Two ply knitting. Does anyone do it nowadays?

I love knitting with 2ply.I knit Shetland shawls but I agree you can only knit a few of those, and have to be careful you dont make them too lacy.By that I mean not getting baby fingers caught in the holes, I always make the centres in garter stitch.
As for patterns they are in very short supply.Sometimes they appear on e-bay.There is a site called Yesterknits which has 2ply patterns.
It's a shame that babies are not seen in knitted garments very much now.

Knitting I absolutely love and I have taught my daughter to knit. She was only 12 and we knitted babies jackets whilst on the train across the Algarve.
We used to knit on aeroplanes but we had our needles confiscated and nowadays they wouldnt be allowed through security. Crochet is lovely too but not as relaxing as knitting.

What a shame harrigran, that makes me even more determined to go visit a charity shop!! I actually have four knitting projects on the go at the moment so really must get on with them. Only 17 weeks 'till the next GC comes along!!!

What a shame, last week I gave a lifetimes worth of knitting patterns to my local charity shop. I knit my first baby garments when I was ten and carried on until the grandchildren were on the way and was told that nobody wants handknit jackets now. I agree 2 ply make beautiful garments.

Thank you so much for that information. I will look into it

Hi nanapippa

I happen to live close to this wool shop so I'm lucky http://www.madewirral.co.uk/yarn/ but if you google Bergere de France you may be able to find a stockist near to you. I do know that there is a shop in Port Madoc, North Wales on the main road moreorless opposite the station which sells all the yarns but unfortunately I can't remember what it's called - I only found it by chance when we were visiting for the day!.

As to the patterns - I've never seen any individual ones in the shops, they all seem to come in magazine type books which cost about £5.00, but single patterns are available if you can find a stockist. If you have a look on-line some of the web-sites give you the option of clicking on each of the patterns in the books so you can see whether there are enough of them you might like to knit to justify the cost.

What got me interested in the brand was a couple of patterns that were in a Love Knitting for Baby magazine earlier this year - these used Caline which I think moreorless equates to a fourply wool. Ciboulette only seems to be available in traditional baby colours but there is a much wider range of colours to choose from in Caline

Thank you Notsogrand, I will try that.
Hungrycaterpillar, where do you get this wool and the patterns from please? It is certainly something I could look in to if it is available in my area. Thank you.

I like knitting with finer ply wools and although I haven't used 2 ply I have knit several things with Ciboulette which is a Bergere de France 3 ply wool. The patterns are relatively easy to follow and modern in design and a 50 gram ball seems to go on for ever. I've just got one sleeve to knit of a top for a 3 month old and have yet to break into my second ball, so for a newborn you'd probably get by with just one, which will cost roundabout the £2 mark

I'm relatively new to the brand, having initially seen a pattern in one of the knitting magazines but so far I've got no complaints at all - it's soft and washes well.

I envy you.....my fingers can't negotiate 2 ply any more! Have you tried asking in charity shops for old patterns? They usually have a box under the counter or 'out the back' Good luck.