Thanks for sharing this, I didn’t know about some of these and always fun to learn more.

I’ve tried Portuguese, continental and English but stayed with continental. Getting purls down with even tension and not hurting my wrist took some time but got there in the end

We have one in our office that we put on a shelf above eye height when we’re all working. It seems to be okay just kind of shining down on us. It’s usually on the whole day but we’re only in for a few hours at a time, we all have meetings and appointments with other people so pop in and out of the office.

Both comments are showing for me! Thanks for that, the cable jumper I’m doing right now is a merino/acrylic blend and it’s getting very heavy and thick so I’m getting a bit anxious about how wearable it’ll be. I guess it’s all learning.

I hope you get many wonderful wears from your jumper and have a lovely Christmas

This looks great! I’ve been tempted with chunky yarns for a jumper, however the next one in my queue is fingering weight so I’ll have to wait a bit.

Is the acrylic comfy to wear? Or does it get too hot?

I did try to learn from my grandmother when I was a kid but it didn’t stick. I don’t think I had the manual dexterity, when I looked it up on YouTube as an adult I didn’t have too much trouble with it.

I had forgotten learning from my grandmother but I found some of my old notes and things at her house the other week that been stored away for the last 30 years or so.

Now I learn from YouTube and certain books. How to knit socks that fit, jumper knitting handbook type stuff and the Japanese knitting stitch Bible.

I started with crochet and moved onto knitting. Now I much prefer it and how versatile it is

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Speechless. Just speechless

I mean it does still jump out sometimes, depends how hard I pull!

Just measured it and it’s 7 inches across/diameter so fairly large yes

I’ve not rewound this yarn, I’m just taking the label off and getting the end. I use the bowl to have something to put the yarn in basically and because I think it looks nice. I’m terrible for buying hobby bits because they look nice, I have so many pins and stitch markers and things.

Like another person said though, if it was one of the fancy yarns that comes in a hank (I think they’re called) I’d need to wind it first so it was a ball before being able to use it.

Thank you! Yes it’s quite fun being all casual about doing something that looks complicated. I am pleased I can cable without a needle though and don’t think this would be possible without that technique!

Thank you, that’s really kind. It is a lot of cables lol and I was worried about handling it. To be honest though once you do a few repeats it’s fairly easy to keep track of what’s going on

Thank you very much! I practiced a fair bit before trying this pattern. You should give it a go!

Thank you! Hopefully I can do it justice when it’s finished

That looks hilarious, defintely going to check it out!

I was always partial to Tucker and Dale vs Evil for horror comedy

No, this sounds like a great idea and something I’d like to see as well.

It’s happening!

You didn’t need to call me out like that with the ‘Weave in your ends, slacker!’ but I get the hint and will try to get some old stuff posted!

Well that’s good to know! I won’t look out for her when I read the books lol.

I’ve not read the books so I’ve got nothing to compare it to, I’m defintely going to go and read them after I’ve finished season 2 though.

I’ve been enjoying it, not quite as much as the first season but it’s still fun to watch. The whole Empire thing is good, they’ve made some interesting character choices for Demerzel which I’m not really into, they don’t happen in the book though from what I’ve read.

It’s taken a real turn and there are a bunch of new characters in it, I like most of them and it feels like the plot is moving forward swiftly with their scenes. The spacers show up more and are really, really cool. I hope we learn more about them.

I’m thinking it’s generally okay but I’ve not read the books and I’m fairly easy to please though

How strong is her neck!?