I usually think lace, travelling stitches and cable patterns are shown off to their best when they are in a single colour and then I get totally surprised when I see a great result in mixed colours. Trying to find a pattern which fits a yarn is something which takes me a long time, it’s almost never the pattern I bought the yarn for. This is busy but the yarn is going to look busy anyway, I think this will break up a big area of plain stockinette in the yarn and give a good effect.
Maybe it will become more clear when you have a larger swatch?
Did you like working the pattern in the yarn? That’s part of the decision making isn’t it?
The wrapped stitches are kind of fun, and it’s not like it’s an overall texture. Mostly only 3 wraps at a time. They ARE a bit fiddly–slip1, p2, slip1, [yarn forward, slip 4 to left needle, yarn back, slip 4 to right needle] 2x, then continue row.
I’ll probably go for it, but I’m currently fussing with the edge on the collar, on which the left looks nothing like the edge on the right half. The right half is kind of corded, while the left is more like a slip-stitch edge. I need to find a fix, as the edges continue down the whole front of the sweater. It may be that the yarn has a distinct twist, which maybe fights the twist of the stitches.
It does look very pretty with the greater number of sts, a lovely, heathery look.
Can you use an i-cord edge or is that essectially what you are working?
I can use an i-cord edge–it’s suggested in the pattern, as some yarns don’t seem to work well for this edging. It’ll mean adding 4 stitches to the total counts for almost the entire thing.
I have a couple other things to try. The instructions for the left half of the collar aren’t an exact reversal of the right half, so I’ll try that–although that would be a bigger change for the whole pattern than adding the i-cord stitches!
I’m finding it hard to stick to one thing! But I have made a slouchy hat and matching fingerless gloves from green tweed yarn I got for Christmas. It was one of those yarns that knew what it wanted to be!
Made another children’s sized fingerless glove in neon chenille yarn and now I’m alternating between trying to make Dr. Neo Cortex from the Crash Bandicoot series and modifying my pony pattern to make micro size ponies.
Edit to show a pic! Some people might not think of these as “micro” but they will be very small compared to my normal ponies, which are a bit larger than the old My Little Pony toys. I’m currently working on the main body. First attempt was around 4cm long! This pony’s head fits on the end of my little finger.
Wow, micro ponies!?! Amazing. Can’t wait to see the progress.
I just learned how to do a mirrored KFB which pales in comparison to ponies of any size, but I never knew it existed and my current problem just became a whole lot easier. Still swatching.
The second part is just a lifted increase, which I am sure you use and like (if I remember correctly) but because of the stitch twist in the first half it brings the right leg half way around to the left and the left needle brings it the rest of the way. Which to me is genius because I’ve been doing every type of increase over and over and over and getting awful results. I was ready to give up knitting for ever and throw all my needles and yarn in the bin. I have swatched way way too many times for one blasted cable. Driving. Me. Nuts.
Thanks. My mind is still boggled. Thinking back to when I last used mkfb I think I recognized the lifted increase part. One day the penny might drop but for now I’ll enjoy the magic. lol
That’s the video I first learned this from. IIRC she lost me somewhere, as usual, but it worked and that was good enough. Rox’s mind operates in a different realm from mine. Still love her demos. Her charts and explanations tend to make my head spin.
The pattern is Student Vest and the yarn was in my stash; it’s Peruvian Sierra Aran from Elann.com.
I had to aggressively block the vest. The pattern is only S/M and M/L and that should have been a red flag to me. It looks like it’s going to fit with the suggested 2” to 4” positive ease.
It’s my first. One person in the Projects section thought it was terribly written. They didn’t like having to flip back and forth in the pages. I don’t know why they didn’t just print out another copy, to have loose ones so you can have whatever you need handy. I’m finding it to be quite clear!
