S'up.
I'm Gloria, from Toronto. I've been lurking around for a bit, and Misty was nice enough to invite me!
I'm a novice knitter; I've been knitting since April, and I'm working on a POA Ravenclaw scarf (film colours) at the moment. I'd love to try to knit up a Ravenclaw school sweater vest for the GOF premiere; I've looked at the Hobbie pattern, and I have to admit I'm not experienced or mathematically-talented enough to adjust the pattern for myself. I'm hoping perhaps someone here has the time and inclination to help me out.
I've considered adapting a sweater vest pattern (off Knitty), but it has 2X2 ribbed armholes, V-neck band, and waist band, so I thought the colour changes for the stripes would show when the vest was worn. Does the Hobbie pattern include stripes?
I really love how everyone's Quidditch sweaters are turning out (the pattern I looked at called for DK weight yarn, but I see most people seem to be using worsted?), and I'd like to knit one of my own after the flurry of GOF.
Glad to be here, and great to meet everyone!
I'm a novice knitter; I've been knitting since April, and I'm working on a POA Ravenclaw scarf (film colours) at the moment. I'd love to try to knit up a Ravenclaw school sweater vest for the GOF premiere; I've looked at the Hobbie pattern, and I have to admit I'm not experienced or mathematically-talented enough to adjust the pattern for myself. I'm hoping perhaps someone here has the time and inclination to help me out.
I've considered adapting a sweater vest pattern (off Knitty), but it has 2X2 ribbed armholes, V-neck band, and waist band, so I thought the colour changes for the stripes would show when the vest was worn. Does the Hobbie pattern include stripes?
I really love how everyone's Quidditch sweaters are turning out (the pattern I looked at called for DK weight yarn, but I see most people seem to be using worsted?), and I'd like to knit one of my own after the flurry of GOF.
Glad to be here, and great to meet everyone!
posted by Gloria @ 8/24/2005 09:15:00 PM
5 Comments:
At 12:00 AM,
Vince said…
Welcome Gloria, glad to have you with us. Looking forward to seeing pics of your Ravenclaw scarf, should be warm and cozy for those cold Toronto winters. I'm in Buffalo, NY so I know what it is like.
My suggestion for a Hogwarts sweater has always been to find a basic pattern that you like and fits you. Then adapt it to the house colors. Remember math is a knitter friend :)
Again, welcome.
At 9:59 AM,
Misty said…
i'm adjusting the pattern a bit myself, and it's working out alright so far (but granted i don't have it together yet :)
as vince said, math is the friend of the knitter - just make sure you keep track of what you've added/subtracted for stitches, and modify the rest of the numbers in the pattern (front, back, sleeves, neck, etc) accordingly before you begin!
At 3:35 PM,
Erin said…
Welcome Gloria. Glad to see you here.
What they said about the math!
Also, when changing colors in ribbing, if you knit the first row/round of your new color and then go back to the rib, it will make a clean change and you really won't notice the fact that some of the stitches on that row aren't purled.
At 11:07 PM,
Gloria said…
Awesome! Thanks.
At 2:59 PM,
The Gatekeeper said…
Hi Gloria,
Heard of Kingston? Long Lake?
Our pattern is purposely generic to avoid problems with "you know who" but we do mention 2 different sizes of stripes: for a 2/3/2 or 1/2/1 row sequence depending on your row gauge.
Placement of the stripes is also left up to the knitter as we have received plenty of comments regarding accuracy and/or authenticity when it comes to placement of said stripes on the sweaters..in other words, we do not have them in the right place!
Anyway...we placed them where we felt they would fit best - with some creative license considering we've been doing this for 30 years.
For the original style, we knit rows of equal size; for the new style, we knit narrow/wide/narrow stripes...again the number of rows depend on the row gauge.
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