Feb 25 2005
Quick update, I have almost finished the fairly easy fair isle (not to self I must get my camera out and start taking photos). I am now working on Lucky also from Stitch n Bitch Nation, and I have joined my first knit-along over at Lollygirl.
Feb 15 2005
A while ago whilst searching through my wool and I noticed I have an increasing amount of 4-ply cotton, so I decided to knit a Fair Isle cardigan, after getting my copy of Stitch ‘n’ Bitch Nation, I decided that Fairly Easy Fair Isle was the pattern for me.
I couldn’t use the 4-ply on the 6.5 needles the pattern asked for so I decided to work on 5mm. after knitting my gauge, I worked out that 4inches equaled 20 stitches, as the pattern asked for 12 stitches to four inches, it was a simple equation to work out how many stitches I needed etc.
But life was going to be that simple, the pattern involved knitting the back and two fronts, as one long piece and then added the arms before decreasing, and working on the whole item at once – again, this didn’t seem like a challenge… but the disaster struck, the pattern didn’t make sense.
The pattern said you should have 105 stitches for the main body and 39 stitches for each arm that is 183 stitches
However, when you come to merge the arms and body… it stated…
Knit 20 from the body
*Place 9 stitches on holder (from body)
Place 4 stitches on holder (from arm)
Knit 30 from arm
Place 5 stitches on holder (from arm)*
Knit 42 from body
Repeat from * to *
Knit 20 from body.
That’s 178 stitches
Where are the other 5… Am I missing something or is it an error???
After pleading on several message boards, and even searching the web for the SnBN correction list, no luck.
Eventually armed with a lot of scrap paper, pen and a calculator, I managed to re-write the pattern for my needs.
Photos soon!
Feb 09 2005
I started knitting when I was still in primary school, and although I managed some big projects when I was a kid, I didn’t keep the hobby up.
Recently, with the stress of my life, I invested in a copy Sally Dallas’ Vintage Knits, and began knitting again. Only now, knitting seems to be the new trend… if I hear one more person say knitting is the new yoga. But to my advantage, there seems to be numerous amazing pattern books around and other resource, like the Internet – so I am in knitting heaven.
My first few projects have been from Vintage Knits, however, like every knitter at the moment, I have been armed with a copy of Stitch ‘N’ Bitch and Stitch ‘N’ Bitch Nation and have started tackling some interesting patterns.
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