Hello there,
First of all I have to say thanks to Amy for such an amazing site, I’ve watched it change over the last (nearly a) year that I have been using it. I think it’s fantastic, it helped me pick up knitting again (last time I had knitted I believe I was 9 or 10) I must have started knitting just as this site came into being, I love that I have grown with it. I also love this elongated pattern and when I got this gorgeous ladder yarn called ‘stained glass’ I HAD to try it I adapted the pattern a little and here is a link to the blog with a picture of the first scarf.
After that there was no stopping me, what about my mother? What about my mother in law? I’m pretty sure that when the weather cools and I can finally wear mine (the first) out I will have many requests and compliments. Here is the other blogger link to a few of them together:
I have adumb question… (go figure)
What’s the difference between “wrapping the yarn around the needle before you finish the stitch” to create the elongated stitch & doing “4 yo’s in between the stitches”???
I did a skinny one in a funky yarn and one in Divine…unfortunately forgot to take a picture of the one in Divine, but it was INDEED divine, so much so that I bought another ball to make another one!!!
Hey GlenBoRTR, so sorry I didn’t respond to you earlier, your ques had me puzzled for a bit there (I didn’t think it was a stupid question at all). I decided to try the elongated stitch vs the yo technique. I could barely tell the difference in end product, except that the elongated stitch seems a little tighter. On a personal level, I prefer the yo technique which I learned when I dabbled in lace knitting, it works better for me with the fine ladder yarn I was using, the elongated way would be better for a thicker/regular yarn. I’m quite sure that the elongated is the ‘proper’ way to do the knitting. Anyone else have other suggestions about the differences?
KitKat, your funky/divine scarf looks cool and your son seems to be a riot!
schrodinger: I am trying this pattern using the same yarn you used (b/c it looks so darn gorgeous in your pic!). But I am having trouble working with the yarn. Any tips? What kind of needles did you use? A friend suggested I combine it with another yarn but I really liked the looks of it just by itself…
I used regular needles (well, my Denise needles), I have varied with sizes (I’ve made about 5 of these scarves so far), but generally a size 7 or eight will do you. Just remember you can’t knit as you would with a ‘normal’ yarn/wool, I take my time and watch the stitches. Press on and you will get the hang of it I’m sure.
Thanks Cathy. I was trying to work with size 11 Addi Turbos but they seemed a bit slick for the yarn. I think I will try a smaller needle and see how bamboo does for me.
I love the ones with the glass stained yarn! I’ll have to see if I can find that sort of yarn around here and knit those up for my sisters-in-law… we did the whole christmas gift discussion last week and both of them (although they think it’s oldfashioned that I knit!!) jokingly said they sortof were expecting knitted socks or a cellphone pouch under the tree…
I do think I’d like to give them something knitted that won’t take too much time to whip up but still looks really nice. I think they will both love this to go with a dressy outfit or something.
Earthchick,
If it makes you feel any better, the same thing happened to me. I bought the stained glass yarn & even though I’ve been knitting for a long, long time, it was a disaster. I put it away for several weeks and tried again and it worked out fine then. I don’t know what was different. I just had to go slowly and pay close attention to what I was doing. It’s tricky yarn. The end result is so worth it though.
kimmie
SimplyKaar, I believe that the the site that sold the Stained glass yarn ships internationally.
Earthchick, Kimmie’s right, this yarn is not for ‘fast’ knitting, patience is absolute key, it helps that I’m a relatively new knitter so I can still be pretty slow. I’m pretty sure that the bamboo needles will have helped with the project (did it? did it?).
I just had a look and you’re right, they do ship internationally; however it will cost me a bit more than 10 dollars extra just for shipping and handling when I buy 2 or 3 skeins of it and it will probably take a while before it gets here.
So I will have a look at a yarnstore here and one in a larger city near here first to see if I can find it, or something similar. I can always order it anyway if it turns out it’s not sold down here but because of the time and extra costs I think it’s worth checking out my local stores first.
Thanks for the heads up though! At least now I know I can get it there and I will definitely keep that in mind… A backup option is great because I hate to have to settle for something that just isn’t what I meant but have to use because I can’t get anything better, you know?
GlenBoRTR, doing the yo’s between sts. wouldn’t be practical. You can do it: on the next row you’d slip them off the needle and go straight into working the next knit stitch; but then you need to pull all that slack through into that knit stitch. Same results, really, but more work. You can’t just work right into the yo’s, because the adjacent knit sts. have to be dealt with; if they’re skipped you’d have a run/dropped sts. If they’re just knit, they will act like normal knitting and keep the row from stretching up to become elongated. …At least, that’s what my brain seems to make of it all! Haven’t tried it!
I did the 4 yarn overs between knit stitches and it worked fine. I didn’t realize there was another way to do it until I was all done and watched Amy’s scarf video to learn how to do the fringe. I started a second scarf trying Amy’s method and was so used to the first way that I went back to the way I originally did it because it was just easier for me. I’m a creature of habit! I didn’t pull excess yarn through or anything… just let those stitches drop and knit the next stitch. The elongated stitch turns out a little bit longer if you wrap inbetween stitches, but I like it that way.
That IS a pretty yarn!! :drool:
Good call! 
