[color=#300090]As I like to do, I’ve combined two new things to learn (maybe more) in one project. :eyebrow2: I’ve done the two handed Fair Isle before but on a flat piece and I messed up by avoiding the purls on the WS. This time I am working in the round for the scarf and since it is only 5" (12.7 cm) wide I am using the 2 circular needle method. (I love how Cat Bordhi calls the non-working needle the “udder needle.” I also started with a provisional CO for a seamless end in the scarf. :woot: I plan on making the scarf 5 feet (152 cm) in length if I don’t run out of yarn before then.
The provisional CO was a the Magic CO using a long tail, only I loosely knotted my two colors together and cast on two circulars. This started a different color on each side! I am now wondering how I will finish the other end and if I can make it as neat (or seamless) as the CO end of the scarf. :think:
I’ve started my own pattern chart for color changes and am using the Fair Isle weaving on the WS floats. The biggest hurdle has been that I cast on an even number of stitches (22 on each side). Now I’m having trouble getting a pattern that centers within 22 stitches. I’m using one or two stitches on the edges to break/separate the pattern of one side from the other side.
This project started as a swatch, practice with a pattern and Fair Isle weaving, and I think I’ll add purls to try out some illusion techniques. :oo:
Dontcha just love Cat Bordhi!? I will never again forget how to knit in the round using two circs! Her “visual word pictures” are something I don’t forget!
I love that CO method and will now try toe up socks just to use that CO. Or maybe a knit hat (i.e. stocking hat, toque, toboggan, or ski hat) with a cuff.
It’s not the humor that bothers me it’s the baby talk and I feel like she’s talking down to people. I’ve heard others complain about it, too. I’m an adult and like to have things explained to me simply, but like an adult.
I prefer the Turkish cast on, but they both work well so it’s personal preference.
ETA: I also took a class at my LYS in two circs and love that method.
Okay, I think I need other stranding or fair isle patterns for just two colors. I started with a [U][B]chart for a Hermione scarf[/B][/U] (in one of the Harry Potter movies) but it is for multiple colors on a white background. :sad:
Any suggestions?
I found a simple (fir) tree pattern but was hoping for a snowflake or something. I suppose I could just go with some words since I have letter patterns I could try.
Ah, Judy Becker’s Magic Cast-On has one purl row completed after cast on when compared with Turkish cast on.
So I see it as a Turkish cast on combined with the long tail or double cast on. I think the live stitches are a little more stable for me with the magic cast on. I wasn’t able to get knitting with the Turkish cast on.
