http://www.elann.com/Commerce.web/forums/messages.aspx?TopicID=135415 Elann Community Chat Center - Previous Website Chat - Moebius - Cat Bordhi book - Messages en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Jitbit AspNetForum Fri, 27 Aug 2004 19:09:05 GMT Fri, 27 Aug 2004 19:09:05 GMT http://www.elann.com/Commerce.web/forums/messages.aspx?TopicID=135415 Les]]> Fri, 27 Aug 2004 19:09:05 GMT http://www.elann.com/Commerce.web/forums/messages.aspx?TopicID=135415 Benne]]> Fri, 27 Aug 2004 15:52:31 GMT http://www.elann.com/Commerce.web/forums/messages.aspx?TopicID=135415 Knitting a moebius is definitely an `act of faith`, but amazingly, a shape comes through. I knitted more than a dozen in two months when I unexpectedly had to teach the retreat last year. Plus a number of false starts, practice cast-ons, and samples to show `work in progress`. I found that I had much better control of the `shape` if I used an invisible cast-on in the centre. I tried grafting stitches together on a metallic one after I manually put in the twist - I had nightmares about little copper stitches slipping away to hide had I had that one done.

For those of you knitting moebius scarves, you can make a point to fill in a V-neck by short-rowing on a third to half of the stitches after you have reached the desired width for the part to go behind your neck. This look good worn on a plain dress or sweater, too.
Have a look at the new book, Unexpected Knitting, by Debbie New for some more ideas of what you can do with shapes. Tour cats would just love a knitted conch shell to play with.

Alice
Salt Spring Island]]> Fri, 27 Aug 2004 09:06:06 GMT http://www.elann.com/Commerce.web/forums/messages.aspx?TopicID=135415
One of the employees brought in her cat Murphy who absolutely loved the Fringed Moebius Bowl and modeled the Beaded Tresses Hat, albeit somewhat reluctantly. Cat loves cats (of course!) and snapped dozens of pictures. Murphy may be a guest star someday on her website...

Melanie]]> Thu, 26 Aug 2004 22:56:16 GMT http://www.elann.com/Commerce.web/forums/messages.aspx?TopicID=135415
Still knitting away on the christams socks!
Libby]]> Thu, 26 Aug 2004 18:25:12 GMT