Comments on: Saturday Morning Hoodie Knit-Along, Part 3: The Fronts – Left, Right, Forward and Reverse

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 15:09:00 +0000

Hi Sharyn, the effect of knitting and crochet on arthritis is different with every individual, since everyone tensions the yarn differently, holds the tools slightly differently, etc. One tool that we sometimes recommend to people with joint pains is a knitting loom, which holds your individual knit stitches on separate pegs and also sits on a table. Because of these qualities, it uses less wrist and arm motion. Here's a link to a very popular rake-style knitting loom on LionBrand.com and here's a link to its companion book.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 15:05:00 +0000

Hi Edna, while we try to include the knit-along blog posts in the newsletter, they won’t always be in there due to space constraints. You can always find new knit-along blog posts here on the Lion Brand Notebook (http://blog.lionbrand.com) on Thursdays, and we recommend that you bookmark the blog so you can find it easily. Hope that helps!

By: Koutnik Susan

Koutnik Susan — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 22:06:00 +0000

Now that I have finished the fronts and am working on the sleeves I really don’t mind too much that the striping doesn’t match exactly. there is enough similarity across the front that it is working out fine. I did find out after I had the fronts finished, that my back was too long. I had not included the ribbing in my final measurement of the back. The easiest thing for me to do was frog the back down to the beginning of where the raglan should have begun and fix it. Thankfully it was the back that was off and not the fronts. I tried to do both sleeves at the same time but my needles are too short to hold both sleeves with all the increases and I dont have the right size circular yet. So one at a time with the sleeves.

By: Sharyn

Sharyn — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 06:39:00 +0000

I am having problems with my arthritis so my fingers, wrists and forearms are too painful to work on the sweater right now, is crocheting really easier on the joints? I taught myself to knit a couple years ago but haven’t tried crochet, I’d have to learn that on my own too and for some reason it looks harder even though I do knit lacework and love it.

By: Eli Lashley

Eli Lashley — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 02:09:00 +0000

I’ve knitted the 2 fronts at the same time and also the sleeves at the same time to combat the problem of measuring. On the “Hoodie” I’ve decided to make button holes for a more finished look. If you do decide to knit a sweater from the bottom up, in one piece, it’s wise to decrease the stitches by one at the front sides and 1 stitch each side of the back or the sleeves might not fit in to the armhole. (no side seam). I’ve enjoyed this project and hope to do more with everyones help.
Eli

By: Edna Dippre

Edna Dippre — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 18:18:00 +0000

Somehow I missed Part 4 last week. I looked for it on my Lion Brand newsletter where I usually find it but it wasn’t there. So I just got Part 5 today. My sleeves are almost done so I hope I’m not too far behind!
Had to stop working on it for 4 days due to tendonitis on my left hand & wrist! Part of why I usually crochet now rather than knit. But it’s almost done! On to find Part 4 now.

By: Edna Dippre

Edna Dippre — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 18:12:00 +0000

Hi Susan,
I think it would bother me too. With things like sweaters, if I want a striped look I just use two colors & do striped sections in the same place (same rows) for each piece. The more “varegated” look is good for other things though. But I’ll bet you that you won’t find anyone out there that sees you wearing it will think twice about if the stripes match or not. Like me, it only bothers me for me. Just go with it. I’m sure it will look great!
One other thought for next time you make something with a self-striping yarn: You can cast on all the stitches needed for the left front, then back, then right front & work them all at the same time in one smooth piece to the armhole division… Now sewing side seams either! It works great!
Have fun with it!
Edna

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 16:46:00 +0000

Hi Susan, yes, I believe Tweed Stripes is a random-striping yarn that doesn’t have a set pattern, so it will be harder to match up. One tip: you may have some luck pulling from the other end of one of the balls to see if the stripes change more similarly in one direction than the other. Hope that helps!

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By: Koutnik Susan

Koutnik Susan — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 15:45:00 +0000

Well that won’t work. I just pulled yards and yards from two fresh skeins to compare the rate of color change. They don’t change at the same rate. At this point I don’t think I can get the color changes to happen at the same time with the two fronts so I guess I just don’t worry about it. I am rather compulsive so I am probably the only one that this will bother.