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earthyvirgo

Joined: 24 Aug 2007
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Location: creating prints in the loft, Gerlan

Posted: Sun Oct 11, 09 10:25 pm Post subject:

gil wrote:

wellington womble wrote:

Badger wrote:

sadly/fortunately there is very little decent yarn available here, so my stash is limited

however, I have been given a wonderful stash of Herdwick and
Jacob yarns, still trying to work out what to use them for

That's what the internet's for!

The internet seems to be for fruitlessly searching for a decent, do-able knitting pattern to go with yarn and needles. I've wasted hours looking for an Aran jumper pattern that I like and could knit, and that is free.

Unfortunately my knitting skills are not up to working out how to knit a nice pattern but on different size needles, or how to work out what the pattern is from a photo.

Grrrrr !

I found one I liked, but it's not free, and it doesn't match my yarn's needle size reqiurements

Gil, are you in a desperate rush for a pattern?. I'm pretty sure my Mum has one/some Aran jumper ones.

EV

gil
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Posted: Sun Oct 11, 09 10:38 pm Post subject:

Thank you for the offer, EV !
The yarn's been in my cupboard for about eight years

so no huge rush, really !

However, I think I'm getting there
This was the one I particularly liked.
ETA : linky doesn't work directly, it's pattern 209 in mens sweaters section

I'm now trying a swatch in the needle sizes suggested for that yarn, and I have a handknit sweater here that looks as though it may have been knitted on the same size needles too.
Now if I can reverse enginner the sweater I have in the light of the pattern, there may be some hope yet.....

sally_in_wales
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Posted: Mon Oct 12, 09 7:49 am Post subject:
gil, post a pic of the sweater you like and we can help reverse engineer it I'm sure

mochyn

Joined: 21 Dec 2004
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Location: mid-Wales

Posted: Mon Oct 12, 09 9:09 am Post subject:
Sorry. All my fault. It's about 7 miles south of me: west of Welshpool. So anyone coming should contact me first! It's open Monday to Friday, I think, NOT Saturdays or Sundays...

frewen

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Posted: Mon Oct 12, 09 9:28 am Post subject:
you don't sound very contrite

Midland Spinner

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Posted: Mon Oct 12, 09 9:31 am Post subject:
What size needles are you using & what tension are you getting? If you tell us that we might be able to find you something suitable among our collective Pattern stashes.

mochyn

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Posted: Mon Oct 12, 09 9:31 am Post subject:

Frewen Feltmaker wrote:

you don't sound very contrite

I'm not very good at contrition. And EV seems to be blaming me for an awful lot today.

earthyvirgo

Joined: 24 Aug 2007
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Location: creating prints in the loft, Gerlan

Posted: Mon Oct 12, 09 9:43 am Post subject:

mochyn wrote:

Frewen Feltmaker wrote:

you don't sound very contrite

I'm not very good at contrition. And EV seems to be blaming me for an awful lot today.

No, no, please don't see it like that Mochyn.
I was in wool heaven on Friday.

EV

mochyn

Joined: 21 Dec 2004
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Location: mid-Wales

Posted: Mon Oct 12, 09 9:45 am Post subject:

earthyvirgo wrote:

mochyn wrote:

Frewen Feltmaker wrote:

you don't sound very contrite

I'm not very good at contrition. And EV seems to be blaming me for an awful lot today.

No, no, please don't see it like that Mochyn.
I was in wool heaven on Friday.

EV

I noticed!

gil
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Posted: Mon Oct 12, 09 10:16 am Post subject:

gil wrote:

This was the one I particularly liked.
ETA : linky doesn't work directly, it's pattern 209 in mens sweaters section

This was the link to a pic of the pattern I saw and liked.

judith

Joined: 16 Dec 2004
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Posted: Mon Oct 12, 09 10:20 am Post subject:
Love those '80s hair-dos.

mochyn

Joined: 21 Dec 2004
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Location: mid-Wales

Posted: Mon Oct 12, 09 11:43 am Post subject:
So is it just a matter of tension that's stopping you from using that patterm Gil?

alison
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Posted: Mon Oct 12, 09 12:17 pm Post subject:

gil wrote:

This was the one I particularly liked.
ETA : linky doesn't work directly, it's pattern 209 in mens sweaters section

This was the link to a pic of the pattern I saw and liked.

I get the home page, not the actual sweater.

gil
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Posted: Mon Oct 12, 09 12:50 pm Post subject:

Alison, it's in home page - patterns section - mens - No. 209

Mochyn - one reason, yes. Pattern says needles 3.25 and 4.5, but the wool I was wanting to knit it in uses needles 3 and 4. How much difference would it make ? Obviously the jumper would turn out smaller on smaller needles. So would I need to knit the next size up, or would that end up far too big ?

What I could do is use the handknit [not by me !!] I've got as a basis for counting rows/stitches, which I think used the same size needles as the wool I've got, and has a similar style of an aran centre panel with plainer sides, and work out the Aran section for the centre of the pattern on the web, and fit that into the plain bits.

If that makes any sense. Now i'm confused.

mochyn

Joined: 21 Dec 2004
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Location: mid-Wales

Posted: Mon Oct 12, 09 12:53 pm Post subject:
Try making it in the next size up. That should do it!

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