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Forum: How-to Questions 05-08-2013, 01:17 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 114
Posted By paparazzimama
Embroidering onto Knit Items?

Has anyone every embroidered straight onto their knit items? Not with yarn, but actual embroidery floss? I found this tutorial and am wondering if I can pull it...
Forum: How-to Questions 05-08-2013, 01:13 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 162
Posted By paparazzimama
Well, I ended up taking it to my local yarn shop...

Well, I ended up taking it to my local yarn shop and begging for help but I was told it was best to just rip it out and start over. Bummer! Thanks for trying, though. Am using a lifeline this time,...
Forum: How-to Questions 04-30-2013, 09:29 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 162
Posted By paparazzimama
Oh, no! Ripping back lace-type fabric?

I'm in desperate need of some help ripping back a pattern that has some lace-type work. I'm pretty inexperienced when it comes to any kind of ripping back, let alone when it comes to the YOs and...
Forum: How-to Questions 02-19-2013, 01:17 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 170
Posted By paparazzimama
Button-Off Pants?

I'm wanting to make some soaker pants for my toddler boys and was hoping to make them so the legs can button off into shorts so they'll last through the Summer. Anybody know if this would work out...
Forum: How-to Questions 01-02-2013, 05:30 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 491
Posted By paparazzimama
Salmonmac - that tutorial reduced the gap a tiny...

Salmonmac - that tutorial reduced the gap a tiny bit but I'm curious...I have to knit a wrapped purl stitch, if that makes sense. Would you knit that exactly the same? Don't even know how to ask that...
Forum: How-to Questions 01-02-2013, 05:03 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 491
Posted By paparazzimama
This is the pattern I'm...

This is the pattern I'm using...

http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/366-miss-priss-diaper-pants

...but I'm not using the short row version it calls for. The posted tutorial looks a little...
Forum: How-to Questions 01-02-2013, 02:24 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 491
Posted By paparazzimama
I'm gonna go with 'no'? LOL! I don't think...

I'm gonna go with 'no'? LOL! I don't think they're worked flat. You just do one short row for every eight rows knitted to add some room in the rear for a cloth diaper. I'll just keep pluggin along...
Forum: How-to Questions 01-02-2013, 02:13 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 491
Posted By paparazzimama
It's in the round and yes, it's the one that I'm...

It's in the round and yes, it's the one that I'm wrapping on the wrong side before I turn back aroundvandvstart knitting again. It calls for a short row yarn over but I couldn't figure it out by the...
Forum: How-to Questions 01-02-2013, 01:15 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 491
Posted By paparazzimama
Gaps with short rows

Working a pair of longies and I keep getting a gap on my second hip where I do a wrap and turn. For some reason the first w&t looks great but the second one looks extremely loose. I've tried pulling...
Forum: How-to Questions 12-27-2012, 05:40 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 235
Posted By paparazzimama
Can't link because it's a paper pattern I got...

Can't link because it's a paper pattern I got from a "pattern a day" calendar thingy. LOL! Counting the waistband seems to be the right move though. Just making sure. Thank you so much!
Forum: How-to Questions 12-27-2012, 05:15 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 235
Posted By paparazzimama
Knit Longies

Dunno if this is a "How To" question...more just a request for clarification. Knitting some longies to go over cloth diapers and the pattern calls for a 1.5" waistband, then an increase round for the...
Forum: General Knitting 12-27-2012, 04:32 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 339
Posted By paparazzimama
Multiples of ?? for ribbing

Curious...does the multiple # of ribbing make any difference as far as stretchiness? For instance k1,p1 ribbing versus k2,p2...will there be much of a difference at all or is it purely cosmetic?
Forum: General Knitting 12-03-2012, 03:01 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 1,044
Posted By paparazzimama
Cables in Varigated?

Will cables look odd when worked with a varigated yarn? I have some pretty varigated but the pattern I'm looking at is cables and it just seems like it would look off.
Forum: How-to Questions 11-28-2012, 02:07 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 347
Posted By paparazzimama
LOL! Yeah, I wouldn't mind the spirals so much...

LOL! Yeah, I wouldn't mind the spirals so much if I had known they were coming and placed them evenly. But because I didn't know they would show up I didn't worry about getting them exactly even...
Forum: How-to Questions 11-28-2012, 01:39 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 347
Posted By paparazzimama
Holy Spirals, Batman!!

So I'm knitting some leg warmers as a gift. I've always had problems with DPNs causing a gap in my work where the needles transition, even when tugging that stitch a little tighter. I remembered...
Forum: Pattern Central 11-02-2012, 05:41 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 408
Posted By paparazzimama
Solid/Varigated Stripe Pattern?

Looking for a good stripe pattern for a hat that will look good alternating between varigated/solid...any good examples? Don't really want it to be a perfect 1 for 1 stripe type thing. Something that...
Forum: How-to Questions 11-02-2012, 02:16 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 217
Posted By paparazzimama
Fair Isle Pattern

Can I knit a fair isle pattern without color work? That is, can I just follow the shaping part and not change colors?
Forum: How-to Questions 11-02-2012, 12:36 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 1,325
Posted By paparazzimama
Well, I finally finished! And boy what a fiasco!...

Well, I finally finished! And boy what a fiasco! After finishing the first hat, I went on to Luigi. It ended up too shallow to slouch over TWICE but I finally got it. Then the Mario hat looked...
Forum: Pattern Central 10-14-2012, 04:39 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 513
Posted By paparazzimama
She's almost 8 but is on the short side

She's almost 8 but is on the short side
Forum: Pattern Central 10-14-2012, 04:17 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 513
Posted By paparazzimama
Girls' Lacey Legwarmers

Every year I make my daughter a homemade Christmas gift. Usually it's a crocheted stuffy...whatever character she's into at the time. This year she's very into her ballet class though so I was...
Forum: How-to Questions 10-11-2012, 11:18 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 349
Posted By paparazzimama
Am making this hat for the second...

Am making this hat for the second time...

http://www.thedietdiary.com/knittingfiend/Hats/HKNewsBoy.html

First time I followed her instructions but then realized I could probably use a different...
Forum: How-to Questions 10-11-2012, 08:13 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 349
Posted By paparazzimama
Yeah, for some reason I just can't get it into a...

Yeah, for some reason I just can't get it into a circle. Did the crochet version instead. Are they pretty much interchangeable?
Forum: How-to Questions 10-11-2012, 07:43 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 349
Posted By paparazzimama
Invisible Cast On

Hey, me again :) Got such great help before I decided I might as well try again! I'm attempting an invisible cast on like in the video on this site...with a cable needle...and I have two...
Forum: How-to Questions 10-11-2012, 12:25 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 1,325
Posted By paparazzimama
Woo!! Got it! Just need to add the little M in...

Woo!! Got it! Just need to add the little M in felt......AND make another one in green. Hopefully #2 will be a breeze now, though. Thanks for all the help!!!

PS. It says to steam it to the right...
Forum: How-to Questions 10-10-2012, 09:54 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 1,325
Posted By paparazzimama
Yup, now I'm confused. LOL! You fold it over?!?!

Yup, now I'm confused. LOL! You fold it over?!?!
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