Comments for Knit for Brains http://knitforbrains.net Smart Man Knitting Smart Thu, 07 Apr 2011 18:49:05 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on The ‘How Many…?’ Knitting Tool by Rose http://knitforbrains.net/products-and-tools/the-%e2%80%98how-many%e2%80%a6%e2%80%99-knitting-tool/#comment-61 Rose Thu, 07 Apr 2011 18:49:05 +0000 http://knitforbrains.net/?p=910#comment-61 Thanks for posting this link! BTW, I just discovered your site and am making my way through the archives--you've got some GREAT tips! That Portuguese knitting pendant . . . omg, thank you! Thanks for posting this link!
BTW, I just discovered your site and am making my way through the archives–you’ve got some GREAT tips! That Portuguese knitting pendant . . . omg, thank you!

]]> Comment on Stranded, Multi-Color or Fair Isle Knitting Portuguese Style by Eric http://knitforbrains.net/techniques/two-strand-two-color-or-fair-isle-knitting-portuguese-style/#comment-45 Eric Sun, 29 Aug 2010 03:57:47 +0000 http://knitforbrains.net/?p=373#comment-45 Hi and thanks for the comment. No I didn't do a video on fair isle and probably won't for a while. Sorry! But I will tell you that if you are going to try fair isle socks two at a time you are asking for quite a tangle! Managing two colors for each of two socks, turning everything in the right directions and keeping track. Your going to feel like you are in a spider web. There is a video or two for fair isle Portuguese knitting on youtube, and Andrea Wong's first sock video covers fair isle Portuguese knitting also. To do it one sock at a time with two color and using hooks it's pretty much the same. I wish you good fortunes with your projects. Hi and thanks for the comment. No I didn’t do a video on fair isle and probably won’t for a while. Sorry! But I will tell you that if you are going to try fair isle socks two at a time you are asking for quite a tangle! Managing two colors for each of two socks, turning everything in the right directions and keeping track. Your going to feel like you are in a spider web. There is a video or two for fair isle Portuguese knitting on youtube, and Andrea Wong’s first sock video covers fair isle Portuguese knitting also. To do it one sock at a time with two color and using hooks it’s pretty much the same. I wish you good fortunes with your projects.

]]> Comment on Stranded, Multi-Color or Fair Isle Knitting Portuguese Style by Nelsonjane http://knitforbrains.net/techniques/two-strand-two-color-or-fair-isle-knitting-portuguese-style/#comment-44 Nelsonjane Sun, 29 Aug 2010 02:56:37 +0000 http://knitforbrains.net/?p=373#comment-44 Hi ya! Did you ever get that video done you talked about making for the portuguese fair isle knitting with 2 hooks ? I'd love to watch it. I'm just now new to practicing portuguese knitting and I love to do two socks at a time on my circular needles so I'm trying to figure this all out. Thanks! Hi ya! Did you ever get that video done you talked about making for the portuguese fair isle knitting with 2 hooks ? I’d love to watch it. I’m just now new to practicing portuguese knitting and I love to do two socks at a time on my circular needles so I’m trying to figure this all out. Thanks!

]]> Comment on Eastern European Knitting Note by Eric http://knitforbrains.net/techniques/eastern-european-knitting-note/#comment-14 Eric Sun, 22 Aug 2010 02:31:00 +0000 http://knitforbrains.net/?p=80#comment-14 Regarding EEK and knitting into the back of the loop: the idea is to do what will twist the stitch you are knitting into, so if knitting into the front of the loop does that, then that's what is needed. You figured it out just fine. Thanks for writing. Regarding EEK and knitting into the back of the loop: the idea is to do what will twist the stitch you are knitting into, so if knitting into the front of the loop does that, then that’s what is needed. You figured it out just fine. Thanks for writing.

]]> Comment on Have a Ruined (Felted/Fulled) Sweater? Salvage Idea! by Eric http://knitforbrains.net/on-the-web/have-a-ruined-feltedfulled-sweater-salvage-idea/#comment-55 Eric Fri, 20 Aug 2010 15:33:19 +0000 http://knitforbrains.net/?p=649#comment-55 Me, I go all the way to Joann's - with my 40% off coupons! Yes, I agree that wool is a great thing to recycle, but as I say in my sweater recycling articles it can be tough and time consuming and I have better things to do with my time. Even and maybe more so we should recycle acrylic - into plastic bags Glad to hear I've been of assistance. I've got more things to post this weekend. Me, I go all the way to Joann’s – with my 40% off coupons! Yes, I agree that wool is a great thing to recycle, but as I say in my sweater recycling articles it can be tough and time consuming and I have better things to do with my time. Even and maybe more so we should recycle acrylic – into plastic bags

Glad to hear I’ve been of assistance. I’ve got more things to post this weekend.

]]> Comment on Cool New Idea for Portuguese Knitting Pin/Hook: Make a Knitting Pendant by Eric http://knitforbrains.net/products-and-tools/cool-new-idea-for-portuguese-knitting-pinhook/#comment-42 Eric Fri, 20 Aug 2010 15:27:54 +0000 http://knitforbrains.net/?p=292#comment-42 Portuguese knitting is pretty fast as it is. When you get the rhythm of it you can do a stitch a second or more, depending on your pattern. There are a few techniques that can speed things up. One is for your transitions between knit and purl stitches. Going from knit to purl, just after you pull the new loop through old loop and BEFORE you pull the old loop off the left needle, while the right needle is near the left thumb, flick the yarn over it so that it will already be under the right needle in the correct position for the purl stitch you are about to do. You can do the same going from purl to knit, but its a bit different. Speed in Portuguese knitting is largely your own natural coordination and your familiarity with the stitch pattern you are doing. The longer you do it the faster you will get. Personally, I'm not usually too concerned for speed, but I can go relatively fast. I feel the most important tip in this style is to keep the working yarn as loose as possible, especially for knit stitches. I just keep it tight enough to help me pull the loops, then relax the tension. You really don't want much or any "twang" when flicking the yarn over the needle. Knit stitches tend to be noticeably tighter in Portuguese knitting, and that can be visible in your patterns. Portuguese knitting is pretty fast as it is. When you get the rhythm of it you can do a stitch a second or more, depending on your pattern. There are a few techniques that can speed things up. One is for your transitions between knit and purl stitches. Going from knit to purl, just after you pull the new loop through old loop and BEFORE you pull the old loop off the left needle, while the right needle is near the left thumb, flick the yarn over it so that it will already be under the right needle in the correct position for the purl stitch you are about to do. You can do the same going from purl to knit, but its a bit different.

Speed in Portuguese knitting is largely your own natural coordination and your familiarity with the stitch pattern you are doing. The longer you do it the faster you will get. Personally, I’m not usually too concerned for speed, but I can go relatively fast.

I feel the most important tip in this style is to keep the working yarn as loose as possible, especially for knit stitches. I just keep it tight enough to help me pull the loops, then relax the tension. You really don’t want much or any “twang” when flicking the yarn over the needle. Knit stitches tend to be noticeably tighter in Portuguese knitting, and that can be visible in your patterns.

]]> Comment on Cool New Idea for Portuguese Knitting Pin/Hook: Make a Knitting Pendant by Pattie http://knitforbrains.net/products-and-tools/cool-new-idea-for-portuguese-knitting-pinhook/#comment-41 Pattie Fri, 20 Aug 2010 14:41:56 +0000 http://knitforbrains.net/?p=292#comment-41 Great ideas for the pin! Do you have any hints for speeding up the Portugese knitting? I have seen speed knitting demos using Continental, but not for Portugese. Thanks Great ideas for the pin! Do you have any hints for speeding up the Portugese knitting? I have seen speed knitting demos using Continental, but not for Portugese.
Thanks

]]> Comment on Have a Ruined (Felted/Fulled) Sweater? Salvage Idea! by Ed http://knitforbrains.net/on-the-web/have-a-ruined-feltedfulled-sweater-salvage-idea/#comment-54 Ed Thu, 29 Jul 2010 07:50:16 +0000 http://knitforbrains.net/?p=649#comment-54 Some folk go all the way with old wool garments by recarding the fiber, respinning it and making socks or stuff from them. They even redye the fiber or yarn as well. I'm told that in the northern countries that reusing the fiber this way was traditional. BTW: I am knitting well now, thanks for your helpful site! Ed. Some folk go all the way with old wool garments by recarding the fiber, respinning it and making socks or stuff from them. They even redye the fiber or yarn as well. I’m told that in the northern countries that reusing the fiber this way was traditional.

BTW: I am knitting well now, thanks for your helpful site!

Ed.

]]> Comment on Welcome to New Knitters, All Knitters, Male Knitters, and BTW, Try The Portuguese Knitting Style by Eric http://knitforbrains.net/portuguese-knitting/welcome-to-my-blog/#comment-30 Eric Mon, 05 Jul 2010 23:46:42 +0000 http://knitforbrains.net/?p=282#comment-30 Excellent photo! Thank you. Yes, it seems that it is done this way clear across the Mediterranean. Probably should have been called Mediterranean knitting, but Andrea Wong didn't know how wide spread it was before she put out her DVDs that gave it the common name in the US of Portuguese Knitting, as she is from Brazil (which was a Portuguese colony). Excellent photo! Thank you. Yes, it seems that it is done this way clear across the Mediterranean. Probably should have been called Mediterranean knitting, but Andrea Wong didn’t know how wide spread it was before she put out her DVDs that gave it the common name in the US of Portuguese Knitting, as she is from Brazil (which was a Portuguese colony).

]]> Comment on Welcome to New Knitters, All Knitters, Male Knitters, and BTW, Try The Portuguese Knitting Style by anna http://knitforbrains.net/portuguese-knitting/welcome-to-my-blog/#comment-29 anna Mon, 05 Jul 2010 23:35:42 +0000 http://knitforbrains.net/?p=282#comment-29 Hi, I found out recently Bulgarians also knit this way. There is a picture of 19th century Bulgarian ladies with yarn not around their neck but with yarn pins on the left at flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/surimi/3401422796/ Hi,

I found out recently Bulgarians also knit this way. There is a picture of 19th century Bulgarian ladies with yarn not around their neck but with yarn pins on the left at flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/surimi/3401422796/

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