Knitting needles and Cat'r

mood: hungry
I finished knitting Bunnicula's square cotton coaster and started Cat'r's. I went through almost all my US 8 knitting needles to find what would be best for cotton yarn. I don't seem to have any old-fashioned aluminum US 8's -- everything but. So I am currently knitting Cat'r's coaster on Susan Bates Crystalites needles. Pretty smooth, not as fast as I'd like.

I need to get some Boye or Susan Bates aluminum 8's and 9's, 10-inch.

Cat'r isn't coming up this weekend...did I mention that already? He has a cold and doesn't want me to get it. I miss him, but I wouldn't miss having a cold.

Hungry. Need to eat.

Posted on Feb. 6th, 2009 at 08:56 pm | | Leave a comment | Add to Memories | Tell a Friend

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[info]tribal_tiger

the *only* knitting needles i have are boye aluminum 9's.
Posted on Feb. 7th, 2009 07:28 am (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

[info]countrymouse

I've been collecting knitting needles since the 80's, crochet hooks since the 70's! :-D

I still have the Boye aluminum 10-inch US 6's I did this scarf on. It seemed to take forever! I used to be a very tight knitter. I remember trying to jam the needles into the stitches. Heh. I've learned to relax a bit now. :-D

I prefer doing things on bigger needles, 10-1/2 and above, because it goes faster. However washcloths made with cotton yarn take around an 8 or a 9. But they're not very big, so it's not a huge commitment of time. :-D

Posted on Feb. 7th, 2009 09:36 am (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

[info]tribal_tiger

yeah, i'm pretty tight, but that comes from crocheting. knitting takes a much looser tension. it's not bad though. i loosened up enough that i can pull it off, and it doesn't look bad. mind, i haven't even finished a *swatch* that i didn't unravel, but it was so i could re-use the yarn for practice, not cause it sucked.
Posted on Feb. 7th, 2009 11:01 am (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

[info]countrymouse

If you crochet tightly, you'd be really good at amigurumi! When I work on that, my hand and wrist start hurting!
Posted on Feb. 7th, 2009 11:57 am (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

[info]tribal_tiger

*nod* i've thought about doing amigurumi. i just don't know what to make, and i don't have anything handy that i could stuff it with. and i'm not so good at crocheting on the round. it's not the hole that gets me, because i know how to avoid that. i don't even know what it is, but it doesn't look right to me.
Posted on Feb. 7th, 2009 05:23 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

[info]countrymouse

Hmm...I don't know what to say. Well, it's not like you *have* to do it. :-)
Posted on Feb. 7th, 2009 08:19 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

[info]tribal_tiger

*nod* i will one of these days. i just don't want to do it if there's not even a chance i'll get to finish it.
Posted on Feb. 7th, 2009 08:37 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

[info]countrymouse

Oh. Well, don't let *that* stop you! heh. I have all kinds of projects that are unfinished, that I mean to finish *some*day. In the knitting and crochet communities these projects are called UFOs (unfinished objects). :-P
Posted on Feb. 7th, 2009 08:39 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

[info]tribal_tiger

:D yeah. i never finish anything, but there's the chance that i could, eventually, so they don't bother me.
Posted on Feb. 7th, 2009 08:44 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Reply