Comments on: Going Around http://blog.berroco.com/2011/05/12/around-and-around/ a blog hosted by norah gaughan & amanda keep Fri, 24 May 2013 12:53:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Steve Zissou http://blog.berroco.com/2011/05/12/around-and-around/#comment-3824 Wed, 18 May 2011 01:27:08 +0000 http://blog.berroco.com/?p=1444#comment-3824 Amanda, I love your suggestions. I think Berroco is lucky to have you. I like your style (Ha ha).

]]> By: laura http://blog.berroco.com/2011/05/12/around-and-around/#comment-3821 Sat, 14 May 2011 10:22:31 +0000 http://blog.berroco.com/?p=1444#comment-3821 Great suggestion– about doing it first ON the table before picking it up.. woo HOO! THANKS!

Laura

]]> By: Naoko Shibusawa http://blog.berroco.com/2011/05/12/around-and-around/#comment-3819 Fri, 13 May 2011 19:21:07 +0000 http://blog.berroco.com/?p=1444#comment-3819 I’m knitting top-down circular cardigan that will be steeked. http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/shadow-4

Would love to see more steeked designs that would allow us to knit cardigans in the round.

Welcome back, Amanda–I used to see you when you worked at Fresh Purls.

]]> By: InvisibleDragon http://blog.berroco.com/2011/05/12/around-and-around/#comment-3818 Fri, 13 May 2011 16:54:03 +0000 http://blog.berroco.com/?p=1444#comment-3818 I am an avid top-down circular knitter – my mother taught me 50 years ago – but I’m not a designer at all, so my sweaters are all of the plain variety. I would really love to see more designs – both cardis and pullovers – from the top down. Right now I am searching for a cotton summer cardi pattern with some lace detail at the yoke.

Welcome back!

]]> By: amandakeep http://blog.berroco.com/2011/05/12/around-and-around/#comment-3817 Fri, 13 May 2011 13:11:49 +0000 http://blog.berroco.com/?p=1444#comment-3817 Thanks, Ellen!

]]> By: Ellen http://blog.berroco.com/2011/05/12/around-and-around/#comment-3816 Fri, 13 May 2011 13:06:04 +0000 http://blog.berroco.com/?p=1444#comment-3816 We’re thrilled to have you back, Amanda!

]]> By: Deb http://blog.berroco.com/2011/05/12/around-and-around/#comment-3815 Fri, 13 May 2011 11:52:43 +0000 http://blog.berroco.com/?p=1444#comment-3815 Thank you for the circular knitting advice, particularly about knitting the first stitch before picking up the needles off the table.

Can’t wait to see your next post on circular knitting. Getting started on dpns is the hardest part of circular knitting for me.

]]> By: rebkatz http://blog.berroco.com/2011/05/12/around-and-around/#comment-3813 Thu, 12 May 2011 16:15:27 +0000 http://blog.berroco.com/?p=1444#comment-3813 Yep, snacks in the desk drawer are the key to feeling settled in a new office. I like to add advil and (shhh) tampons to the mix to feel confident I can make it through any misadventure that might occur.

]]> By: Jen http://blog.berroco.com/2011/05/12/around-and-around/#comment-3812 Thu, 12 May 2011 15:14:05 +0000 http://blog.berroco.com/?p=1444#comment-3812 I love to knit in with circulars. Can’t wait to see what the patterns are you are to show! DPNs are still new to me as my first pair of socks languishes in the drawer less than halfway done! Thanks for the inspiriation and welcome.

]]> By: Carol Cripps http://blog.berroco.com/2011/05/12/around-and-around/#comment-3811 Thu, 12 May 2011 14:59:53 +0000 http://blog.berroco.com/?p=1444#comment-3811 I’ve also found when working a circular project, that making sure that when I change from one needle to the next, the new needle comes under the previous one makes for less noticible joins. I’ve been knitting in the round since I was a kid, and while I made sure to tug on the stitches near the joins back then, I think I do it unconciously now. Like any new skill, it requires practice to become automatic, but it’s well worth it.

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