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Anura

Knitting a tunic with a 'pointy' hem

Have any of you clever people any idea how you can knit a jumper/tunic with a point at the hem?

How do you start off? I've seen some but never fathomed out whether you start at the top or the bottom.

Any suggestions/patterns would be appreciated.
sally_in_wales

There are loads of different ways, you could start by casting on at the point and increasing steadily until you get to the width you want, or you could knit top down and decrease to the point, you could work the pieces sideways, there are loads of posibilities.

Probably the thing to ask is how do you prefer to knit, top down, bottom up, flat and seamed, or in the round?
Stacey

Or you could start with one of those temporary cast on thingies and do the points at the end
Anura

I'm ashamed to say
(a) I've never knitted in the round
(b) I've never knitted from top down

but I've seen a pattern somewhere that does a 'top down' one. Thanks for your suggestions.
mochyn

What's that website with thousands of free patterns? Danish or something... I want to call it Blobs, but I know that's not it. There's bound to be an appropriate pattern on there, anyway.
Anura

I love your Avatar!
mochyn

Who, me? There are several of us with World War 1 & 2 avatars: Chez has another Women's Land Army one and Tahir has an Indian Army one.

I'll post the name of that site when I can think of it!
mochyn

oooh! Got it: Drops.

http://www.garnstudio.com/lang/en/kategori_oversikt.php

See you in a few months when you've got out of there...
Sally

mochyn wrote:
oooh! Got it: Drops.

http://www.garnstudio.com/lang/en/kategori_oversikt.php

See you in a few months when you've got out of there...


That's an AMAZING site! Cool
mochyn

Sally wrote:
mochyn wrote:
oooh! Got it: Drops.

http://www.garnstudio.com/lang/en/kategori_oversikt.php

See you in a few months when you've got out of there...


That's an AMAZING site! Cool


Sorry... Embarassed
Sally

This looks nice:
here

Or this?
here

Have you ever bought wool from the supplier linked to the site? It looks nice stuff.
ros

oh wow, what a great site

I've been looking everywhere for a pattern for a zipped up and lined cardigan/jacket - I think I could adapt Sally's 2nd linked one to do that
Very Happy Very Happy


....unless anyone knows what I mean and knows of a pattern ?? Very Happy
mochyn

Sally wrote:
...Have you ever bought wool from the supplier linked to the site? It looks nice stuff.


Haven't used their yarn, mainly because I try only to use British. (Although I did slip last week and buy some Japanese Noro to make myself a pair of really jazzy stocking. Embarassed )
Sally

mochyn wrote:
Sally wrote:
...Have you ever bought wool from the supplier linked to the site? It looks nice stuff.


Haven't used their yarn, mainly because I try only to use British. (Although I did slip last week and buy some Japanese Noro to make myself a pair of really jazzy stocking. Embarassed )


What supplier do you recommend? The linked one looked nice - and of course so easy to link to straight from the pattern. Actually I must check our local "just-about-everything" shop in the village - he's started a wool corner.
sally_in_wales

New Lanark are a nice British supplier, I've really enjoyed all the yarn I've had from them
mochyn

sally_in_wales wrote:
New Lanark are a nice British supplier, I've really enjoyed all the yarn I've had from them


I can second that. It's lovely stuff.

I can also recommend UKAlpaca: beutiful yarn in either pure alpaca or a blend with Blue Faced Leicester, all produced in the UK.
ros

New Lanark is also a good price - since a 100g ball of Aran weight acrylic from my local shop is £2.35 Very Happy I'd much rather pay the extra 60p a ball for wool or wool/silk from a UK source Very Happy

thanks for the reminder, I'd forgotten about them Smile


And then we musn't forget this one must we Very Happy

Rosewood
Sally

Ooooh I like that site!

What about this wool for the first cardi?

Wonder how well it washes?

Oh dear I feel a knitted-fever coming on Embarassed
sally_in_wales

Sally wrote:
Ooooh I like that site!

What about this wool for the first cardi?

Wonder how well it washes?

Oh dear I feel a knitted-fever coming on Embarassed


washes great, if you want to full/felt it, wash it vigourously, if you want it to stay as knitted, use the wool cycle. Its very well behaved yarn
Sally

Hmmm I'm not sure if this pattern is for DK wool or if it's something thicker?
here

Any knitting buffs care to help me out? Could I knit this cardi in the wool linked above?
Sally

Thanks.... I've never tried felting.. . well except accidently when turning a child's jersey into a teddy-bear's one once!
sally_in_wales

Sally wrote:
Hmmm I'm not sure if this pattern is for DK wool or if it's something thicker?
here

Any knitting buffs care to help me out? Could I knit this cardi in the wool linked above?


Looking at the yarn description which suggests 9mm needles, its a chunky. Now, New Lanark do a chunky but its new, so might not be on their site, you may need to call them and ask about it
Sally

Thanks. I'll look and see what chunky the man in the village has....
mochyn

Sally wrote:
Thanks. I'll look and see what chunky the man in the village has....


do watch out for cheap yarn though: it usually feels horrible when you knit with it! doesn't always wear well, either.
Sally

Erm .... .admission time.....

I bought some of this on ebay... Embarassed Cool
Sally

Anura - I just searched that Drops site for a tunic..... Here are 2 sort of pointy hems....





They are both on page 2 of a search of the site for "tunic"

HOpe that helps! ( cos I hijacked your thread Embarassed )

Happy knitting all
mochyn

Here's another site that I often buy from. Lovely Blue Faced Leicester... http://www.britishwool.com/
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