Patterns and Such
This was one of my first projects I completed that came from a pattern. My first reaction was, “its ugly”! These are flower washcloths made from Crystal Palace Cotton Chenille, and the pink one was made first. I purchased the blue yarn to see if perhaps practice makes perfect, but I don’t see too much of an improvement. Unfortunately, I got ahead of myself and I have a whole doo doo ball of green as well, but I’m scared I’m going to end up with another ugly washcloth. In fact, the washcloth I made at Joann’s during my intermediate class turned out better than these.
On another frustrated note, I got a few rows into my Rowan Silk Haze top, and something happened. I was “off” by a stitch or so, and now am not sure how to fix it. I have restarted this project a few times already (and its hard to frog this yarn, because it keeps getting knotted and tangled into itself!) and am afraid I am short on yarn. ARGHHHH!!!! What do you do when you end up in a situation like this? Feedback, please!
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April 12th, 2004 at 1:22 am
Sine I am the ultimate nitting expert, well no not really. But, hrrmm, if that were me, and I’ve already tried two other times, probably give up. lol. Or try starting another one? I dunno, I’m probably not much help in these situations…
April 12th, 2004 at 1:14 pm
Yes, KSH is a b*tch to rip. It’s also a b*tch to knit with because it’s so thin and you really need to pay attention to every single stitch. The only thing I can say is that you’re going to have to rip it again. It might help to place a marker after every repeat, that way you can keep track of the amount of stitches you have as you knit.
April 13th, 2004 at 2:39 pm
I often have to restart a project several times and yes, it is VERY frustrating. Here’s what I would do. Step 1: Go eat some chocolate. Take deep breaths in between bites of chocolate. Step 2: Repeat to yourself: Markers are project savers. Or is that life savers? Mark everything. I love the small round rubber markers, but also use safety pins, paper clips, etc etc. Mark repeats of the pattern stitch. Mark the beginning of borders. I try to use different markers for different purposes: i.e., black ones between pattern repeats, red ones before border stitches (I never remember to knit selvedge stitches if I haven;t used a market).
Step 3: Quitting this project is always an option, but if you don’t want to, you may still want to take a break before tackling it again. Bonne chance!
April 14th, 2004 at 12:39 pm
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May 3rd, 2004 at 7:25 pm
Hi - I just stumbled upon your blog and saw your frustration with the flower facecloth - I had a similar-looking bunched up one myself, but seriously, just wet it, pat it down flat, let it dry, and that’s all it takes to block the cotton chenille into submission! Speaking from similarly frustrating experience…
May 6th, 2004 at 9:19 am
Thanks for the tip, that sounds great!! I’m going to give it a try (good thing I didn’t toss it!)