I thought of various titles for this blog post déjà vu, seeing double that sort of thing but when I started to take photos I realised how crazy I am beginning to look!
The beginning of the Easter holidays I cast on the Alice top but wasn't very happy with the tension from pretty much the get go the Bamboo stretches like crazy and on the lacy pattern I can fit my fingers through the holes probably not a good look for any type of top. Any sensible person would have ripped it out straight away not me it seems. I finished until it separated for under the arms before I decided I wanted to try it on a smaller needle – which I didn't have.
Feeling incredibly frustrated that my lovely Easter project wasn't going quite as I had envisaged I sent off for a new Addi needle. Whilst I was waiting for my needle to arrive instead of knitting one of the numerous wip's that live in my front room, I cast on Que Sera from this edition of knitty.
I got the tension for the Rowan Handknit cotton on the recommended 5mm but it looked like a string vest so I decided that I would do it on a 4.5mm. Excellent plan except in order for this to work I would have had to go up a dress size which I didn't do so now I have half a cardiganwhich though it will do up makes me look like a blue sausage!
Would be a shame to rip it out especially as I have done so much work thinks I. So I have left it and yes you guessed it cast on again hoping against hope that I have enough yarn to make two pairs of sleeves. Then my Addi's arrived so I have again cast on Alice I definitely like the tension on this version better though I must remember to go up a dress sizeJ
phew, it's really hard to keep up! don't know how you manage to remember all the different patterns.
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Love the pattern repeat in the last picture, and the colour.( If the cardi is big go with it. Just call it a 'boyfriend' style!)
ReplyDeleteI hate ripping things out, and end up giving things away if it doesn't fit at the end...
I can't believe you are knitting all these blue things! Keep with them they are looking good :)
ReplyDeleteLove the cornflower blue! Too bad about the bamboo--I've had stretching problems, too, and now avoid it entirely. Sigh. Surely it will be lovely in the end. :-)
ReplyDeleteVery pretty knitting! I hate it when things don't go the way I'd like, especially when I don't have the right needles!
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