tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21397483.post874995821906163520..comments2023-12-29T15:48:55.596-05:00Comments on Samurai Knitter: Comfort knitting and a dye question.Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11710658334966849773noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21397483.post-28160165437012140582007-05-25T18:16:00.000-05:002007-05-25T18:16:00.000-05:00I think I've settled on socks. I love my Samurai ...I think I've settled on socks. I love my Samurai yarn and was planning on a ribbed pair so I don't think it will be too taxing. Since I'm on codeine for the coughing, pain and general gumpiness, I think the nice bright color will keep me somewhat focused! And I will be able to find them again should I set them down and wander off in a narcotic haze... <BR/><BR/>I love the suggestions for comfort knitting. I've had some really good ones since I was struck down with this plague. Almost makes me wish I could stay sick so I could knit all of the things that people thought of!<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the suggestions in both the knitting and pneumonia arenas. This isn't my first bout with it, but it always seems to take me by surprise.Sheepish Anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15564802976550099985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21397483.post-20885404357675680542007-05-25T12:22:00.000-05:002007-05-25T12:22:00.000-05:00I'm waiting to hear the verdict and hoping for the...I'm waiting to hear the verdict and hoping for the best.<BR/><BR/>Comfort knitting? I'd say hats on circular needles. Correct size circs too like 16." They are easy and you just knit around and around for however many inches until you start decreasing. I do have an afghan that I work on when sick too.Lauralhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15142895300567373085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21397483.post-17364261442084222962007-05-25T11:43:00.000-05:002007-05-25T11:43:00.000-05:00I hate the uncertainty of that last ball of yarn! ...I hate the uncertainty of that last ball of yarn! If you end up doing the collar in different yarn, I like roxie's idea of contrasting (or complimenting, depending) cuffs - make 'em match the collar.debsnmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17023150694076405052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21397483.post-52144566607146260172007-05-25T10:21:00.000-05:002007-05-25T10:21:00.000-05:00Thanks for the answer to my dyeing question! And I...Thanks for the answer to my dyeing question! And I'm keeping my fingers crossed that your yarn won't run out before you get to the end of you Mystery :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21397483.post-3886727268425649192007-05-25T08:49:00.000-05:002007-05-25T08:49:00.000-05:00Ah ha! The Mystery Knit has SHOULDERS! Fingers a...Ah ha! The Mystery Knit has SHOULDERS! Fingers are crossed. If necessary, you can bind off with a different color since that last row is lost in the seam. If there are sleeves, and you need at least a dozen yards of yarn, you can steal the cuffs and put on contrast cuffs - always a cheeky design touch.roxiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14916948065233137971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21397483.post-20018944286542066562007-05-25T02:55:00.000-05:002007-05-25T02:55:00.000-05:00You know about crochet bindoff, right?:)Comfort kn...You know about crochet bindoff, right?:)<BR/><BR/>Comfort knitting? christmas stockings. Big, easy and you can make them as complicated or simple as you like, and you only need to make one so no trying to remember what you did with the other one in your drugged up state!Louizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05691100508790921779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21397483.post-66964156051653713292007-05-24T22:22:00.000-05:002007-05-24T22:22:00.000-05:00I'm waiting anxiously for the news on the Mystery ...I'm waiting anxiously for the news on the Mystery Knit--<BR/><BR/>My advice would definitely be socks or something that involves going around and around and around... (a really simple pi shawl, for instance...) all the comfort of knitting, all the brainlessness of, well, brainless knitting... I've been sick and forced to work on hard small stuff and I'm just WEEPING for some basic stockinette or garter... that I can do this lace-leaf thing as sick as I've been is some sort of sign that maybe I missed my calling in life...Amy Lanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04885706951931450373noreply@blogger.com