Colinette order

[puddingcat]

I'm caving in & joining the knitting craze.

Would anyone would like to join in with a Colinette order? Let me know here (comments are screened, in case it's for a present).

ETA: Paypal works, as does cash if I'm likely to see you. Cheques get forgotten about. I'll order on Friday 9th - a week tomorrow.

Comments

[becky-spence.livejournal.com]

Actually, I've looked again, could you get me a shade card, and when/how would you like me to send you the money for it?

That way, I can look at everything they do and even if I can't work out how to knit, I may order some wool to make hair falls and the like with instead... (and gives me time to save)

[puddingcat.livejournal.com]

See edits :) I work in Manchester city centre, so could conceivably pass stuff on via Heather (since I got the feeling she finds it relatively easy to get to Abakhan).

[becky-spence.livejournal.com]

that seems simple and good to me :) What address do you use for paypal and I can probably best off do it that way...

[puddingcat.livejournal.com]

puddingcat1974[at]hotmail[dot]com

Sorry for the delay - couldn't remember whether I'd changed it to gmail. Anyway, I'll let you know when I've placed the order.

[strangefrontier.livejournal.com]

How did this knitting craze start?! It's slowly creeping across my friendslist, so much so that I'm tempted to give it a go myself. Of course, I haven't knitted since I was about 8, and can barely remember one end of a knitting needle from the other...

[puddingcat.livejournal.com]

I don't know how it started! claire_wain learned, as did the_xtina; they infected nannyo and she's passed the virus on to me...

I sort of know how to knit, insofar as I can cast on & off, and do knit & purl, but I'm hazy about increasing & decreasing, and remember a habit of dropping stitches. I do know that chunky wool on big friendly needles is easier than old lady wool and skinny needles though :)

[pink-weasel.livejournal.com]

Yay! knitting!

I'm not alowing myself to buy yarn at the moment, but squee! colinette!

[puddingcat.livejournal.com]

I want to get better at knitting so I can knit a Ferrari :p

[strangefrontier.livejournal.com]

Ah, now I totally see the appeal! Where can I find a knitting pattern for a V12 engine?!

[puddingcat.livejournal.com]

I want to knit an E-diff for my Ferrari!

[strangefrontier.livejournal.com]

A world where the presenters and the cars are resplendant in chunky knitwear!

[puddingcat.livejournal.com]

Fantastic idea!

What could we knit caravans out of to make destroying them fun?

[pink-weasel.livejournal.com]

ye-s. Between you posting this post and now I have been thinking avout knitting engine components. I've seen knitted wombs and soft toy STD's so why not knitted spark plugs or flappy paddle gear boxes?

I bet someone already has...

*goes off to check*

[puddingcat.livejournal.com]

Blame it on Stargate fics. I found one where someone knits a puddlejumper.

well...

[pink-weasel.livejournal.com]

This is frightening and looking at it closely, rather badly designed:

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y163/emborsky/CarCozy01.jpg

A LJer suggests steel wool (actually I know an artist who knits with large metal cables so if you were wanting to commission a knitted car..)
http://www.livejournal.com/users/sclerotic_rings/833699.html?thread=3813283#t3813283

oh. Oh. um.
http://cablespeed.com/~rebel/pinewoodderbydogcar.jpg

other than that, nope, no knitted engines that I can find. I did stumble on a Prius dating service though.

Re: well...

[puddingcat.livejournal.com]

Is this a service for Priusses to date each other, or for people to date them? I can't begin to imagine what the offspring would be like...

A link to send to TG, possibly!

[purpleheather.livejournal.com]

Oh my word - they do some beautiful yarns... I don't think I can afford anything at the moment, but I'll bookmark them for future reference - thanks!

[puddingcat.livejournal.com]

They're all gorgeous. nannyo got a mixed bag & there wasn't one hank in it that was scratchy, or ugly, or dull.

[nannyo.livejournal.com]

and see, I haven't even knitted anything out of that bag yet, and I'm considering ordering more. ACK! Temptress! But the justification goes thusly: mixed bag is cheap compared to the other way of getting things, more mixed stuff means more really random knitting projects, and the hope that I can match some of the past random stuff, mixed bag is snuggly and lovely and gives me wool bitches. Can you see a flaw? I can't.

I'm restraining myself til I've actually finished the two projects I'm working on now. I may have to get back to you. *yearns*
N.

[puddingcat.livejournal.com]

*yearns*

Don't you mean "yarns"?

If you get another bag, you might find a nice hank to complement a current project... And I'll see you at least twice between ordering & the New Year :p

has arm twisted, REALLY HARD

[nannyo.livejournal.com]

WEeeeee....*yearns for yarns* Damn you, sign me up! I'll give you the money next weekend when I see you. Are you coming to us for New Year? You get bed space.
N.

Re: has arm twisted, REALLY HARD

[puddingcat.livejournal.com]

I need a "persuasive" icon :)

Mixed bag, or a particular colour this time?

Yes, I'm NYEing at Chateau Blaysford! *Especially* if I get a bed :)

[purpleheather.livejournal.com]

*nods* I was eyeing those up - they look gorgeous.

It might be worth trying to get a fairly standard, non fluffy or slubby yarn for your first go though - it makes learning so much easier, and you can quickly move on to the more exciting stuff!

[puddingcat.livejournal.com]

I tried a bit with one of nannyo'a gimps (thanks to pink_weasel for giving it a name!) and it was slow, but fun. Anyway, I like a challenge!

[pink-weasel.livejournal.com]

miss_newham has recently learned to knit on some lumpy skinny horrible yarn with no stretch to it and after learning on that, she can knit anything.

Learning to knit with something you like is the best thing ever.

[puddingcat.livejournal.com]

I'd have thought stretch would confuse matters? Tension was one of my biggest problems at the best of times.

Yes. I need things I want, in yarn I like. I need to push toe 1970s/80s Woman's Own patterns out of my head & have fun :)

oops

[pink-weasel.livejournal.com]

http://youknitwhat.blogspot.com/2005_09_01_youknitwhat_archive.html

Re: oops

[puddingcat.livejournal.com]

See, that's the worry! Some of those are similar to Colnette's patterns (the big cardies with fuzzy edges) and *how* do you know in advance whether it'll look great or awful?

[dragonmamma.livejournal.com]

What is this Colinette? Is it an on-line company? I already know how to knit and am planning Knitting week at school next term so all wool would be interesting. Think the craze started when they developed some new styles of patterns and crazy new yarns that were much more trendy than the twinsets we all used to knit when I was a young thing. If you need help with patterns or "tricky stitches" give me a yell.

[puddingcat.livejournal.com]

www.colinette.com

It's gorgeous stuff and would inspire even the least artistic of people.

I may well ask for translations of patterns. They read like sifc pdio ec hzag gr to me.

[phil-girl.livejournal.com]

I knitted when I was quitting the fags. I even went so far as buying myself patterns, a knitting needle case and various sizes of needles.

Needle-less to say, I'm much better now!

[puddingcat.livejournal.com]

*Groans*!

Did anythign turn out well? How did you avoid things looking like Woman's Own patterns?