Thus saith the sock knitter. Most of my knitwear is done on 13's, 15's, or 17's (that's 9mm, 10mm or 12mm for you non-US folks). I'm currently knitting a sweater on teeny tiny size 8's (5mm). It's going depressingly slowly. Especially after I disassembled 80% of it, when it was about 20" in, 'cause the color-blocking intervals I'd used were too narrow and made me twitch.
Yay for getting the "watch cap" done! Like you, I tend to avoid acrylic, but I absolutely agree it has its place, and it seems like an excellent choice for a child's watch cap.
So - you convert patterns? I'd love to barter some "chunky" knitting for some pattern conversion! I suck at patterns, either following or writing. Thus I greatly admire anyone who can do the former, and positively venerate anyone who can do the latter! And I've a couple of patterns that I think look very pretty in the pictures, but would absolutely be better in the round. [wistful sigh]
Which reminds me - you might find this filk amusing... I came up with it at the last Pondfilk, which was Pondfilk V and Pondfelt I; three of us at a time were working on feltable wool bags in various sizes.
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Date: 2005-11-02 12:29 am (UTC)*giggle*
Thus saith the sock knitter. Most of my knitwear is done on 13's, 15's, or 17's (that's 9mm, 10mm or 12mm for you non-US folks). I'm currently knitting a sweater on teeny tiny size 8's (5mm). It's going depressingly slowly. Especially after I disassembled 80% of it, when it was about 20" in, 'cause the color-blocking intervals I'd used were too narrow and made me twitch.
Yay for getting the "watch cap" done! Like you, I tend to avoid acrylic, but I absolutely agree it has its place, and it seems like an excellent choice for a child's watch cap.
So - you convert patterns? I'd love to barter some "chunky" knitting for some pattern conversion! I suck at patterns, either following or writing. Thus I greatly admire anyone who can do the former, and positively venerate anyone who can do the latter! And I've a couple of patterns that I think look very pretty in the pictures, but would absolutely be better in the round. [wistful sigh]
Which reminds me - you might find this filk amusing... I came up with it at the last Pondfilk, which was Pondfilk V and Pondfelt I; three of us at a time were working on feltable wool bags in various sizes.