After much code-wrangling, hitting face-to-palm and even hauling in the big guns (this means IM’ing my friend Emma Jane, who is a master of all things crafty and computer code-y), I give up. I can’t get all the posts from the old Yarn Forward blog to transfer over using the import tool.
What does this mean to you? Not a whole lot. The old posts will stay where they currently live. The new posts will be here. If I figure out a fix eventually, they’ll get copied over here, too and live in both spots.
(See? I’m taking this improving-the-website-thing quite seriously! I should be eating dinner…heck, I should have been eating dinner hours ago, but instead I’ve been working on this!)
Enjoy!
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diane 12.09.08 at 7:23 pm
Hi there! love the new magazine, great to be treated as an adult and not a mere child on the knitting front. The patterns are great,but what is this love affair with circular needles? two stumps and a plastic spring are not my idea of knitting heaven! Give me a nice set of DPN’s any day. I have several sets of different sizes and lengths, some very old (i’m a grannie), some as long as 12inches. I would love to fill in the gaps in my collection of these long treasures, does anyone still make them? I’ve not seen any for sale since I was a child. Also why are the short ones only sold in sets of 4? you need 5 or 6 for a decent sized sock. Keep up the good work. diane
Shannon 12.09.08 at 7:33 pm
From both personal experience and impromptu polling of other knitters, Diane, I know that circular are increasing popular for a number of reasons. Some that immediately come to mind are the ease of knitting a larger piece — whether back and forth or in the round — because you can fit many more stitches on a circular than you can on most straights. Also, for those who have wrist problems such as carpal tunnel, circulars allow you to knit in a more natural position with the weight of the piece centered on your lap instead of at either end of a needle.
As for the number in the sets you’ve found, I couldn’t say, but I do know that Crystal Palace’s bamboo DPNs come in sets of more than 4 (can’t remember if it’s 5 or 6 offhand, think it’s 6).
It’s quite simple to convert a pattern designed for knitting in the round to flat knitting and vice versa…hmmm, I feel a feature coming on!
diane 01.15.09 at 1:55 pm
I have just recieved issue 11 and attempted to knit the hat on page 17. The error gremlin has struck again! I have a very nice hat but not as illustrated, a different honeycomb pattern is produced by following the chart on page 18. The chart also appears to be designed for use with two needles not dpns.The instructions do not say when to change needle size but us oldies know that this should happen after the rib section. Also the errata button has not appeared on my display of your home page yet.