So I'm quitting soaker knitting.....

SuefromGEC · 11-08-2006, 02:02 PM

ok, well I'm not totally quitting soaker knitting, but drastically reducing my output to do other stuff. I feel soooo liberated! So I'm looking for a non-diaper related knitting oriented message board, and I'm told you all will talk to me about stuff like sweaters and lace and cables and silk and other fine fibers that are not wool. And I won't get lost in a kajillion posters....so can I really come play here but not about wool?

meritodd1221 · 11-08-2006, 02:25 PM

of course you can!

IrishBaby · 11-08-2006, 02:35 PM

Hi Sue! Welcome back!

blazfglori · 11-08-2006, 03:46 PM

I haven't knit a soaker in about 3 years, but I still love to come here and chat.

There's more to knitting than diapering stuff.

615bride · 11-08-2006, 03:52 PM

I lurk but don't post on the Knitter's Review Forums. Lots of boards over there - all knitting related!

dandelions2 · 11-08-2006, 06:11 PM

I haven't done a soaker in a few months - let's knit socks and sweaters and hats and gloves!

RufusBeans · 11-08-2006, 07:04 PM

yup I hardly ever think about soakers or diapers, but I love it here!

pamelamama · 11-08-2006, 07:35 PM

It's funny, many of us who have been here for a couple of years (gosh it's been that long??? Eli is almost four, so yeah, maybe almost four years??) -- we started out talking soakers are now kind of done with them for our own kids! So, our demographic is kind of changing...

We'll talk about any kind of knitting over here.

I'm playing with socks and lace right now, and tempting myself to buy some crazy expensive silk yarn. This here.

Was someone talking about a knitalong??

dandelions2 · 11-08-2006, 07:43 PM

OMG! I so want to make that for myself, but I so don't want to spend that kind of money on it. lol Help me find a pretty sub!

cozystitches · 11-08-2006, 08:36 PM

If I had a decent body, I'd think about knitting that....I don't so the point is moot (my boobs are bigger than that twig's arms...

)

But anyway....I don't knit soakers (I've only knit ONE and I was testing the pattern for someone)...I used to hooker (I love saying that) soakers, but since my kids don't use them I felt weird selling them....

But I'm still here for the wooly goodness...

Hugs,
tammy

mhurst · 11-09-2006, 04:25 AM

Yeah I started a few soakers lately but haven't finished them (one got ripped out). Meredith is mostly in disposibles (it really isn't worth the fighting with DH about cloth anymore, I'm tired). She still wears her wool pants.

I am on a lace and sock kick!

crinklemama · 11-09-2006, 06:27 AM

My new love is socks......I'm having so much fun knitting them! If I can ever get the growing list of things that need to be done before this babe comes done, I'm going to make myself some pretty socks!

I bought the pattern for SKB......I want to make one!!!!!

SuefromGEC · 11-09-2006, 06:53 AM

I have some lace weight cashmere that I'm dying to make into a lacey scarf. Oh and that Henry's Attic silk that is destined to be lacey shawls; I have patterns from Two Old Bags that I got anticipating this quitting soaker knitting moment. I have even thought of making socks which I swore I would never do again after making my brother socks years and years ago - but the yarn is so pretty!

pmcgary · 11-09-2006, 06:59 AM

You know I signed up here in the beginning and 'applied to work' for Pamelamama in part b/c she offered her soaker patterns as a benefit of the job.....

I made one pair of wonder shorts and my DD started to use the potty!

I knit soakers for friends or fun---but it never really was my full time knitting passion. (Well maybe a bit when Ds was little- and the only patterns out there were those early freegbies on Born 2 Love) I didn't have a computer or know about the Wool soaker/CD community......

I have always loved being here and talking knitting, parenting, soakering/cding etc.....

susanjp · 11-09-2006, 08:19 AM

I know you!

My kids potty trained YEARS ago (Well except for dd overnight - that's another story), I wanna stay around here too - PLEASE!

Sue, you'll love it here, the Mamas here are great!

Inspired Mama · 11-09-2006, 11:38 AM

I am 4 months pregnant but I am just not getting into the soaker knitting mood yet. I have knit one and have one on the needles, but I am so much more interested in hats and scarves and gloves, etc. I am going to knit up some cute little baby socks though

And I'm sure the soaker/longie bug will catch me soon...

ravingcutie · 11-09-2006, 11:56 AM

i hardley ever knit soakers and pants now. I think I'm all soakered out. I've been doing lots of socks!

I got that lovely fitted bodice pattern too, but I refuse to use Tili Thomas yarns due to their "keystone" price fixing policies. They'll drop any retailer if they sell their yarns below their MSRP, rather than letting the retailers decide their own price. Ashland Bay makes a really nice substitute yarn - 50% merino and 50% silk that's less expensive. I'm going to kettle dye some skeins scarlet and then just hand string the beads for the decorative stitch patterns. Plus, I think a sweater made from 50% merino will have a much better fit. Oh, and the Windsor yarn is less expensive than the original calls for too!

imonion · 11-10-2006, 07:20 AM

soakers are so passe!! LOL

I am retired from knitting soakers, too. It is really liberating to be more creative in other ways!

dandelions2 · 11-10-2006, 08:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ravingcutie

i hardley ever knit soakers and pants now. I think I'm all soakered out. I've been doing lots of socks!

I got that lovely fitted bodice pattern too, but I refuse to use Tili Thomas yarns due to their "keystone" price fixing policies. They'll drop any retailer if they sell their yarns below their MSRP, rather than letting the retailers decide their own price. Ashland Bay makes a really nice substitute yarn - 50% merino and 50% silk that's less expensive. I'm going to kettle dye some skeins scarlet and then just hand string the beads for the decorative stitch patterns. Plus, I think a sweater made from 50% merino will have a much better fit. Oh, and the Windsor yarn is less expensive than the original calls for too!

Where???

11-08-2006, 02:02 PM	#1
SuefromGEC Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Michigan Posts: 29 Reputation: 77 Rep Power: 0	So I'm quitting soaker knitting..... ok, well I'm not totally quitting soaker knitting, but drastically reducing my output to do other stuff. I feel soooo liberated! So I'm looking for a non-diaper related knitting oriented message board, and I'm told you all will talk to me about stuff like sweaters and lace and cables and silk and other fine fibers that are not wool. And I won't get lost in a kajillion posters....so can I really come play here but not about wool? __________________ Sue 3/62 Mom of Shannon 7/90 Mama of Corbin 10/02 www.gotewecovered.com

11-08-2006, 02:25 PM	#2
meritodd1221 Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 1,121 Reputation: 2412 Rep Power: 65	of course you can! __________________ Meridith -- mama of Jonathan and Emma and Josiah ~ Handspun Blog ~ www.sweetknits.com Proud to be an LTKnitter!

11-08-2006, 02:35 PM	#3
IrishBaby Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 3,952 Reputation: 17713 Rep Power: 399	Hi Sue! Welcome back! __________________ There's no such thing as too much yarn. Only not enough time.

11-08-2006, 03:46 PM	#4
blazfglori Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 782 Reputation: 1985 Rep Power: 52	I haven't knit a soaker in about 3 years, but I still love to come here and chat. There's more to knitting than diapering stuff. __________________ ~Lori

11-08-2006, 06:11 PM	#6
dandelions2 Fluffo's Friend Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Central California Posts: 4,301 Reputation: 8509 Rep Power: 220	I haven't done a soaker in a few months - let's knit socks and sweaters and hats and gloves! __________________ Patti - Momma to Beth, Dom (ASD), & Lily

11-08-2006, 03:52 PM	#5
615bride Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 175 Reputation: 1473 Rep Power: 35	I lurk but don't post on the Knitter's Review Forums. Lots of boards over there - all knitting related!

11-08-2006, 07:04 PM	#7
RufusBeans Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 1,230 Reputation: 7583 Rep Power: 169	yup I hardly ever think about soakers or diapers, but I love it here! __________________ Hillary All New Yarn Blog http://showcasedashingdachs.blogspot.com/ http://www.dashingdachs.com http://hyenacart.com/DashingDachs

11-08-2006, 07:35 PM	#8
pamelamama Your Host Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: woolywonder.com Posts: 8,240 Reputation: 6915 Rep Power: 227	It's funny, many of us who have been here for a couple of years (gosh it's been that long??? Eli is almost four, so yeah, maybe almost four years??) -- we started out talking soakers are now kind of done with them for our own kids! So, our demographic is kind of changing... We'll talk about any kind of knitting over here. I'm playing with socks and lace right now, and tempting myself to buy some crazy expensive silk yarn. This here. Was someone talking about a knitalong?? __________________ Updated Perfection Pants and WonderPants Patterns available! See this announcement for deals! Pamela, mama to Sam and Eli, wife to Scott blog \| fiber arts avengers \| wooly wonder soaker discussion forum \| knit your own darn soakers \| boutique flickr \| facebook \| twitter \| ravelry knit your own darn soaker.

11-08-2006, 07:43 PM	#9
dandelions2 Fluffo's Friend Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Central California Posts: 4,301 Reputation: 8509 Rep Power: 220	OMG! I so want to make that for myself, but I so don't want to spend that kind of money on it. lol Help me find a pretty sub! __________________ Patti - Momma to Beth, Dom (ASD), & Lily

11-08-2006, 08:36 PM	#10
cozystitches Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Melting in Arizona Posts: 1,490 Reputation: 5583 Rep Power: 132	If I had a decent body, I'd think about knitting that....I don't so the point is moot (my boobs are bigger than that twig's arms... ) But anyway....I don't knit soakers (I've only knit ONE and I was testing the pattern for someone)...I used to hooker (I love saying that) soakers, but since my kids don't use them I felt weird selling them.... But I'm still here for the wooly goodness... Hugs, tammy __________________ Tammy - Cozystitches Blog Owner/stitcher Got Crafter's Lotion? Wife to for 10 (WOW!) years Mama to and and

11-09-2006, 04:25 AM	#11
mhurst Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: OH Posts: 2,147 Reputation: 5700 Rep Power: 142	Yeah I started a few soakers lately but haven't finished them (one got ripped out). Meredith is mostly in disposibles (it really isn't worth the fighting with DH about cloth anymore, I'm tired). She still wears her wool pants. I am on a lace and sock kick! __________________ Melissa wife to Charlie , mama to Charlie & Meredith My blog

11-09-2006, 06:27 AM	#12
crinklemama Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 214 Reputation: 782 Rep Power: 23	My new love is socks......I'm having so much fun knitting them! If I can ever get the growing list of things that need to be done before this babe comes done, I'm going to make myself some pretty socks! I bought the pattern for SKB......I want to make one!!!!! __________________ Meghann, wahm-mama to my big girl, Sophia and my little man, Cedric. Radiant Twist

11-09-2006, 06:53 AM	#13
SuefromGEC Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Michigan Posts: 29 Reputation: 77 Rep Power: 0	I have some lace weight cashmere that I'm dying to make into a lacey scarf. Oh and that Henry's Attic silk that is destined to be lacey shawls; I have patterns from Two Old Bags that I got anticipating this quitting soaker knitting moment. I have even thought of making socks which I swore I would never do again after making my brother socks years and years ago - but the yarn is so pretty! __________________ Sue 3/62 Mom of Shannon 7/90 Mama of Corbin 10/02 www.gotewecovered.com

11-09-2006, 06:59 AM	#14
pmcgary Mod McGary USM Queen Fluffo's Fiancée Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Greater Kansas City area Posts: 8,174 Reputation: 11615 Rep Power: 320	You know I signed up here in the beginning and 'applied to work' for Pamelamama in part b/c she offered her soaker patterns as a benefit of the job..... I made one pair of wonder shorts and my DD started to use the potty! I knit soakers for friends or fun---but it never really was my full time knitting passion. (Well maybe a bit when Ds was little- and the only patterns out there were those early freegbies on Born 2 Love) I didn't have a computer or know about the Wool soaker/CD community...... I have always loved being here and talking knitting, parenting, soakering/cding etc..... __________________ PamM http://www.xanga.com/gorillakeeper (see my 'pictures a day ') "Knitting is learnt by doing, not by thinking, and it is far better understood with the fingers than with the head." Montse Stanley Creating & Knitting Your Own Designs For a Perfect Fit Critical Thought....The other national deficit.

11-09-2006, 08:19 AM	#15
susanjp Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Idaho Posts: 729 Reputation: 5253 Rep Power: 119	I know you! My kids potty trained YEARS ago (Well except for dd overnight - that's another story), I wanna stay around here too - PLEASE! Sue, you'll love it here, the Mamas here are great! __________________ Susan , Scottish Mum to Chloe (8yo), Tristan (6yo) and & Photobucket Album

11-09-2006, 11:38 AM	#16
Inspired Mama Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Idaho Posts: 1,331 Reputation: 6556 Rep Power: 149	I am 4 months pregnant but I am just not getting into the soaker knitting mood yet. I have knit one and have one on the needles, but I am so much more interested in hats and scarves and gloves, etc. I am going to knit up some cute little baby socks though And I'm sure the soaker/longie bug will catch me soon... __________________ ~Erika~ Inspired Mama to four! Inspired Mama Creations Inspired Mama Musings~ my blog

11-09-2006, 11:56 AM	#17
ravingcutie Mod Mama Fluffo's Super-Friend Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: My Bungalow! Posts: 3,768 Reputation: 4654 Rep Power: 137	i hardley ever knit soakers and pants now. I think I'm all soakered out. I've been doing lots of socks! I got that lovely fitted bodice pattern too, but I refuse to use Tili Thomas yarns due to their "keystone" price fixing policies. They'll drop any retailer if they sell their yarns below their MSRP, rather than letting the retailers decide their own price. Ashland Bay makes a really nice substitute yarn - 50% merino and 50% silk that's less expensive. I'm going to kettle dye some skeins scarlet and then just hand string the beads for the decorative stitch patterns. Plus, I think a sweater made from 50% merino will have a much better fit. Oh, and the Windsor yarn is less expensive than the original calls for too! __________________ Katie - mama to Emma & Grace, Xavier Maximilian arrived 11/7! ------------------------------------------------------------ www.bungalowbuns.com handpainted yarnswoolenscustom slots*blog Tiny Tether at Knitty.com & Tiny Tether II at my blog!

11-10-2006, 07:20 AM	#18
imonion Fluffo's Fiancée Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 2,052 Reputation: 9934 Rep Power: 225	soakers are so passe!! LOL I am retired from knitting soakers, too. It is really liberating to be more creative in other ways! __________________ Kim Mama to 3 www.KimberlyR.com

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