Comments on: Barred Stripes http://www.thedietdiary.com/blog/lucia/301 Sun, 14 Mar 2010 14:19:54 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: lucia http://www.thedietdiary.com/blog/lucia/301/comment-page-1#comment-3095 lucia Thu, 02 Mar 2006 12:12:29 +0000 http://www.thedietdiary.com/blog/lucia/301#comment-3095 I'm not sure about the wool types because I've never familiarized myself with the British terminology for wool. (The American termimology is confusing enough!) . I'd need to look up needles sizes to check-- but your substitutions sound about right. American and English needle number systems are different. Americans also don't use the term "three ply". They usually say fingering or sport. I usually look at the recommended gauge and work from there. I’m not sure about the wool types because I’ve never familiarized myself with the British terminology for wool. (The American termimology is confusing enough!)
. I’d need to look up needles sizes to check– but your substitutions sound about right. American and English needle number systems are different. Americans also don’t use the term “three ply”. They usually say fingering or sport.

I usually look at the recommended gauge and work from there.

]]> By: christine http://www.thedietdiary.com/blog/lucia/301/comment-page-1#comment-3094 christine Thu, 02 Mar 2006 05:37:42 +0000 http://www.thedietdiary.com/blog/lucia/301#comment-3094 I have just received some old patterns from my mother, and they use english wool, is there a great diffrence from wool types to american types, at the present time I am doing a 1940 style sweater, and it asks for 3 ply wool and using no 11 and no 9 needles, I am using no 4 american and no 5 american, will this do and will it work out using american 3ply wool. yours christine I have just received some old patterns from my mother, and they use english wool, is there a great diffrence from wool types to american types, at the present time I am doing a 1940 style sweater, and it asks for 3 ply wool and using no 11 and no 9 needles, I am using no 4 american and no 5 american, will this do and will it work out using american 3ply wool. yours christine

]]> By: The Knitting Fiend » Blog Archive » Slip knitwise vs slip purlwise. http://www.thedietdiary.com/blog/lucia/301/comment-page-1#comment-2216 The Knitting Fiend » Blog Archive » Slip knitwise vs slip purlwise. Wed, 21 Dec 2005 15:48:47 +0000 http://www.thedietdiary.com/blog/lucia/301#comment-2216 [...] That’s how I did it when I knit barred stripes1, shown above left, you’d better slip purlwise! Otherwise, you’ll either be puzzled when you knit row 2 or you won’t notice your stitches are mounted in some unusual fashion, knit away, and eventually, you’ll wonder why so many of your stitches look twisted once, twice or even several times. (I discuss this whole seat thing in stockinette ad nauseum I - IV. ) [...] [...] That’s how I did it when I knit barred stripes1, shown above left, you’d better slip purlwise! Otherwise, you’ll either be puzzled when you knit row 2 or you won’t notice your stitches are mounted in some unusual fashion, knit away, and eventually, you’ll wonder why so many of your stitches look twisted once, twice or even several times. (I discuss this whole seat thing in stockinette ad nauseum I – IV. ) [...]

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