purplerabbits

You'll be wanting a pair of Broadstreets (http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEfall02/PATTbroadstreet.html) then. in fact if you don't already peruse Knitty (http://www.knitty.com) and have a Ravelry Account (https://www.ravelry.com/) then you might be missing out on some good stuff :)

Also we haven't actually managed to meet, despite having several common interests. I think I might have recognised you in The Forest while I was working in the kitchen at one point but I dunno. Edinburgh has several knitting groups. In fact I'm currently helping to run a knitting, crochet and other handicraft group at the LGBT centre on Monday evenings from 6:30/7pm.

There is also the longest running knitting group in Edinburgh, Stitch and Bitch on a Wednesday night from 7:30pm at Chai on Merchants Row, just off Candlemaker Row, opposite Oz Bar and in a basement. It's a lovely friendly group and lots of us are happy to show or teach new or different techniques.

I'd really like to meet you. I might be able to help with the circular knitting problem, using double pointed needles, circulars or the wonderful technique known as Magic Loop (http://www.az.com/~andrade/knit/mloop.html). There are also videos on Knitting Help (http://www.knittinghelp.com/videos/advanced-techniques) on the different ways to use circulars for knitting different sized circumferences.

I hope some of that helps and if you fancy coming along to knitting and want to know a randomly (LJ) familiar face, my mail addy is cherade9 @ hotmail.co.uk.