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				<title>Sue joined the group Fiber Club!</title>
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				<title>Aviatrix51 joined the group Fiber Club!</title>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2015 19:19:38 -0400</pubDate>

				
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				<title>Sarvi replied to the topic What do you watch while you craft? in the forum Fiber Club!</title>
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				<pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2015 19:17:10 -0400</pubDate>

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				<title>Linda replied to the topic Help me enjoy knitting again in the forum Fiber Club!</title>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2015 06:03:44 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Elizabeth Zimmerman is great, as Sarvi says, and fun to read! Even if you are not keen on what she knits she is an education! I&#8217;ve got two of her books and although the only thing I&#8217;ve knitted is the baby surprise jacket, I really enjoyed reading her words. And the jacket was interesting to knit too. You sound to me as if you are feeling very&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-146242"><a href="http://oliverands.com/community/groups/fiber-club/forum/topic/help-me-enjoy-knitting-again/page/3/#post-44330" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<title>SarahGreen joined the group Fiber Club!</title>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2015 05:49:04 -0400</pubDate>

				
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				<title>Sarvi replied to the topic Help me enjoy knitting again in the forum Fiber Club!</title>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2015 02:53:47 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Actually I can show you all four of those elements in EZ&#8217;s work &#8212; but as I noted, she can be a bit of an acquired taste, and really, there&#8217;s no need to push her onto anybody who&#8217;s said they&#8217;re not interested. Her legacy&#8217;s rock solid and not going anywhere. </p>
<p>But! It sounds like you have a good sense of what you want and perhaps just needed a bit&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-146237"><a href="http://oliverands.com/community/groups/fiber-club/forum/topic/help-me-enjoy-knitting-again/page/3/#post-44324" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<title>meleliza replied to the topic Help me enjoy knitting again in the forum Fiber Club!</title>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2015 02:32:31 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;d like to point out that all the qualities you listed are exactly the opposite of Elizabeth Zimmerman. 😉 </p>
<p>But I agree, I look for all those things. In fact, it takes hours of research to even begin to buy yarn and cast on, which is another of the problems with knitting. Problems with the pattern are not only harder to fix, they&#8217;re harder to&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-146235"><a href="https://oliverands.com/community/groups/fiber-club/forum/topic/help-me-enjoy-knitting-again/page/3/#post-44323" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<title>Sarvi replied to the topic Help me enjoy knitting again in the forum Fiber Club!</title>
				<link>http://oliverands.com/community/groups/fiber-club/forum/topic/help-me-enjoy-knitting-again/page/3/#post-44289</link>
				<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2015 16:22:30 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I feel like I&#8217;m running an ad agency for Brooklyn Tweed at this point, but it&#8217;s just something I know well and can use for a further example; I&#8217;m sure many other designers have a lot of these fantastic features. </p>
<p>When looking at a knitting pattern, you might be happier if:</p>
<p>1. It has a lot of makes on Ravelry. You can look at modeled photos of&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-146194"><a href="http://oliverands.com/community/groups/fiber-club/forum/topic/help-me-enjoy-knitting-again/page/3/#post-44289" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<title>Sarvi replied to the topic Help me enjoy knitting again in the forum Fiber Club!</title>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2015 16:08:47 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I was thinking about this thread this morning while I was blocking something. It&#8217;s this pattern: <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/arlo" rel="nofollow ugc">http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/arlo</a></p>
<p>and it asks you to block to a schematic. I was thinking that there are only a few ways for a garment to not fit. One, it&#8217;s poorly designed. Same as with sewing patterns &#8212; it asks for too few inches for a&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-146193"><a href="http://oliverands.com/community/groups/fiber-club/forum/topic/help-me-enjoy-knitting-again/page/3/#post-44288" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<title>meleliza replied to the topic Help me enjoy knitting again in the forum Fiber Club!</title>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2015 18:33:59 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Oh yes, I love embroidery and cross stitch too. Nothing can go wrong, you just unpick the stitch if you don&#8217;t like it. And simple looks good too. In fact, I liked a cross stitch I did so much I had it framed and hung it in our newly renovated vestibule. I&#8217;m working on a Christmas red work one, but I I end up putting it away out of season so it may&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-146153"><a href="https://oliverands.com/community/groups/fiber-club/forum/topic/help-me-enjoy-knitting-again/page/2/#post-44227" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<title>Jess M. replied to the topic Help me enjoy knitting again in the forum Fiber Club!</title>
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				<pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2015 00:23:10 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Which pattern are you knitting?   Mostly so I can go stalk lol.  </p>
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				<title>justsewit replied to the topic Help me enjoy knitting again in the forum Fiber Club!</title>
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				<pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2015 00:13:57 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well I started the pattern part of the dress yesterday and after two rows have already stuffed it up. I &#8220;yarn forward&#8221; ed the wrong way! So I will start again I guess. For some reason I ended up with five stitches at the end instead of three so I will use something as counters when I cast on to make sure the number of stitches is correct. Then it&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-146121"><a href="http://oliverands.com/community/groups/fiber-club/forum/topic/help-me-enjoy-knitting-again/page/2/#post-44191" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<title>roundtheworldgirl replied to the topic Help me enjoy knitting again in the forum Fiber Club!</title>
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				<pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2015 13:52:10 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Tamara, that is exciting &#8211; and the answer of course is, &#8220;it depends.&#8221;  In my most prolific (pre-kids) knitting days I could finish a hat in two days, and an adult sweater in two weeks.  But I spent hours per day doing it.  Now it takes me forever to finish anything &#8211; I may knit up to an hour a day when I am very smitten with a project (but I&#8217;ve&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-146111"><a href="http://oliverands.com/community/groups/fiber-club/forum/topic/help-me-enjoy-knitting-again/page/2/#post-44177" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<title>justsewit replied to the topic Help me enjoy knitting again in the forum Fiber Club!</title>
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				<pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2015 02:34:23 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>For someone who doesn&#8217;t usually knit and doesn&#8217;t consider herself a knitter, I have embarked on a project I hope to finish rather fast. Time will tell. But I have always wanted to have a knitted baby dress so I am making one for Chloe. I actually signed up to ravelry and that has inspired me to knit also. There is this beautiful dress I&#8217;d love to&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-146110"><a href="http://oliverands.com/community/groups/fiber-club/forum/topic/help-me-enjoy-knitting-again/page/2/#post-44176" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<title>Tamara joined the group Fiber Club!</title>
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				<pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2015 02:19:58 -0400</pubDate>

				
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				<title>Sarvi replied to the topic Help me enjoy knitting again in the forum Fiber Club!</title>
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				<pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2015 00:06:59 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>That&#8217;s such a fun and pretty yarn!</p>
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				<title>Linda replied to the topic Help me enjoy knitting again in the forum Fiber Club!</title>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2015 22:22:44 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sarvi is right- I should have mentioned that. You should always block a tension square and THEN count stitches and rows. Row count is often harder to achieve to match the required gauge, so if you can&#8217;t get the row tension then go with whichever gauge gives you the correct stitch count. From your post it sounds like you know how to block, but if&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-146104"><a href="http://oliverands.com/community/groups/fiber-club/forum/topic/help-me-enjoy-knitting-again/page/2/#post-44171" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<title>Jess M. replied to the topic Help me enjoy knitting again in the forum Fiber Club!</title>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2015 19:35:25 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Oh, and I always take my swatch and measure in 3 different manners:  1:  Unblocked<br />
2: Steam Blocked<br />
3: Washed/Dried (however I plan to care for it)</p>
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				<title>Jess M. replied to the topic Help me enjoy knitting again in the forum Fiber Club!</title>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2015 19:34:19 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I always cast on 50 stitches and do 5 garter stitches on each end, and a few garter rows to begin with.   When I cast off, it keeps my swatch from curling.  Especially in Stockinette.   I recently learned the value in swatching&#8230;usually I don&#8217;t mind, as I knit stuff for DD so if it&#8217;s bigger, well she can wear it longer or next season.   But this&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-146100"><a href="http://oliverands.com/community/groups/fiber-club/forum/topic/help-me-enjoy-knitting-again/page/2/#post-44167" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<title>meleliza replied to the topic Help me enjoy knitting again in the forum Fiber Club!</title>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2015 18:53:05 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Did I mention math is one of the things wrong with knitting? Too much math.</p>
<p>Don&#8217;t get me wrong, I&#8217;ve been knitting for years, just a lot less once the kids got bigger. Because sewing is more practical, useful and faster too. I mean, people just don&#8217;t wear hand knits. Even when it all works out perfectly, I never end up wanting to wear&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-146097"><a href="https://oliverands.com/community/groups/fiber-club/forum/topic/help-me-enjoy-knitting-again/page/2/#post-44163" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<title>meleliza replied to the topic Help me enjoy knitting again in the forum Fiber Club!</title>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2015 18:53:05 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Did I mention math is one of the things wrong with knitting? Too much math.</p>
<p>Don&#8217;t get me wrong, I&#8217;ve been knitting for years, just a lot less once the kids got bigger. Because sewing is more practical, useful and faster too. I mean, people just don&#8217;t wear hand knits. Even when it all works out perfectly, I never end up wanting to wear&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-146096"><a href="https://oliverands.com/community/groups/fiber-club/forum/topic/help-me-enjoy-knitting-again/page/2/#post-44163" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<title>Sarvi replied to the topic Help me enjoy knitting again in the forum Fiber Club!</title>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2015 18:36:29 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Linda is spot on. The only thing I would add is that some yarns are inherently very firm and some grow/bloom in counterintuitive way so also block your swatch. Even a half or a third of a stitch off (in width &#8212; row gauge is better handled in inches, I think) can add up so much more quickly than it seems it should. </p>
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				<title>Rebecca W replied to the topic Help me enjoy knitting again in the forum Fiber Club!</title>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2015 13:29:16 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks Linda! This is helpful. I usually do a smaller swatch (varies in width, but probably closer to 4 inches in length) and then count stitches for an inch and multiply. It sounds like that may not be the most accurate way of doing thing. 🙂 I am entirely self taught (via internet and a stitch book that I have) so I am often guessing and doing&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-146088"><a href="http://oliverands.com/community/groups/fiber-club/forum/topic/help-me-enjoy-knitting-again/page/2/#post-44152" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<title>Linda replied to the topic Help me enjoy knitting again in the forum Fiber Club!</title>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2015 22:34:51 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>For best results, make your swatch about 6&#8243; square. This allows you to measure out a 4&#8243; square to count your rows and stitches more effectively. The reason for not just making a 4&#8243; square swatch is that the edges will be uneven, making it difficult to count precisely. Even being a few stitches out can affect the finished size of your garment. For&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-146076"><a href="http://oliverands.com/community/groups/fiber-club/forum/topic/help-me-enjoy-knitting-again/page/2/#post-44134" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<title>Rebecca W replied to the topic Help me enjoy knitting again in the forum Fiber Club!</title>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2015 15:00:55 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sarvi- how big of a swatch do you make? Thanks to all of your lovely BT inspiration, I am about to start a Brooklyn Tweed project(Bernice Pullover)and I am a little nervous! I want it to go well! I have been swatching and blocking my swatches lately, but I never make them very big. </p>
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				<title>Rebecca W joined the group Fiber Club!</title>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2015 14:56:13 -0400</pubDate>

				
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				<title>meleliza replied to the topic Help me enjoy knitting again in the forum Fiber Club!</title>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2015 22:40:47 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>yes, I just saw a pattern on knitty.com and when I read the designer works behind the scenes at Brooklyn tweed, I added it to the &#8220;safe&#8221; list. I do like Ann Budd, her sweater books have been extremely useful. But I don&#8217;t do sweaters any more. Her sock book is very good too, but I despite everyone&#8217;s warnings about how addictive they are, I only did&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-146025"><a href="http://oliverands.com/community/groups/fiber-club/forum/topic/help-me-enjoy-knitting-again/#post-44078" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<title>Sarvi replied to the topic Help me enjoy knitting again in the forum Fiber Club!</title>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2015 15:44:37 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ha! EZ is definitely &#8230; well, perhaps an acquired taste. Ok, then maybe the freeform style is not for you. Brooklyn Tweed is more than just Jared Flood, a lot of other people design for them as well. Another designer you might like who writes in a very detailed stitch-by-stitch style is &#8230; I forget her actual name, she goes by 6.5stitches on&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-146014"><a href="http://oliverands.com/community/groups/fiber-club/forum/topic/help-me-enjoy-knitting-again/#post-44049" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<title>miss_sonja replied to the topic Help me enjoy knitting again in the forum Fiber Club!</title>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2015 01:15:06 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I used to knit a lot. But sewing is so much faster. I never really learned the faster method of throwing the yarn so I never got fast at it. </p>
<p>I&#8217;ve thought of knitting recently too, though, as I&#8217;d love to make my son a sweater. I made a sweater for my now-15 year old when she was 2 and she wore it for 3 years! She loved that thing. I used a yarn&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-146004"><a href="http://oliverands.com/community/groups/fiber-club/forum/topic/help-me-enjoy-knitting-again/#post-44029" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<title>meleliza replied to the topic Help me enjoy knitting again in the forum Fiber Club!</title>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2015 00:23:27 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>oh how I hate Elizabeth Zimmerman! I waded through the February baby sweater and it was such a horrible ordeal I can&#8217;t even think about it. However, the damn thing was cute once I finally got it done. I simply can&#8217;t stand how vague and unspecific she is. Her instructions are horrific. </p>
<p>Good to know about Brooklyn Tweed. I was eyeing up a few of&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-146002"><a href="http://oliverands.com/community/groups/fiber-club/forum/topic/help-me-enjoy-knitting-again/#post-44025" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<title>Linda replied to the topic Help me enjoy knitting again in the forum Fiber Club!</title>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2015 20:27:40 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ooh, Sarvi, I love Cat Bordhi too- got her sock books, the woman is a genius! I learnt to knit socks on circulars from one of her books. Socks are one of my favourite things to knit.</p>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2015 20:27:40 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ooh, Sarvi, I love Cat Bordhi too- got her sock books, the woman is a genius! I learnt to knit socks on circulars from one of her book.socks ate one of my favourite things to knit.</p>
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				<title>Jess M. replied to the topic Help me enjoy knitting again in the forum Fiber Club!</title>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2015 15:34:54 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>With shawls, I am finding that I am not an agressive enough blocker So they come out smaller.   </p>
<p>As for hats&#8212;2 very l9vely patterns that were quick knits&#8212;windshief, &amp; Beeswax(cables).  beeswax looks so complex.  But the patternis SO intuitive.</p>
<p>And sometimes you just have to out the needles down and walk away for a bit.   Thdre is nothing&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-145985"><a href="http://oliverands.com/community/groups/fiber-club/forum/topic/help-me-enjoy-knitting-again/#post-44004" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<title>Sarvi replied to the topic Help me enjoy knitting again in the forum Fiber Club!</title>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2015 15:34:33 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Oh, and just to add, I&#8217;ve been very happy with the Brooklyn Tweed patterns thus far, everything works out pretty well. I had a lot of growth in a pattern where I didn&#8217;t block the swatch but obviously that was my fault. Blocking is quite the art form in itself, I might add. It&#8217;s *very* easy to undo months of good work with improper handling of a wet piece. </p>
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				<title>Sarvi replied to the topic Help me enjoy knitting again in the forum Fiber Club!</title>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2015 15:32:46 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I really feel your pain on this one. I also feel that knitting is so labor-intensive, it&#8217;s not worth it to use yarns you don&#8217;t love, so even a small project gets very expensive very quickly. The problem is that swatching it so much slower and more expensive than doing a muslin for something sewn. You have to knit a big swatch, using the same yarn&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-145983"><a href="http://oliverands.com/community/groups/fiber-club/forum/topic/help-me-enjoy-knitting-again/#post-44002" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<title>roundtheworldgirl replied to the topic Help me enjoy knitting again in the forum Fiber Club!</title>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2015 14:38:43 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I can&#8217;t say I&#8217;ve found knitting patterns across the board to be unreliable, but I do think that there are so many factors that can affect how a project turns out &#8211; gauge, needle size, changes in yarn after blocking, etc.  It is easy to get an off result.  I went through a shawl phase a couple years ago and I found that it was more difficult to get&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-145981"><a href="http://oliverands.com/community/groups/fiber-club/forum/topic/help-me-enjoy-knitting-again/#post-44000" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<title>meleliza replied to the topic Help me enjoy knitting again in the forum Fiber Club!</title>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2015 14:05:38 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>well that&#8217;s what this was supposed to be: fantastic yarn and a pretty easy pattern. I gave up knitting sweaters ages ago when the kids got too big for quick and easy. And when I realized that I just don&#8217;t wear sweaters I make for myself. Especially when I can just get one from Anthropologie for less money and effort. I only buy nice yarn anyway,&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-145978"><a href="http://oliverands.com/community/groups/fiber-club/forum/topic/help-me-enjoy-knitting-again/#post-43997" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<title>roundtheworldgirl replied to the topic Help me enjoy knitting again in the forum Fiber Club!</title>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2015 11:57:31 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am also an obsessive reader of project notes on Revelry before starting something &#8211; I usually at least scroll through every picture on the project pages and click on a few.  I love it when people leave really detailed notes about finished measurements so I try to do the same with my projects.  With shawls I think I have found that I needed to do&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-145974"><a href="http://oliverands.com/community/groups/fiber-club/forum/topic/help-me-enjoy-knitting-again/#post-43992" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<title>roundtheworldgirl replied to the topic Help me enjoy knitting again in the forum Fiber Club!</title>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2015 11:57:31 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am a frog-er when things don&#8217;t go right in knitting.  Nice yarn is expensive and I am cheap!  It is true, though, that after I frog a project I tend not to want to pick the needles back up for awhile.  I always end up going back to it, though. There is something wonderful about knitting, curled up in a chair, with a cup of tea or coffee at your&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-145973"><a href="http://oliverands.com/community/groups/fiber-club/forum/topic/help-me-enjoy-knitting-again/#post-43992" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<title>Masha Richart joined the group Fiber Club!</title>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2015 11:50:42 -0400</pubDate>

				
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				<title>Linda replied to the topic Help me enjoy knitting again in the forum Fiber Club!</title>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2015 07:45:15 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>How about going back to knitting some basic, easy stuff that you can complete in the blink of an eye, using gorgeous colour yarn, from a good manufacturer? Nothing too big, say child&#8217;s size to start so you get quick, satisfying results- get your enjoyment from using beautiful yarn instead of complex stitch or garment patterns. Pick something not&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-145969"><a href="http://oliverands.com/community/groups/fiber-club/forum/topic/help-me-enjoy-knitting-again/#post-43989" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<title>Jess M. replied to the topic Help me enjoy knitting again in the forum Fiber Club!</title>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2015 07:24:12 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Firstly, pics. Or it didnthappen.   I love me some Tosh yarn.  I practicaly knit with it exclusively. </p>
<p>I tend to be this way with all ofmy crafts&#8212;I am  obsessed with it until I am  burned out.   Then it has to go away for awhile while I become obsessed with something else, and somethIng else.   Rinse and repeat.  Thisbis how I keep the love&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-145967"><a href="http://oliverands.com/community/groups/fiber-club/forum/topic/help-me-enjoy-knitting-again/#post-43986" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<title>Jess M. replied to the topic Help me enjoy knitting again in the forum Fiber Club!</title>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2015 07:24:12 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Firstly, pics. Or it didnthappen.   I love me some Tosh yarn.  I practicaly knit with it exclusively. </p>
<p>I tend to be this way with all ofmy crafts&#8212;I am  obsessed with it until I am  burned out.   Then it has to go away for awhile while I become obsessed with something else, and somethIng else.   Rinse and repeat.  Thisbis how I keep the love&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-145966"><a href="http://oliverands.com/community/groups/fiber-club/forum/topic/help-me-enjoy-knitting-again/#post-43986" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<title>Jess M. joined the group Fiber Club!</title>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2015 07:15:56 -0400</pubDate>

				
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				<title>meleliza started the topic Help me enjoy knitting again in the forum Fiber Club!</title>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2015 02:47:20 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As an example of everything that&#8217;s wrong with knitting: I started a shawl project at the beginning of the soccer season (I can&#8217;t lug my sewing machine to the field, after all) and it was close to finished, so I motivated myself to finish it off. Lovely pink Tosh yarn, pretty pattern with lots of excellent reviews on ravely, not too hard, not too&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-145960"><a href="http://oliverands.com/community/groups/fiber-club/forum/topic/help-me-enjoy-knitting-again/" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2015 02:22:06 -0400</pubDate>

				
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				<title>jay_1965vw joined the group Fiber Club!</title>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2015 22:40:42 -0400</pubDate>

				
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				<title>needlewoman posted an update in the group Fiber Club!: A month&#039;s worth of weekends (including some days of 40C in [&#133;]</title>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2015 14:09:34 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A month&#8217;s worth of weekends (including some days of 40C in Adelaide) has seen me finish 3 quilt tops. The must do content were a tablecloth/lap quilt, and a single bed quilt for my aunt/godmother who turn 88 in May. I&#8217;ve made many quilts during the last 10-15 years, but haven&#8217;t worked on any for a year. So I&#8217;m very pleased to have these projects&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-145700"><a href="https://oliverands.com/community/activity/p/145700" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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