchased in the US, but I usually buy them in Norway.

[Blueberry]

Oh - I feel for you I usually beg my LYS (Local Yarn Shop) to wind it for me

I have a hank of sock yarn (eek) that didn't come from my LYS that I haven't knitted for the sole reason that it's in a hank, and I can't imagine what a bear it will be to wind into a ball....*sigh*

CA

[mtbdarby]

Brandi, I think you should take a picture of dh winding the yarn for you. Next time you get mad at him pull out the picture to remind you want a great guy he is!

[mimitabby]

knitting has always seemed so much more difficult for me than crochet.
anyone else crochet here?

[Bikingmomof3]

I enjoy the process of winding a hank of yarn into a ball. For that reason I have never purchased a swift.

[Blueberry]

I enjoy the process of winding a hank of yarn into a ball. For that reason I have never purchased a swift.

Any tips you'd care to share I'm a little intimidated by the process

[Bikingmomof3]

I open the hank, wrap it around a chair, my feet, or DH's arms and begin rolling it. For me, keeping the ball as tight as possible works best. The process does not take me too long, but I have been doing this for a long time.

[Offthegrid]

knitting has always seemed so much more difficult for me than crochet.
anyone else crochet here?

I find knitting WAAAY easier. My mom tried to teach me to crochet so many times and I just can't get the tension right. And I understand the whole wrapping the yarn around your fingers to help with the tension thing.

With knitting, it's no big deal. I learned about 18 months ago and love it. Very relaxing.

I have the yarn for a sweater (got a simple pattern -- the first time I proposed to try cables) but just haven't bought the size needle I need. So lazy! It'll be next winter before I get that thing done.

But, BTW, I *hate* rolling the yarn into the balls. It's so boring. I want to get down to the project. Just like when I cross-stitch something, I hate putting the border on at the end. *yawn*

[mimitabby]

I find knitting WAAAY easier. My mom tried to teach me to crochet so many times and I just can't get the tension right. And I understand the whole wrapping the yarn around your fingers to help with the tension thing.

With knitting, it's no big deal. I learned about 18 months ago and love it. Very relaxing.

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oh, how funny, you are the opposite of me! With knitting, i had trouble with tension, dropping stitches, ak. With crochet, it just flies by and becomes a (relatively) beautiful thing.

[wannaduacentury]

I knit a lot! And a couple weeks ago I decided to treat myself and buy some really nice yarn.
They have a type of yarn they whind into a hank. Hard to explain but anyway you are supposed to whind into a ball. Well I didn't know this and it is the first time I have delt with it like this. Well long story short I REALLY messed it up trying to figure it out. My dh looked at me and said I was making a mess. I was ready to call it a loss. He is now sitting in front of me with yarn all around him,fending off cats and letting he's ice cream melt to fix it for me. I told him we could just forget it, no big. He won't let it go. It was a huge mess too. He's so cute sitting there doing this right now. And i was so mad about the mess he made yesterday and then he does this. Sigh.

Yes I've been there. I bought some wool yarn recently and had yarn all over the place too. Didn't have the cats helping though or dh. I really like the organic cotton/ wool natural fiber yarns, really cool texture.

[Brandi]

Well now that we are on this subject maybe one of you can suggest something for me. My dh wants a sweater as I wrote above. He wants a chunky yarn ,tweed like with specks of color(good for hiding any stains). What yarns would you suggest i take a look at. I don't think wool will work unless I can machine wash it. I don't like washing things like that by hand. So any suggestions on this. I looked up the yarns knotted and Bikingmomof3. They are really nice as a matter of fact there are two up for bid on ebay i am thinking of getting just for hats.
My friends Aunt said she would help me do my first sweater. But she is cheap with the yarns she picks.
If I am going to make asweater and put in the time I want it to be special.