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8/27/2003 7:20:03 AM
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They seem to be in style or something- exhibit A being the new ONline free pattern. I don`t know about you gals but I don`t walk around with big honking holes all down my shirt! I keep seeing these patterns and of course the model rarely has anything on underneath it. Who really wears this?? And if so, what do you wear under it? Many of the patterns I`ve seen are summer patterns which means I would all the more NOT want to wear anything under it. I have the pattern and yarn for Lion Brand`s drop stitch top in microspun because I like the look of it in the picture. In "real life" I think it will be too open and I may have to do something else with that yarn. Input? Maybe another technique (other than like a 4x4 rib which is a pitb to knit, IMO) that would give that ribby look without showing off everything ya got?
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8/27/2003 9:09:39 AM
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ecasey
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What about the top called "Paulina" in the free patterns section of the Berroco website (berroco.com). It`s a nice little top - form fitting, but with mainly bias ribbing, and not showing off ll your bits and pieces! lol
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"We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the STARS!" (Oscar Wilde)
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8/27/2003 9:10:37 AM
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ecasey
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By the way, I don`t get the drop stitch craze either.
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"We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the STARS!" (Oscar Wilde)
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8/27/2003 9:10:39 AM
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Right now I`m knitting a tank top using a stitch pattern I found in Sally Mellville`s Knit Stitch book.
Very simply, you do garter stitch, but it is interuppted by slip stitches. I think it goes more or less like this:
rs - knit
ws - knit 4, slip one with yarn in front
I haven`t tried it, but knitting in stockinette instead of garter might give you what you want. You could make the interval more stitches, if you wanted to. I think you`d need more yarn, though.
By the way, am I the only one who has trouble getting Lion Microspun to knit as many stitches to the inch as it calls for? For me, it always wants to be bigger stitches.
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8/27/2003 12:14:12 PM
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Tam,
My 16 year old wears these things with cross-between-tee-and-camisole underneath. It`s the fashion runway theory of clothing - "these women are professionals, do not try this at home". In last winter`s Vogue knits there was a very cool looking chunky cable sweater with great gaping gaps all over. Fun to knit, cool to look at, but nearly impossible to wear. Is that the yarn they recommend not knitting stockinette with? If so an eyelet is out, too. No help, just commiserating. - Nancy
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8/27/2003 3:52:44 PM
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Well, who knows. Besides me being far too old/out of shape/plastic surgery-less, there`s the issue of all those stupid holes snagging EVERYTHING. BUT, in Europe, the cotton knit camisole is a big seller, and with all those tops, I guess I know why. You can get something similar on-line at Sierra Trading Post. The other thing I recommend is a skin toned all-in-one...but I sure don`t want to wear one today-it`s 100 out, and who wants all that cruddy nylon to sweat in?
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8/28/2003 8:14:27 AM
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woo! That is lovely (just looked at Paulina). This is going on my list! Those cables are just wonderful. I will feel a lot better about doing tanks when I`ve lost some of this baby-weight. I have a few too many "bits and pieces" to hide right now! Thanks!
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8/28/2003 8:24:07 AM
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That sounds similar to one of my very favorite patterns. It is: knit two rows. Change colors, knit a row, slipping every fourth stitch. continue for 3 rows in st st continueing to slip those same stitches. Change back to original color and knit two rows, knitting in the slipped stitches. I like to use a varigated yarn for the st st area. This gives you a gorgeous "windowpane" look to your fabric. It makes a lovely baby blanket. I`ve always wanted to do that pattern in a sweater. Maybe I should JUST DO IT! haha
As far as microspun knitting to a large gauge, well... I`m the all time screaming tight knitter. I have to go two sizes higher than the needle called for usually. NOTHING knits too big for me. I am constantly fighting the battle of trying to get LESS stitches to the inch. I can knit socks that call for size 0 needles on size 2 needles and get the gauge. This is great that I don`t have to ever knit on teensy needles but it`s a pain when I`m trying to get the right gauge on a sweater and I have to keep ripping out and going bigger and bigger with my needles. sigh
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8/28/2003 8:32:07 AM
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Yes, I think the little camisole idea is probably the answer. I think making something else entirely is a better answer, though! haha I agree about "do not try this at home". Especially since those women in the mags are never even wearing bras yet somehow can usually avoid showing their "you-know-whats". Unless you have an airbrush artist willing to follow you around I think it`s probably best to not try that at home. ;-)
You can do st st in this yarn. That must be another yarn you are thinking of. :-) Thanks for the commiseration. That is, of course, what I really wanted anyway. LOL
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8/28/2003 8:37:37 AM
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My mom wears those skin toned all-in-one dealies (my MIL too, actually). I start getting hot flashes just looking at them. I am VERY hot natured and start to sweat just thinking of wearing more than one layer of clothing in the summer. It is only by great sacrifice (and great need-I`m nursing) that I wear a BRA in the summer so it`s hard for me to think of wearing two layers of actual clothing. I think I`m better off just making something entirely different with that microspun. Why get a very light, cool yarn like this, make a cool little top and then ruin it by wearing something underneath? The drop stitch idea would certainly be nice and COOL but what difference does it make how cool you feel if you get arrested for indecent exposure?? LOL And, yes, I am concerned about the holes snagging everything. I can just see my baby son sticking his fingers in it and yanking. No way. :-)
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8/31/2003 10:24:48 AM
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Back before I had my son there really wasn`t all that much - ah- pulchritude- to be revealed, but I also did not like my you-know-what-s showing, even under clothes, so I used plain old band-aids. Now that band-aids come in so many wonderful flexible varieties they might work even better, but I could knit an absolutely transparent top and wear it because I hardly ever leave my own living room, so I have not tried it out lately.
If you had one of those way too lacy things that was for a special occassion, be advised that one can by bra cups made of sticky stuff that you can actually stick onto yourself and they more or less look like skin but offer "support" - I did not make these up, I am just reporting what I know, so if these things are as comfortable as a bikini waxing, it is not my fault.
they are not cheap, but for the right occassion might be worth it...or, you could just knit a different pattern, as all the normal responders are advising!
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