Podcast Episode 97: Converting Flat Knitting to Circular Knitting

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Comment by knittyorganist on June 7, 2009 at 9:36pm

Oooh! Hi Kelley, what a pleasure to hear from you. I love your podcast!! You can always start playing piano. I have taught lovely lady she was my favorite student!!

Anyway, thank you for your input. I will keep that in mind!!
Thanks,

Comment by Kelley Petkun on June 5, 2009 at 5:50am

Hi Peggy,

I only listed the Harmony Guides for reference because of converting flat to circular. Of course, as I looked through them for the podcast I became distracted with possibilities! :)

Comment by Kelley Petkun on June 5, 2009 at 5:48am

Hi KnittyOrganist,

By the way, I played the organ until I went away to college. We have a lovely piano that Bob's mother gave to us. I have yet to find time to transfer my skills to the new keyboard.

You can definitely work the whole sweater in the round. Sounds like you have enough experience to adapt the instructions. With Alpaca, I would make the body and sleeves just a bit short to allow for eventual "lengthening". You might want to consider a long cuff ribbing that you can turn back later, if necessary.

Comment by Kelley Petkun on June 5, 2009 at 5:42am

Hi Liz,

A lot of the knitters in the office stitch a length of grosgrain ribbon to the inside of the button bands to give the front a bit more "shaping".

Comment by Peggy Stuart on May 29, 2009 at 9:26pm

Knitty: I'm sure Kelley will chime in, but I wanted to mention that EZ has a faux seam for cases when a side seam is needed for some reason. She picks a st where she wants the "seam" to be, and lets it drop, pulling it so it runs all the way to the start of the ribbing. Then she picke up the bottom st with a crochet hook, hooks up the next st, bringing it through the first st. Then you do this again, but going under two rnds instead of one. You alternate (I think one for one, but I could be wrong) between picking up one st and picking up two, until you get to the top. I'm sure you can find this somewhere. I think it' in Knitting Around, but it could be in one of the other books of hers.

Comment by knittyorganist on May 29, 2009 at 1:13pm

Yay for this episode. I love top down no seaming project as well. More likely, I hate sewing. I always mess up my garment by seaming. Anyway, I would like to ask you a question that I am about to order Andean Treasure to make Camden from Knitty.
The designer noted, "This sweater is worked in two pieces to the underarm, then joined to work in the round through the neck. It is entirely possible to work the entire sweater without side seams, however the seams will help provide stability and help to mitigate the alpaca’s tendency to ‘grow’ vertically." What is your opinion on that? I thought I would just knit in one piece but I would like to hear your thought. Thanks so much!

Comment by Liz on May 26, 2009 at 11:53am

I love doing stranded knitting projects, always in the round. I wish cardigans came out a little better when steeked -- seems like they need some front shaping that I've not learned to do yet, though.

Any chance you could list the blog links you mentioned in this podcast?

Thanks!

Comment by Peggy Stuart on May 25, 2009 at 4:01pm

Were there any mentioned besides the various Harmony Guides? Usually there's a list in the written info on the podcast. Sometimes I print them off, as I did when Kelley listed all the works of fiction of interest to knitters, such as Debbie Macomber's novels. I took the printed list to the library. Some were available as audiobooks, which I prefer. --P

Comment by Fwdknitr on May 25, 2009 at 10:26am

I'd love to have a list of the books you suggest listed in the details of each podcast.

Comment by Peggy Stuart on May 24, 2009 at 8:29pm

Good point, Susan! Cause for celebration!

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