Knitting Needles etc.

Asalalm Aleykum

so I just recently cut my
hair really short and started transitioning from
permed hair to natural as most African American
women have started to do I have been in transition
for about 4 or 5 months now I have been diagnosed with a thyroid disorder..
which makes my hair shed really really badly I’m not going bald! my hair just sheds so to
minimize the shedding I was thinking about doing something called
Yarn Twist I know a lot of the Caucasian sisters might not
be familiar with this but basically all your doing is braiding
Yarn into your own hair like braids………it’s yarn… it’s not weave
or fake hair or anything close to it it’s basically a yarn hair extension
that reinforces your own hair…
it’s more hygienic than synthetic weave and it looks better!!
so my question is is it permissible to wear even though it’s not
hair at all? I’m not trying to find loopholes I just want to know if it’s
permissible to wear extensions even if it’s not hair or fake hair?
I would love some advice inshallah

I have provided a link of the hairstyle it’s
been appropriately distorted
I don’t like those strange colors in they’re lol

http://i808.photobucket.com/albums/zz9/niqabicrazy/Yarntwistfront-1-1.jpg

I’m not sure if it being yarn would make it not count….In Sahih Al-Bukhair, Vol. 6, Hadith No. 409, it says "Allah’s Messenger has cursed the lady who uses false hair".

I’m not Muslim, I’ve just been studying the religion. I think it’s silly to curse someone for wearing false hair….but it says what it says.

I hope you get your thyroid disorder under control and wish you luck! My sister-in-law has finally gotten her thyroid disorder managed with medication, and she’s feeling a lot better now, and her hair is growing in much better now!

Hi, it’s my friend’s birthday (today) and I want to get her a knitting kit type thing. My budget is 20-25$, so nothing too expensive, please.
I want a teen friendly book or kit or something
Any help is greatly appreciated!

I’d suggest a do-it-yourself kit. They’re usually better. Go to a crafts supplies store that handles yarn and knitting stuff. Get a good knitting book. If your friend learns best by listening, get one with detailed descriptions. If she learns better by watching, get one with good pictures.

Look at the first project and find the supplies list, or ask a clerk to help you with this. Get needles that size and yarn to go with them. Stick to something plain for a first project. Some fuzzy and fun yarns can’t be undone if a mistake is made. Beginners make mistakes. It’s most helpful, too, to have yarn in a medium or lighter color when first learning. Pick a color your friend likes, but in a medium or lighter shade. (Knitting on black or navy or dark purple makes it really hard to see your stitches. That’s what a beginner needs to do, of course: see what she’s done.)

Anyway, get these and put them into a pretty gift bag.

I have one that is several years old and has become the dogs bed. And frankly it smells. Can it be washed on perhaps on delicate cycle?
What about throwing it in the dryer?
Granted we don’t use it anymore, but I don’t want it to fall apart during the wash cycle or shrink in the dryer to become a dolls blanket.
To my knowledge it has never been washed.
I don’t know what it is made from. Perhaps wool, because it is kinda scratchy feeling.

Sure, just use delicate, warm water, easy on the dryer temperature in case it’s wool though it probably isn’t. Haven’t seen a wool afghan for years. Ammonia will help remove a good deal of the doggy smell, all by itself or as an additive, though if your dog smells like my dog, this will forever be the dog’s afghan. Check the bottle label for quantity of ammonia to use.

I discovered the wonderful craft of crocheting and I’m trying to create an amigurumi doll. I’m finally catching on, but I’m getting caught up on the fact that I can’t see the blasted stitches. I can’t discern one from the other. I’m using a basic acrylic yarn. It doesn’t seem to be too fuzzy, but when I’m looking at the dolls other people have made online the yarn they seem to be using seems a lot sturdier, less likely to get seperated. Thanks!

If you can’t see your stitches, that means your yarn is too fuzzy. A lot fuzzier than you think it is. Find a smooth yarn to work with. Softer yarns can obscure the stitch pattern easily. Acrylic can be difficult, depending on the kind it is. Find a blend with wool — it has a more pleasant feel to it. Be sure your yarn has a good firm twist to it.

Some crochet looks good with cotton. It does not have the stretch of wool but for these projects you may not want any stretch. Cotton can be quite firm and smooth so that stitch definition is very clear.

Remember that you need to use a smaller hook than you would normally use with this yarn. You need to make your stitches quite firm and close together to give it a solid shape. Try different yarns, and hooks, until you find the right combination.

I’m planning to knit a beanie hat for my boyfriend because he’s going to Hong Kong this Christmas and I don’t know where to buy a knitting kit. I am also a beginner at knitting, so if you could suggest a kit that has instructions with it, that would be awesome. Thanks.

P.S. Which do you think would make a better beanie, a crocheted one or a knitted one? Thanks

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they have to be real english words, not proper nouns. 10 pts to the person with the most. They CANNOT include these words i personally figured out:

gag. gang, gas, gin, giving, hang, hat, hit, kin, kit, knit, nag, sang, sink, tag, tan, tank, thank, thing, thin, think, van

(and you can’t just add a "s" or "ing" to the end of MY words make a new word, or combine them to make compound words)

thanks
thank
thanking
tank
tanks
tanking
than
tan
tans
tang
thing
things
this
tag
tags
think
thinks
thinking
task
tisk
tasking
tin
tins
ting
tings
Han
Hans
Hank
Hanks
hat
hats
hag
hags
hang
hangs
hanging
ha
has
having
hit
hits
his
hi
at
ait
Ag
ask
asking
akin
ash
ashing
aghast
ant
ants
Avis
nag
Nat
nit
nits
Nan
Kat
kin
king
kings
Khan
knit
knits
sat
sit
San
sag
shag
shank
shaking
shant
Shiva
shiv
sank
sink
sinking
sin
shin
skin
san
Stan
sating
stinging
stink
stank
stag
staging
staving
staking
shaking
sang
sing
singing
skating
stin
gait
gaits
glans
gas
gash
gist
gin
gang
gangs
gain
gains
gait
gaits
gating
giant
giants
gag
gags
gig
gigs
Gigi
GI
gnat
gnats
giving
it
its
in
ins
Inga
Inga’s
Ian
Ian’s
IV
ink
inks
inking
vat
vats
via
van
vans
vain
Viga
vining
vast
visa
vista
Vin

I am stuck at the moment and it is killing me to see a work in progress not progress.

Any answers would be appreciated and tried

When you decrease you want to do knit 2 together one end, and knit 2 together through the back if the loops the other end so that the "slant" of the decreases matches either side.

To pick up, you need to insert your right hand needle in a gap (preferably under two threads on the side of the fabric), pull the wool through on to the right hand needle and continue doing this evenly until you have the right number of stitches. You can then knit these picked up stitches normally as any other stitch. Be careful that you leave enough of a length of wool when you start to pick up so that the end doesn’t work its way loose and come undone; you will need to weave the end in when you have finished.

I don’t know the name of the yarn, but it’s really furry and basically on a thin thread. Thanks. What would a good size be for a youth.

A rule of thumb for knitting scarves is to make the length the same as the height of the recipient. The width can be 3-8".

The yarn sounds like Fun Fur. (http://www.lionbrand.com/yarns/funFur.htm) It’s considered a bulky (5) yarn because of the "eyelash" texture. If used by itself, the yarn will not hold the shape it is knitted in and will stretch limply. You should use a sport weight or worsted weight yarn for shaping, and let the furry yarn give the texture, as in this pattern: http://www.lionbrand.com/patterns/kff-bicolorScarf.html?noImages= You would use the size needle appropriate for the stabilizing yarn. Or, you could use two strands of the furry yarn together as one strand to help the scarf hold its shape, as in this pattern: http://www.lionbrand.com/patterns/40643AD.html?noImages=0 It calls for size 15 needles.

I have a knitting pattern for a hat but it’s for an adult and i want to knit it for a petite 4-year old. Is it best to decrease the overall number of stitches? or the size of the needles i use? Or something else?

Knit a swatch, 1" x 1" using yarn and needle recommended in pattern.
Measure how many stiches per inch.
Measure child’s head.
Cast on number of stitches per inch x measurement of child’s head.
Increase and decrease stitches per pattern.
This formula will work for any size–child or adult.

For anyone who knits and sells it, what would be a fair price to charge per hour? I have been asked to do an adult sweater with that fuzzy kind of chunky wool and she is buying all the materials.
It’s all handknit, not machine knit.

I’d say $20 per hour.