Comments for Knit Spirit

Comment on Talking about Techniques by Cricket

Cricket — Mon, 10 May 2010 18:55:46 +0000

More uses for double-knitting:

Casting on a centre-out shawl. Only two needles to wrangle and no nasty gaps. It’s more of a stunt than something practical, since you can’t stick a finger in the “tube” and test it until it’s too late. (Ask me how I know.) I handled yo’s by double-wrapping within each stitch on the yo round so there was enough extra yarn, then sorting it all out on the next round. Simply doing yo’s wasn’t as smooth.

Tubular cast on.
http://techknitting.blogspot.com/2008/01/provisional-tail-method-of-1-x-1.html

Thanks for the tip about reverse stockinette being easier for this technique. My fingers kept thinking, “Move yarn to front, purl, move to back,” rather than “Move to front, slip, move to back.”

Comment on Casting on for lace by cmspe

cmspe — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:24:50 +0000

Ivy - when I was learning to knit (WAY back in the 60s), my grandmother taught me the backward loop cast-on method. However, she had one trick that I still use today. The first loop in the cast-on is usually a slip knot. However, as you mentioned, by the time you knit to this stitch, you have a lot of extra yarn. And the slip knot is precisely that, a knot… it tends to stick out like a sore thumb and is hard to hide. So, here is what my grandmother taught me - when using the backward loop cast on, cast on one more stitch than you need. Knit the first row, stopping at the last “slip knot”stitch and don’t knit it. Instead, slip it off your left needle, tug out the slip knot and move on to your second row. This gets rid of the extra yarn AND the knot!
In the words of a famous knitter - Be Blessed and Keep Knitting!

Comment on Prayer Requests by Kaca

Kaca — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:58:02 +0000

Please, support me in prayers:
For URGENT DIVINE INTERVENTION FOR COMPLETE RECONCILIATION with my loved one SHULE
That SHULE DOES NOT GET INVOLVED INTO ANY NEW RELATIONSHIP, but that HE MAKES STEPS TOWARD ME (CALL, APPROACH), THAT GOD FORM LINES OF GOOD COMMUNICATION BETWEEN US, KEEP US IN HIS CARE and HELP US TO WORK OUT ALL PROBLEM
THAT WE START AGAIN, OFFICIALLY GET MARRIED AND HAVE MANY CHILDREN!
God gives promises, and I know He is FAITHFUL!
Thank you very much. God bless you. I pray for you. Praise the Lord for He hear prayers and answer on it.
Kaca

Comment on Casting on for lace by Cricket

Cricket — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:21:22 +0000

Nice variations on the backwards loop caston: Use a smaller needle for the cast-on, and don’t let the yarn shift; all the yarn from each caston stitch is used in the knit stitch above it. Also, Use double thickness yarn or double twist 2x; both prevent the yarn from moving between loops as you knit the first row, and make it firmer and stretchier.

For long-tail, I sometimes hold a smaller needle beside the main needle. As the loop (from the tail) leaves my thumb it goes around the smaller needle. This keeps the loop larger, but if you use the right size you don’t have to readjust later. Takes experimentation to find best size of smaller needle for each project, so I stopped it after learning cable caston.

Comment on More ado about crochet by Leon Jackson

Leon Jackson — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:22:39 +0000

I learned how to crochet when I was young. It did take me a fair amount of time to master it but in the end I can create lots of items now. I love to crochet!

Comment on Shawls by Xi Lao

Xi Lao — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:24:48 +0000

I’m just getting into knitting and love the shawl discussion. Keep up the good work.

Comment on Shawls by Laura

Laura — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 23:48:51 +0000

I love your discussion of shawls! I love wearing them, now, but certainly never thought I would before I started knitting them! I thought I was the only one who matched my shawls to my furniture/decor rather than my wardrobe. My Secret Garden shawl lives on the back of my couch when I’m not wearing it! I also find that different shapes and styles of shawls are good for different activities and situations (i.e. whether you need your hands free, are seeing warmth, just want something pretty, etc) so its important to have lots of them!

Comment on Kol Nidre by Christine

Christine — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 01:33:50 +0000

Thanks for the link. It was interesting. That link does say that: “…The sinner intends here and now to act in some determined matter, inordinately electing that particular good in defiance of God’s law and the dictates of right reason.” However, I think Matthew 5:28 speaks against that: 27″You have heard that it was said, ‘Do not commit adultery.’[a] 28But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart.” This sounds like Jesus is telling his listeners that if they have looked at a woman lustfully they have sinned, even though they didn’t know until he told them. Maybe it’s nitpicky. I always got the message that forgiveness is needed for sins that you might not have realized were sins. In general, everything on that site you linked to can’t be taken as “generic Christian” theology. Catholic theology can be different from the theology of different Christian denominations, although we all agree on the basics. (Well, most of the time, but that’s a story for another day.)

Comment on Kol Nidre by Ivy

Ivy — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 00:34:57 +0000

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14004b.htm

“The evil act adequately considered has for its cause the free-will defectively electing some mutable good in place of the eternal good, God, and thus deviating from its true last end.”

That implies knowledge and intent. More directly “a sin must be a voluntary act”. An error isn’t voluntary, it’s outside of our control.

Comment on Kol Nidre by Christine

Christine — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 21:46:20 +0000

I don’t remember ever learning that Christians cannot sin unknowingly. In fact, I can think of a few biblical passages against that. Where did idea come from, if I may ask?