Infectious

[liadethornegge]

This afternoon I headed in to town to get some needed supplies, interfacing for skirt lining, button, zipper and also 300 g of yarn intended for a knitted bed-jacket.

Yep, that's right, it's spread as far as me. I don't have any knitting needles as yet, however, as the second-hand charity shop didn't have any of the size I needed, and it was just around closing-time when I got to that so there was no time to check any other stores. I got five sock needles instead (at 2 SKR a piece, why not?). I'll probably go back into town tomorrow to check the other second-hand shops. Knitting needles seem a silly item to not get second-hand. As long as there are some the right size.

Besides the needles being missing, there's the obvious hurdle of not knowing how to accomplish my goal. It has been at least ten years since I last did any knitting, so I'm not sure I can remember all I need to in order to pull this off. If anyone has any kind of pattern or general newbie advice for me that'd be awesome :)

I did some surfing, found this page for a bed jacket with flared sleeves which looks nice. Or alternately, you could call it a shrug. This one from knitty.com also looks very nice, though they lack the option of something to cover the upper chest area which, when I'm reading in bed, is likely to also get chilly. This pattern shows the kind of open style knitting I want to do, which I saw on Tuesday on Lady Sophia in the form of a shawl.

Of course, seeing those patterns I can't decipher them yet. I need to consult experts here.

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Also, thank you thank you thank you SO MUCH for all this info - it was precicely what I needed!