Knitting a blanket!

I finished the hyuuuge blue and white scarf I was knitting last week. It turned out quite well! Now I'm making a big, multicoloured blanket. Does anybody here knit?

nope wouldn't know where to start!

Fab Eleanor, were r the pics? A nice big blanket will keep you warm

It looks really complicated at first, but it was surprisingly easy to learn! Although it helped that mum used to knit, so she showed me how to do the knit stitch properly.

I'll take a pic of the scarf later on As well as the first thing I ever knitted, which was supposed to be a mini scarf and looked like something Dempsey had coughed up.

nice

Kind of, I need more practice though! Couldn't make anything decent yet, more into sewing and i like doing tapestry too  

p.s where's the pics?

I'm not very good at sewing. I end up sticking myself with the needle!

I've ordered some circular needles so I can try knitting some socks for my next product!

Pics will be posted, but that involves digging out my camera and charging it.

I'm mid knitting something, I'll post pics when it's ready

Nope can't knit to save my life. My Mum and best mate tried to teach me when I had Flossie and the boy but failed miserably, hated it. Would rather stick needles in own eye

Suppose it depends on the person! I love it!

What are you knitting, Hayley?

Good on ya

use to knit years ago,i could never follow a pattern thou,so i would end up with lots of scarfs  ,would love to see pics of your blanket  

Blanket pics would have to wait for a couple of weeks, as I've only done a tiny bit so far.

Eleanor wrote:Suppose it depends on the person! I love it!

What are you knitting, Hayley?

Many months ago I bought a staffie pattern from battersea, while I've been resting and getting better I decided to give it a go   I've followed a pattern before but not for many years, so that's what I'm doing, I promised Dave that I'd do his, that's if mine doesn't end up looking like Nessie  

Wow that sounds fab Hayley  

Sazzle wrote:Wow that sounds fab Hayley  

Fingers crossed saz

Ooh, sounds amazing! You have to post pics!

When a get better at knitting, I might need to steal that pattern from you!

Yeah the sound of that makes me want to practice more!

I can remember learning to knit with my aunty before she died, sadly I don't think I could do it now, although it is something I may take up again when I have the time later in life.

I find it really calming. Love to tuck up in bed in the evenings, watching a film on my laptop and knitting.

Here be the scarf:



It's actually twice as long as that, but I couldn't lay it flat on the floor because Dempsey wanted it (as you might notice!)

That's brilliant  

Awwwww, that is very much like the one my aunty got me knitting, I think it ended up being about a mile long  

Thanks!

Took a while, but was fun!

I knit. I used to have a Saturday show at my Mum's wool shop when I was a teenager. I'm currently knitting some dolls. I'm happy knitting jumpers, but live in fleece jumpers so never ware them. That scarf looks great.

Aww you should post some pics of your dolls  

Sazzle wrote:Aww you should post some pics of your dolls  

Definitely

I promise I will when I finish them and get them all sown up. 

Glad there's a little knitting crowd on here!

I'm adding in a basketweave pattern for my blanket. Next pattern along will be an eyelet one.