Merged: New here....circular needles/Circular needles - Page 2

brendajos · 08-22-2005, 03:47 PM

Originally Posted by Ingrid

BTW There is no stupid here. Just uninformed!!

NO KIDDIN'! The "stupid" questions are the ones i know the answers to darn it!...lol Keep asking them...it makes me feel smart...lol

:rofling: :rofling: :rofling:

luvsun27 · 08-22-2005, 08:48 PM

Aww....thanks for the quick replies ladies! I appreciate your help! I was going to try starting this now at my desk....but I'm not sure how that will go over, so I will wait til I get home tonight. If and when it starts to look like an actual blanket....I'll post a picture :D

brendajos · 08-22-2005, 08:49 PM

Originally Posted by luvsun27

Aww....thanks for the quick replies ladies! I appreciate your help! I was going to try starting this now at my desk....but I'm not sure how that will go over, so I will wait til I get home tonight. If and when it starts to look like an actual blanket....I'll post a picture :D

aah...spoken like a true knitter. to bad we don't have anybody around here who does stealth knitting at their desk to help you out with that!

ekgheiy · 08-22-2005, 08:54 PM

Originally Posted by brendajos

aah...spoken like a true knitter. to bad we don't have anybody around here who does stealth knitting at their desk to help you out with that!

I used to do Stealth Knitting, but then office relocated and now I have no hidey-holes to hide my hands. Acutally, I am not SURROUNDED by windows - no hidey-holes at all!!!

So now I keep my knitting in my car so as not to wonder off into the land of temptation during the work day. Because honestly, I'm sure I'm along ... I'D RATHER BE KNITTING!!!

ekgheiy · 08-22-2005, 08:55 PM

Originally Posted by luvsun27

Aww....thanks for the quick replies ladies! I appreciate your help! I was going to try starting this now at my desk....but I'm not sure how that will go over, so I will wait til I get home tonight. If and when it starts to look like an actual blanket....I'll post a picture :D

OOooooOO ... knitting peek'tures!!! :drooling:

tdussell · 08-23-2005, 04:36 PM

I too am attempting to use circular needles for the first time to make a baby blanket. I had read the answer to the previously posted question about the circular needles and I think I understand that you cast on the required stiches (in my case 171) and then start knitting the first row and that end of the first row, you switch the needles in your hands. I am a left handed knitter but I start with the left needle and knit onto the right needle, then I would put the right needle (the one with all the stiches) in my left hand and start again. Are you flipping your work or does that not effect it. I really confuse myself by thinking about this. Please help my confused my brain!
PS - Thank you for the tip about straightening out the cable with the circular needles, I was thinking on letting it sit under a heavy book, but I like your idea better.

ekgheiy · 08-23-2005, 04:51 PM

Hmm ... you call yourself a "left handed knitter", but it sounds like you knit just like I do and I'm right handed.

Once I cast on, I put that needle into my left hand and knit the sts onto my empty right hand needle. So for knitting the blanket on circs, there's no flipping. Just simply switch the needles in your hand.

I hope that's a little helpful