[Knitting] Zauberball!

[kniteracy]

I picked up this lovely wool on Wednesday at I Knit London, and now I'm thinking I may get a second ball of it if they still have it on Saturday.

Zauberball translates to 'magic ball', and I think that even in the ball it live up to its name. It's just alive with possibilities, isn't it? The wool comes in an astounding array of colours, not all of them this bright, I promise!

Zauberball! I'm sorry for the blurry photo, iPhone, iPhone, blah, blah, blah, but I really love this wool and the colours are fantastic. It will make up into very long stripes that fade into one another gradually, and right now I'm trying to decide what to make with it. Right now, I'm thinking of the Flit & Float Scarf from this spring's Knitty, or maybe....

Bettie's Lace Stockings

Firestarter

Magic Mirror

Summer Sliding

Which one do you think I should make? :)

Comments

Knitting question.

[clothsprogs.livejournal.com]

So, Oh fount of all knitting knowledge...

I have a lovely sweater for one of my dolls, I included an opening at the back to allow for his huge head and extremely skinny neck... but the opening is too short.

Is there and easy/quick way of reworking it larger, or should I go the seamstresses route and stitch around the area the slit needs to be made longer, cut the slit and treat it like a fabric that frays easily...?

Teddy

Teddy discovers steeking...

[aunty_marion]

Uh-oh.

(One way of doing openings for large heads (on future items!) is to make them with a shoulder opening; leave one shoulder unseamed, add a few rows of rib on one side and two or three buttonholes in the same amount of rib on the other. I've got a child's jumper pattern from the 1950s done like that...)

Re: Teddy discovers steeking...

[clothsprogs.livejournal.com]

Thanks - I've seen that done, but this doll has such a huge difference between head size and neck size that I could make both shoulders opening and still not have enough gap to ge t the ehad through.
(http://s47.photobucket.com/albums/f190/guyelfkin/DoA%20London%20Meet%20April%2009/?action=view&current=P4050100-1.jpg)

Teddy

Re: Knitting question.

[telynor.livejournal.com]

The seamstresses' route is absolutely the way to go. In knitting, this is called a steek, as Marion points out. The fabric may fray less easily than you think, but stitching and hemming is very much the way to go here.

Re: Knitting question.

[clothsprogs.livejournal.com]

Thankyou!

Teddy