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ofenjen View Member Profile	Sep 19 2007, 07:56 PM Post #1
Sewing Goddess Posts: 650 Joined: 10:17am December 19, 2005 Location: Craft Therapy	Yarn in a twist? Need a little guidance? Ask the Leaky Crafts Mods! We're here to help. -------------------- sewhooked, the home of Harry Potter Paper Piecing by Jennifer Ofenstein Batiks on Black 6" Paper Pieced Block Drawing

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pranko holic View Member Profile	Oct 2 2007, 02:07 AM Post #2
Newest Housekeeper at The Leaky Cauldron Posts: 706 Joined: 6:14am September 29, 2006 Location: on a rocket ship on my way to mars	I have no idea where to post this question, and since this topic isn't locked... Right. So I want to knit a striped house scarf, but when I change from color A to color B, there's always a A colored line in the B colored area on one side of the scarf. In case this makes no sense, I took the liberty of drawing a quick picture of this: So those lines there, they are unwanted, but I don't know how to change to another color without getting them. So some help would be very much appreciated. -------------------- Galileo, Galileo, will you do the fandango? Thunderbolt! Lightning, and very very frightening. Donner, Blitzen, cabaret schnitzen. Grumpy, Dopey, Sleepy, Fart-face… Smack-head. And Kenneth.

Bradley View Member Profile	Oct 2 2007, 05:25 AM Post #3
Quality Quidditch Supplies Test-Flyer Posts: 1,283 Joined: 4:05am September 25, 2005 Location: Submitting an application at Weasleys Wizarding Weezes	I am thinking of making a house scarve (either Ravenclaw or Gryffindor because I am not a big fan of slytherin or the color yellow) and was just curious if its very manly to knit? I mean I am really into art and I will probably like knitting, but I dont know any men that knit. Also if I was to start knitting how long would it take to make a normal size scarve (I dont know the normal size) and it would have the main house color and a little bit of the secondary color. -------------------- "Now, Harry you must know all about Muggles, tell me, what exactly is the function of a rubber duck?" Arthur Weasley

SuperJenn View Member Profile	Oct 2 2007, 08:51 PM Post #4
Super Jenn! Posts: 2,487 Joined: 5:43pm March 19, 2006 Location: Knitting elf socks & scarves in the Hufflepuff Common Room. . .	Hi, pranko & Bradley! I'm Jenn, and am going to try and help you answer your questions. First, pranko, I'm very sorry, but the lines that are created at the point of a color change are just going to be. There is no way that I know of to get around them. That doesn't mean, however, that it has to ruin your project. There are a couple of options I can give you so that these lines don't show up. Option 1: Make all of your color changes on one side of your project, thus making it the side you would wear against your body. This way, it wouldn't be seen. Option 2: This is the option that I used when making my Gryffindor scarf. I knit it in the round, on circular needles. This way, all of the lines are on the inside of the scarf. It's a little difficult to figure out at first, but if you take care that you don't twist your stitches when you join them into a circle, you'll soon be flying along! Now, Bradley, we get to your question. As to whether it is manly to knit, I would have to say YES! It takes a real man to admit an interest in something that would make most men feel insecure and feminine. Manly isn't an action, it's a state of mind. You may run into a few guys that think it's a girly thing to do, but that is their opinion, and should in no way affect how you view yourself, or your beliefs. In answer to your question about how long it would take to knit a house scarf - it takes quite a while. Knitting is a slow craft when you're just starting out, and while the house scarf pattern is a wonderful first project, you must take it on knowing that it can take months to complete. I used the PS/SS style scarf pattern as my first project, as a matter of fact, and can tell you that it took me around six months to finish. Of course, I set it aside quite a bit, as I'm a busy wife & mom! Well, folks, I hope these answers help you out. Thanks a bunch for asking, it's great to hear that people are interested in crafting!! -------------------- Jenn

Josée~Madalia View Member Profile	Oct 3 2007, 02:25 PM Post #5
The Crafty Witch Posts: 4,519 Joined: 10:02pm March 9, 2005 Location: Québec, Canada	Hey! I just wanted to give my two knuts following Jenn's superb answer. Another option so the lines don't show up on the purl side of your knitting is to knit in ribbing. It's a little trickier at first, but once you get the hang of it, it goes well. Plus when you'll move on from scarves to sweaters and vests, you'll need to learn to rib anyway. To knit in ribbing, you knit one stitch and purl the other (then repeat indefinetly) instead of knitting one row and purling one row. I know that the "accurate" pattern for the SS/CoS scarves (the ones with even bars) is done in the round, with only knit stitches, whereas the PoA/GoF scarves, which was at first believed to be all knitted in the round, is actually supposed to be done in ribbing (so k1, p1) in the round. I don't remember too well, but if I'm correct, it took me about a month or two to finish my scarf. As Jenn said, you don't knit so fast as a beginner... plus the HP scarves are insanely long. As for the question about manliness and knitting. Well, I know for a fact that it's usually women more than men who knit, but I really don't see why, if I, as a woman, am allowed to saw, nail and paint planks while building my new house, you wouldn't be allowed to make yourself a nice Weasley sweater. If you're shy about it, you can always knit at home in front of a good movie. -------------------- *~Josée~* (pronounce Joe-Zay) -xxx- HarryPotterCrafts, my Yahoo group

Dragonsinger View Member Profile	Oct 4 2007, 06:58 AM Post #6
Queen of the Mollys Posts: 1,593 Joined: 1:05pm October 6, 2006 Location: Oklahoma USA	QUOTE I am thinking of making a house scarve (either Ravenclaw or Gryffindor because I am not a big fan of slytherin or the color yellow) and was just curious if its very manly to knit? I mean I am really into art and I will probably like knitting, but I dont know any men that knit. Also if I was to start knitting how long would it take to make a normal size scarve (I dont know the normal size) and it would have the main house color and a little bit of the secondary color. Absolutely. There are men who even blog about their knitting. Zeeppo's blog on Blogspot and a couple of others there. The football player, Roosevelt (Rosie) Grier opened the door for men and crafts in the 70's when he not only openly discussed his love of doing needlepoint but wrote book(s) on it as well. -------------------- Stand Fast with us on December Third!

hp5freak View Member Profile	Oct 13 2007, 12:03 PM Post #7
Headmistress of Hogwarts Crochet Posts: 299 Joined: 5:36am June 27, 2005 Location: Central Illinois	QUOTE was just curious if its very manly to knit? I mean I am really into art and I will probably like knitting, but I dont know any men that knit. I would also like to suggest maybe trying crochet. It's not exactly MOVIE!CANON, but because the stitches on it are bigger, they work up faster. Of course, being a crochet whore, I could just be pimping my love for my own craft... But my whole point here, is that a quick lesson in crochet could benefit a beginner to yarnworking who is looking to finish something quickly... quickly hides knitted scarf she's been working on for OVER A YEAR! -------------------- Amber I'm all kinds of crazy...but in a good way

Quietish View Member Profile	Oct 13 2007, 10:46 PM Post #8
Thick Woolen Sock Knitter! Posts: 521 Joined: 8:28pm October 13, 2005 Location: Oklahoma	Bradley, My husband is a knitter (albeit new and inexperienced) but I think it is the sexiest thing ever. Just sayin'. -------------------- Rosemary One can never have enough socks. ~Albus Dumbledore

Overcast View Member Profile	Oct 14 2007, 02:09 AM Post #9
Severus Snape's Personal Assistant Posts: 2,288 Joined: 11:44pm November 29, 2005 Location: In the Hogwarts kitchen eating cookies.	QUOTE(pranko @ Oct 2 2007, 03:07 AM) So those lines there, they are unwanted, but I don't know how to change to another color without getting them. So some help would be very much appreciated. Hi, I'm not a Crafty Witch but I thought I'd share another method of knitting that won't show the lines. I like to double-knit HP scarves. I got the idea from this site here. You cast on half the number of stitches (lets say 25) and then knit and purl in each stitch (ending with 50 stitches). Each row after that you knit in one stitch, then slip the next stitch purlwise. Continue and change colors accordingly. QUOTE(Bradley @ Oct 2 2007, 06:25 AM) I am thinking of making a house scarve (either Ravenclaw or Gryffindor because I am not a big fan of slytherin or the color yellow) and was just curious if its very manly to knit? Also, there's a guy named Stephen Houghton who created a website called Hizknits.com. There's also another site called menknit.net. -------------------- W.L.Y.J. We love you Jo

pranko holic View Member Profile	Oct 20 2007, 03:47 AM Post #10
Newest Housekeeper at The Leaky Cauldron Posts: 706 Joined: 6:14am September 29, 2006 Location: on a rocket ship on my way to mars	And even if it wasn't manly, who cares? That reminds me of second grade in PE class when the teacher made us jump ropes, and when the boys refused she just told them boxers do it and that changed their mind . Anyway, thanks for all of your great advice regarding the "lines", it's been really helpful. Q: Can you embroider on knitting? I haven't started my puff scarf yet, but I know I either want a motif on it or maybe write hufflepuff, and I wonder what the best way to do that would be? I was thinking that either I embroider it directly on the scarf, if I can but then the question is 'how?', or I'll embroider it seperately, cut it out and sew it on, or maybe I do it the 'house wine cozy' way, that's to say just knit it but that seems awfully tricky without a pattern. Thoughts? And is there by any chance a pattern to a puff illusion scarf somewhere? This post has been edited by pranko: Oct 20 2007, 03:49 AM -------------------- Galileo, Galileo, will you do the fandango? Thunderbolt! Lightning, and very very frightening. Donner, Blitzen, cabaret schnitzen. Grumpy, Dopey, Sleepy, Fart-face… Smack-head. And Kenneth.

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