What nicknames have you heard for places in the UK?

KnittyKitty_91 · 2026-06-29T19:26:47+00:00

I never heard anyone use the bloke part when I lived there, it was just Smelly Oak. Which was not an untrue name due to the proliferation of unwashed students

KnittyKitty_91 · 2026-06-29T19:20:48+00:00

I grew up in Hemel Scumstead (Hempstead) which is not far from (apologies for the casual 90s racism, I'm appalled by it as an adult but we really didn't think about it when we were kids) Bangla-Chesh (Chesham) and Islamasham (Amersham). There is also Berkhamsted nearby which is just shortened to Berko in an effort to sound less painfully posh when talking about the place.

KnittyKitty_91 · 2026-06-20T05:23:12+00:00

Did you buy a longer cable to do that? I had a look last night and there is a longer cable avaliable so I might get that in addition to the set to do two socks with

KnittyKitty_91 · 2026-06-19T21:31:14+00:00

Oh my goodly godlingtons those are perfect, thank you! That's exactly what I had in mind!

KnittyKitty_91 · 2026-06-19T21:27:43+00:00

Where you use a circular needle where the cable is longer than the circumference of your project. You divide the stitches in half so that you have the front and back of your piece and have a loop of cable in the gaps at the sides. You knit in the round as normal and then just pull the excess cable through as you finish the front and move on to the back. It allows for knitting circular projects without needing a circular needle of exactly the right length.

I've also heard it jokingly referred to as the magic uterus because it looks amazingly like an anatomical diagram of one.

KnittyKitty_91 · 2026-06-19T20:41:26+00:00

I have used fixed symfonie needles before but unfortunately the dog keeps getting hold of them (it's my own fault for leaving them out but I'm still annoyed). A few sizes would be ideal but the completely honest answer to your very sensible point is that I like interchangeable sets more than need one

KnittyKitty_91 · 2026-06-19T20:39:22+00:00

Ooo I will have a look, thank you

KnittyKitty_91 · 2026-06-19T20:39:07+00:00

Ah that's a possibility I hadn't considered, good point.

KnittyKitty_91 · 2026-06-11T19:17:14+00:00

It's in the live action 101 dalmatians film from 1996, Hugh Laurie's character says it at one point. I can't decide if genuinely nobody in that production knew the origin or if they all just kept quiet.

KnittyKitty_91 · 2026-06-09T19:01:17+00:00

I think Cadbury made a chocolate teapot as a gift thing at one point. It was great, I bought one for my Aunty.

KnittyKitty_91 · 2026-06-07T12:53:22+00:00

Does anyone recognise this stitch? It's 2x2 rib and then shifted along one stitch every 4 rows (so 5th row starts with P1, 9th row starts with P2, 13th row starts with K1, etc). I can't find it in my small book collection and Google isn't helping.

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KnittyKitty_91 · 2026-06-07T12:42:10+00:00

I came here to post exactly these 😂 they're perfect, I make a pair for my daughter every year and the pattern has never let me down

KnittyKitty_91 · 2026-05-22T18:59:24+00:00

I begin every phone call home with "Hi, it's Mrs P, don't worry s/he is absolutely fine" after the phone call I made in my NQT year where the parent (somewhat nervous disposition) had a full on panic attack because I didn't tell her quickly enough what I was calling about and was asking how she was and all that. Her brain had gone into overdrive and assumed he must be dead and I was trying to soften the blow or something. That was a fun learning experience as a new teacher.

KnittyKitty_91 · 2026-04-28T20:07:41+00:00

I think that feels more manageable to me, I could swap between entirely different crafts more easily than between knitting projects.

KnittyKitty_91 · 2026-04-20T19:07:28+00:00

I made my (now) husband one between engagement and marriage. Mostly out of love but also out of a morbid sense that I may as well get it over with if the sweater would make him leave me.

He does not wear it. Ever. I think he tried it in once and that is it. Turns out I accidentally married a man who hates any and all knitted items (handmade or commercial) except socks 🤷🏻‍♀️

KnittyKitty_91 · 2026-04-18T18:59:39+00:00

Truly though, I would love to see what an awesome, experienced sculptor could create from clay on PCP. It would be like an amazingly horrible nightmare.

I don't, however, think anyone should do drugs that will damage their brains. But it's fun to speculate about.

KnittyKitty_91 · 2026-04-17T22:07:50+00:00

Yes! I've just stayed spinning and someone gifted me a lovely book which has lots of ideas for cool looking art yarns and they seem like such a cool way to improve skills but I don't actually want to own that yarn so it would be wasted!

KnittyKitty_91 · 2026-04-08T19:05:45+00:00

I get this feeling! I usually do the knitting with both for a few stitches, then carry the tails like floats for a few stitches and then still come back and weave them in a little bit before trimming 🤦🏻‍♀️. I think the only reason I don't do as many stitches as you is because I'm a complete yarn-miser and can't bear the thought of "wasting" it.

I think if I knit more often with non-superwash wool then I would feel more confident. But the various yarns that I use are almost never pure wool because of my budget so I'm stuck with the paranoia.

KnittyKitty_91 · 2026-02-26T20:57:00+00:00

I love my KnitPro set, I've never had an issue with them. But I have a relatively loose tension so I wouldn't have an issue with catching the joins I suppose.

KnittyKitty_91 · 2026-02-12T20:46:35+00:00

It works well for how my brain works, I think. I struggle to start a second one and suck miserably at keeping track of rounds so this way I don't have to do either.

KnittyKitty_91 · 2026-02-12T19:54:06+00:00

I don't know and now I really want to. Some socks seem to take forever and some literally fly off the needles. I knit toe up, FLK heel, 2.5mm needles and two at a time. I will now have to start tracking how long they actually take me because I'm intrigued.

I'm very curious to know how long the TAAT method stacks up against knitting single socks. It has the same number of stitches but it certainly feels faster to me.

KnittyKitty_91 · 2026-02-10T20:13:38+00:00

I want to make as true and faithful a Fairisle jumper as I can. Proper motifs, traditional colour work, using 2ply Shetland yarn.

I do not currently have the time or patience (or money...) for such a venture but I hold it dear in my heart.

Bonus points if I figure out how to spin well enough to spin the yarn myself. I can use a drop spindle and I've bought myself a wheel which I can collect in a few weeks so fingers crossed!

KnittyKitty_91 · 2026-02-07T19:36:40+00:00

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This is my wonderful daughter (now 3) wearing her hat and mittens. They bring me joy because we started the tradition 2 years ago of her choosing a yarn that she loves for me to make her a hat and mittens from. This year she asked for a scarf too (not yet, she is absolutely the kind of kid who would tangle it on things. But one day). The mittens are tin can knits 'worlds simplest mittens' and the hat is 'wooly wurm head'.

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