Callling all knitters

[Arlen]

Well, sine my wife is a HUGE fan of knitting and a HUUUUUGE fan of his dances I read this to her and informed her that the Kilt hose she was about to make me are on hold so that she can make me these. (Oh, how lucky I am.)
So I'm going to get the yarn and she's going to knit them for me hopefully in time for our St. Andrew's day ball.


Woohoo.


Thank you very, very much for the link.

[vmac3205]

Well, sine my wife is a HUGE fan of knitting and a HUUUUUGE fan of his dances I read this to her and informed her that the Kilt hose she was about to make me are on hold so that she can make me these. (Oh, how lucky I am.)
So I'm going to get the yarn and she's going to knit them for me hopefully in time for our St. Andrew's day ball.


Woohoo.


Thank you very, very much for the link.

Sandy will have new kilt hose for the ball, but not the Drewrey ones. Those will have to wait. He's getting the last ones that were posted. I forgot to check. Are we doing any Drewery dances at the ball?

[Arlen]

Sandy will have new kilt hose for the ball, but not the Drewrey ones. Those will have to wait. He's getting the last ones that were posted. I forgot to check. Are we doing any Drewery dances at the ball?

Lucky Sandy!
I am thinking mine MIGHT not be ready for the ball but I have been waiting for new hose for almost a year, so I am going to just be a whiner

We are doing, I think, 2 Drewery dances at the ball. I love them. His dances are so interesting and fun.
There used to be a gal at the dance class who insisted they were written by computers and were not actually possible to do. Pah!

[vmac3205]

Pah! Indeed. They are a lot of fun to do. Like unwinding a puzzle. We are in the midwest for a Navy League convention (go figure) but as soon as we get home, we'll start going over the dances. Are you going to post the cheat sheets?

[londonpiper]

We are doing, I think, 2 Drewery dances at the ball. I love them. His dances are so interesting and fun.

Arlen, could you share which ones they are? It would, I'm sure, be of interest to the dancers on the forum!

Friday, many thanks for transposing the destructions. Having looked properly at them, I, as a newbie knitter, am awe struck by anyone canny enough to understand what to do. Hopefully the time will come when it all makes sense!!

ThistleLass, may I suggest that you give Scottish Country Dancing a try? I suspect that you'll find the patterns that the dances make as enjoyable as a good knitting pattern and, as you're obviously such an adept at the knitting skills, I suspect you'd pick it up very quickly.

I too am very much looking forward to seeing the finished product!

[Friday]

Friday, many thanks for transposing the destructions. Having looked properly at them, I, as a newbie knitter, am awe struck by anyone canny enough to understand what to do. Hopefully the time will come when it all makes sense!!

Londonpiper - I'm a relatively new knitter my self. I would make a couple of suggestions toward knitting socks/hose.

• Check out the video on KnitHelp on knitting the heel of a sock.
• Also check out the sock tutorial on Come to Silver
• Knit a couple of baby socks. They take only a few minutes, compared to full sock or kilt hose, but cover the "Hard" parts.
• Knit a pair of normal, just above the ankle, socks to check the fit to your foot.
• Come join the group at KnitHelp Any Sock KAL (Knit a long) or the Kilt Hose and Flashes forums at Ravelry - They both have a lot of knowledge and are very happy to help everyone.

• Most important!
  
  • Socks are easy -
    
    • They are knit one stitch at a time.
    • Don't be concerned about the next row/round of stitches until you come to it.
    • Ask for help we have all been there.
    • Kilt Hose are simply socks with a thyroid problem.
    • Knitting is fun and relaxing.
    • and the one I have the hardest issue with - don't worry about perfection it will come.

Need a pattern - for a very basic pattern to fit you try the knitting Fiend Hour Glass Knee Sockulator you type in some basic measurements and it prints out the pattern. - trust the pattern the first time - play after that.

To start take the Knitting Fiends pattern add a K4, P1 ( or a pattern to match you stitch count) for the leg and a k2, p2 ribbing for the fold over. This will give you a nice pair of hose for daily ware.