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Leslie said...: Lace scares me - not in dk or sport weight - but lace weight! Maybe it's because the first project I ever tried using lace weight was the Forest Path Stole - nupps and all. I'd like to try knitting with cobwebs again someday and probably will as I still have the lovely Suri Alpaca Laceweight in my stash (Ravelry - LeslieEileen). Of course, if I could add prize yearn to that it might make me start again...

May I make one more suggestion? Put up notes on the podcast page - the name of the book(s) reviewed with identifiers so people can find them if they want and put up your recipe for the 10 minute manicure? It's rather disconcerting to keep hitting back on the broadcast (can't do it with this mypodcast format) to take down notes. Guido does that on his infrequent "It's a Purl Man" podcasts.

I think the knitting teachers are lazy -- they want "serious students" who are used to staying still and working through difficulties on their own. There are better teachers out there who realize 7-10 year olds are prime knitting targets. Can you find anyone in Trinity's area through Ravelry who might be willing to teach her?

Great job! I'm looking forward to your 3rd broadcast :); 9:57 AM
Sandie said...: Color knitting. It terrifies me, but I find enough wonderful things to knit it doesn't bother me too much by not doing it.

Kerry Crone gifted me with some gorgeous wool/silk blend lace weight yarn 2 years or so ago, and I knit my first lace shawl. The Flower Basket shawl, and I'm sure you've seen it around as it is a fairly well known pattern. If i corrected one mistake, I corrected 50, but I never gave up, and one day I completed it. But it showed me that lace weight yarn is too fine for my big country hands.

The next shawl I used fingering yarn and that was the Triangle Shawl. Much easier for me to manage.

I thought I would try the lace weight again. I wanted to knit the Ice Queen cowl from Knitty.com. Again, just too fine for my hands. I recently gave that yarn away on my blog. The lace weight is gorgeous, but I'll stick with fingering. That way I can continue knitting the lovely lace pieces without feeling like I'm playing with spider webbing..........LOL

I'm not entering the contest, just commenting.

Loved the story about Trinity wanting to knit. I agree with you. The yarn shop needs to lower their age limit. I was 6 when I learned to knit, and I've always been thankful my Mother took the time to teach me.

Take care and I hope you feel better soon. :); 7:42 PM
Aura Perez said...: Well there were two things that terrified and excited me at the same time, lace and fair isle knitting. Lace because the thought of working with very fine yarn and have stitches drooped on me terrified me, but both things have happened to me and I not only survived them but managed to pick up all of the stitches (same ones mine you like 3 times, kept dropping the same stitches while doing my PiR2), but they were picked up in the right order and my shawl is gorgeous.

Fair isle was terrified because of the steeking, but survived, I did my steeks in yarn that was superwash without realizing that and using crochet instead of machine knitting to secure the stitches, after watching in horror how the whole thing was unraveling, was able to fix it with needle and thread (hopefully will stay put).

So i have conquered those two fears, but I am in no way anxious to repeat the bad experience, only the good ones

I am Aurita in ravelry; 6:30 AM
sallyg said...: I'm happy if I'm knitting lace! I love the intensity of it as well as the miraculous transformation at the end. But I don't know if I would enjoy having more than one shawl on the needles at a time! I'm by no means a monogamous knitter, but I usually have a variety of sizes and techniques going at the same time. More than one shawl at a time, now that's scary!

Great podcast! Hope you are back to full health and that spring is coming your way.; 6:45 AM
Nina said...: I can knit the most complicated lace (my own addiction), even in cobweb weight, but am totally scared, if intrigued, by colour work.

Really enjoyed the podcast and love your Aeolian shawl.

I'm Knitterlynina in ravelry. (I don't want to leave my email address in the comments- sorry).; 1:29 PM
Roslyn (danceNknit) said...: I was scared of starting knitting again and I overcame that. I was scared of knitting lace, so I took a class and am now working on the Flower Basket Lace Shawl. I was scared of colour work and I did this last month; 1:51 PM
Roslyn (danceNknit) said...: I was scared of starting knitting again and I overcame that. I was scared of knitting lace, so I took a class and am now working on the Flower Basket Lace Shawl. I was scared of colour work and I started working on the Endless Rose Hat last month.

Next: sweaters, I've never knit a sweater before, so I've started knitting a vest for my hubby.

I'm danceNknit on Ravelry.

I think you are getting the hang of this podcast thing. This one had a much better flow. I would also like to hear things you would like to knit in the future. Also it is helpful to have links to the things you talked about in the show notes. Like you project page on Ravelry, or a book on Amazon.; 1:56 PM
Kristen said...: I'm a little bit afraid of lace knitting, but I'm also afraid of knitting garments where I have to swatch and measure. I feel like I'll get the measurements wrong and end up knitting a bunch of sweater pieces that will end up not fitting at all!

ps- I'm globalite on Ravelry.; 10:57 AM
kendall said...: Great podcast!

I loved the book reviews. And all the talk about lace - I'm a little addicted myself.

There are two things that scare me when it comes to knitting: Designing, and Colorwork.

I'm planning on taking the plunge soon in reagards to both of these things, but they do seem daunting. For color knitting, I never know which color is supposed to be behind, and when to carry >_; 2:10 PM
Jane said...: Socks scared me a lot until I tried tham - now I love them. I like knitting lace too, but I'm a bit afraid of fairisle - I'm not sure I can keep the stitches even and not pull the yarn I'm carrying too tight.

I'm glad you started a podcast - I enjoy your blog and the podcast too - you have a nice voice for it.; 11:19 PM
ritaknitting@hotmail.com said...: Hope you're feeling better. I can't say anything really scares me in knitting. I'm ready to try anything I'm interested in at least once. If I had to pick something, it would be intarsia.; 2:22 PM
auntien said...: For me it seems to be knitting socks as I know I will never make the second one. It took me long enough to take the plunge and make the first one.

auntien on ravelry; 4:39 PM
Anonymous said...: I cant think off anything that has really scared me, if I dont like something I can just rip it out-thats the beauty of knitting!Maybe knitting garter stitch with acrylic yarn may not be too exciting-just joking I have become spoiled with all the beautiful fibres anad patterns now available,it is truly amazing! Enjoy the podcst and your blog and all that beautiful lace! CHRIS; 6:20 PM
MariAngel said...: I recently started knitting lace items, lace weight is still somewhat daunting for me as the yarn is extremely fine and hard to feel between my fingers. I agree with you, the light airy feel of items made using lace weight is amazing.

Nice podcast.

MariAngel on Ravelry; 7:37 PM
Katerina said...: I'm not scared of a type of knitting per se, but running out of yarn and my guage being off = that's why I stick with small projects!!

Beautiful beautiful Lace on your blog as well as the podcast pages and thanks for the manicure recipe!!; 5:12 PM
Eileen said...: I would have to say knitting a sweater - it's not that the knitting of it scares me, I'm just afraid it won't fit when I'm done and I will have spent all that time knitting something I can't wear. I hope to take a sweater class one of these days. I might make my 3 year old a sweater before I try one for myself. :-)

Eileen

jkunstman@new.rr.com

WiscKnitter on Ravelry; 3:43 PM

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