Doris hancock's Comments

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At 11:55am on May 9, 2009, palsknitto said…: Did you get in Raverly. you have to go Raverly.com. they will ask if you are wanting to join, they will give you an invitation to join, it too me 3 weeks to be accepted it is worth the wait, Good luck Irene

At 8:54am on February 18, 2009, Tina said…: Doris,
The best book we have for showing first time sock knitters how it all works is I Can't Believe I'm Knitting Socks. At $12.95, it's a little more expensive than a pattern, but is full of step-by-step photos an instructions for knitting socks in different ways so you can find your favorite. I highly recommend it!

At 1:56pm on February 12, 2009, cocolattewoman said…: Dear Doris,

I'm sorry about getting back to you so late. I've been away for some months and had trouble with e-mail. I'm uncomfortable sending a pattern I got out of a book. These are copywrited. I believe you may find a basic sock pattern for free on the internet. I'd be happy to share info and trade war stories with you. Please let me know how you are doing.
cocolattewoman

At 5:52am on November 10, 2008, Jenknits said…: two at a time socks is a great bock with easy to follow instructions

At 3:47pm on November 6, 2008, cocolattewoman said…: The easiest way to learn socks is from Knitting for Dummies. I'll send you the directions from this if you like, but your local library probably has a copy. The illlustrations are great, and the instructions very easy to follow. It's how I learned. I got a copy for myself because it covers practically everything in Knitting! You'll need a set of 5 double pointed needles (dpn's) and some worsted weight yarn. I used Lion Brand with 25% wool. I highly recommend using plastic or wooden needles, as wool on metal is very slippery. My personal favorite dpns are made by bryspun and only 5 inches long. It keeps me from jabbing myself at the end of each row. Klutzy. Needle size 7 or 8 is good to start with. Let me know if you still want the basic how-to pattern. But the illustrations in the book are really helpful. Good luck. Let me know how you are doing.

At 10:15am on November 3, 2008, knitstertoo said…: Doris,

I copied and pasted the message I received from Ravelry. I still have not taken a picture of my shrug, but I shall.

Your friend would need to sign up for an invitation at www.ravelry.com Once they are a member of the site, they can simply do a People search (www.ravelry.com/people) of your user name and they will see your page! Please let me know if you have any further questions or if there is anything else I can do to help! Thanks!! Erica (Ravelry Help) erica@ravelry.com

At 7:56pm on October 29, 2008, Leslie Galloway said…: Just saw your post. I'm a RH Queen of a group of 18. We've been together 4 years already. This past weekend we all went to Maui for the Interisland get- together. So Fun!!! There we're only about 200 but it was a terrific weekend. I took my knitting but never had time to touch it. I collect knitting books (don't seem to use them much) and love to go through them and dream about cold weather, a fire, a glass of wine and my knitting.

At 7:51pm on October 29, 2008, Leslie Galloway said…: Hi Doris! What a nice surprise. What kind of knitting projects do you like? I'm sort of on a sock tangent right now. It's never too hot to wear socks - even here.

At 2:14pm on October 28, 2008, knitstertoo said…: Doris,

I shall have a picture taken of myself in my shrug and post it for you. The picture on ravelry is on it being knitted.

At 11:07am on October 28, 2008, knitstertoo said…: www.ravelry.com and I believe you look for the knitter knitstertoo.

At 11:52pm on October 27, 2008, Jahra said…: Hi Doris,
Thank you for adding me as a friend. I am knitting a baby bunting with a hood for my friend Vince's newborn, Steven. The pattern is all garter stitch, but you know us humans -- I've added some cute puppy dogs using a slipstitch mosaic knitting technique. I'll let you know how it turns out.

At 12:59pm on October 27, 2008, knitstertoo said…: I just made a shrug and I love it. It was quite easy. Love at my Ravelry page - knitstertoo. Whatever were you in the hospital for? Glad you are home.

I am still hobbling around on crutches, and shopping on the Internet.

Angela

At 11:06am on October 27, 2008, Mrs. Snell said…: Hi Doris! Just thought I would drop you a little note to say hi! Also I wanted to ask what knitting products you like?

At 3:40pm on October 23, 2008, Angela said…: Hi Doris,
You can also check our tutorial on decreasing for more information on slip stitches. http://community.knitpicks.com/page/page/show?id=1984936%3APage%3A224 Hope that helps!!

At 2:03pm on October 23, 2008, Maggie said…: You can make a slip stitch in two ways. One is the plain knitting way. Insert the right needle into the first stitch on the left needle but do not knit it. Just slip it off the left needle and on to the right needle. The yarn stays on the back side of your knitting.

The other way is the purl knitting way. Insert the right needle into the stitch on the left needle as though you are going to knit a purl stitch. Slide the stitch on to the right needle. The yarn remains on the front of the work--facing you.

I hope this makes sense!

At 7:49pm on October 20, 2008, Marty said…: I doubt I can be of much help as I've only knit 1 pair of socks EVER. I have only been through VA when travelling somewhere else.

At 10:31am on October 20, 2008, knitstertoo said…: I have not been outside, but we have the heat on. John said it was c-c-cold when he walked this morning. I shall go and get a manicure tomorrow, finally around multiple people. Not just John and Pepper, my Havanese!!

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