Welcome to I’ll Knit (& Spin!) If I want To! I asked y’all to send in some of your questions (from everything from fiber arts, to designing and on!) so I could put together a little video for y’all every Friday doing my best to answer your questions!
1. Andrea- please help! My dog got to my precious flicker and flame hat that I love and wear all the time. She chewed a big hole cutting across the main color and contrast color, but it’s near the top. I’m trying to figure out how to save it. I have leftover yarn for both colors so I am thinking to just cut into the top just below the damage and knit the end of the hat again. I’m assuming I’ll be able to figure out where to pick up the chart to make the color work continuous. But any tips/advice you have to rescue this hat? And problems with this approach! Thanks so much for considering my question.
2. Hi Andrea ! I started learning how to spin on a support spindle in October and am having so much fun learning something new after knitting for almost 20 years. Now I’m curious to know more about the different types of fiber prep (rolags, combed tops etc) and their differences, as well as your take on different types of spinning ( am considering drop spindles and even a wheel !) and what you would use each one for. Thank you !
3. My question is about washing your knits between uses or at the end of the season. Do you wash multiple things together? Like can I fill my tub add wool wash and put several knits in at once. I would probably toss in a color grabber if I questioned bleeding of any of the items, but it's like if I'm gonna do the work, can I do it all at once (as space permits, of course)?
4. I took my finished DRK everyday sweater out of hiding today and wore it out of the house - I forgot how much I love it! I've noticed that since Gertrude (my mannequin) has been wearing it, the neckline has more of a tendency to pull lower than I like. Do you think I couldcrochet around the neckline to reinforce it, or would it be better to use elastic somehow? I love the length of the neckline, so I don't really want to fold it over to funnel elastic through. Thanks for your help!
5. Picking up stitches: is there a trick to picking up the number of stitches prescribed by a pattern, for example around a sleeve or neckband? It seems I am always trying to evenly distribute the recommended number as I go, but even when I divide the space into with stitch markers I inevitably end up with a few too many or too few, or a bunch crowded in or overly spaced out at the end to make it work. Every time I work an area like this I end up picking up three or four times before I get close enough to make it work. What am I doing wrong?? There must be a better way.
