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Anne Whateley: Feb 11, 2007; i like nice words

It's not that any one technique is super hard, it's that you're doing a bunch of techniques all at once with some unusual construction. If you're fine with the techniques separately, I would go for it, but be religious about stitch markers!

# ? Mar 5, 2015 19:28

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# ? May 20, 2024 12:56

Safari Disco Lion: Jul 21, 2011; Boss, if they make us find seven lost crystals, I'm quitting.

Yeah it's not particularly difficult, but the way it does the edging seems really obnoxious. It has you do a provisional cast on onto a separate needle, which can be avoided I think by just picking up stitches later instead. I think it'd be fine so long as you kept really good track of everything, especially the edging and selvedge.

# ? Mar 5, 2015 19:35

Shiny Penny: Feb 1, 2009

Thanks! I usually follow pattern instructions very closely anyway so I think I'll take a crack at it. If nothing it's a good learning tool and let's me know how much patience I have :v:

# ? Mar 5, 2015 19:35

effika: Jun 19, 2005; Birds do not want you to know any more than you already do.

Shiny Penny posted:

How difficult does this pattern look?

http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEss10/PATTtorreyana.php?printOption=printNoImages

It's listed under their "hardest" level but it doesn't seem too terribly difficult. I've done a few shawls now but this will be a bigger project for me. I'd like to try the worsted size.

If you've done a few shawls I think you'll be fine. I think it's listed as being so hard because it combines a lot to keep track of in the pattern with some techniques that aren't used much outside of lace.

Go for it!

# ? Mar 5, 2015 19:39

marchantia: Nov 5, 2009; WHAT IS THIS

Beads would up the difficulty significantly, but it looks like a fairly basic lace pattern otherwise. I wouldn't be too worried if you've done shawls before.

# ? Mar 5, 2015 20:31

Shiny Penny: Feb 1, 2009

I'm actually planning on skipping the beads anyway. I'm not big on them, and it's an easy thing to drop!

# ? Mar 5, 2015 21:06

left_unattended: Apr 13, 2009; "The person who seeks all their applause from outside has their happiness in another's keeping."
Dale Carnegie

Well that's another shawl added to my queue.

I'm going to have to break the graph paper open for this one:

But I need it.

# ? Mar 6, 2015 06:24

Dr. Kloctopussy: Apr 22, 2003; "It's time....to DIE!"

ackapoo posted:

I bought four sweater patterns yesterday. For some reason, I really need an Antler sweater.

I am working on an Antler right now! For unremembered reasons I started knitting it in a sport weight yarn, so it's definitely going to be less drapey than the original....

# ? Mar 6, 2015 07:39

HelloIAmYourHeart: Dec 29, 2008; Fallen Rib

I finished my sweater, and made a matching one for my cat Vesta.

# ? Mar 8, 2015 23:43

Phishi: May 13, 2006; The long and winding road....

It's a little vest for Vesta. :3:

# ? Mar 9, 2015 00:13

effika: Jun 19, 2005; Birds do not want you to know any more than you already do.

HelloIAmYourHeart posted:

I finished my sweater, and made a matching one for my cat Vesta.

Does she wear clothes well? Vesta is so cute with her matching outfit!

Phishi posted:

It's a little vest for Vesta.

AAAAHH

# ? Mar 9, 2015 02:26

left_unattended: Apr 13, 2009; "The person who seeks all their applause from outside has their happiness in another's keeping."
Dale Carnegie

Ohhhhhhh, matchies :kimchi:

# ? Mar 9, 2015 04:03

HelloIAmYourHeart: Dec 29, 2008; Fallen Rib

effika posted:

Does she wear clothes well? Vesta is so cute with her matching outfit!

She tolerated it quite well, especially once I distracted her with some treats.

# ? Mar 9, 2015 05:12

Ms. Happiness: Aug 26, 2009

HelloIAmYourHeart posted:

I finished my sweater, and made a matching one for my cat Vesta.

I just got diabetes because this picture is so freakin' sweet.

# ? Mar 9, 2015 05:17

HelloIAmYourHeart: Dec 29, 2008; Fallen Rib

She is a bobtail cat with stubby legs. The sweater pattern is Wicklow from Ravelry (I took a class at my local yarn store). The yarn is Schachenmayr Boston and it weighs a ton.

# ? Mar 9, 2015 05:24

Anne Whateley: Feb 11, 2007; i like nice words

Black Trillium Fibers is having a Pi Day sale. It makes no sense but hey, maybe you need an excuse to buy a bunch of pricey but pretty gradients. I did!

# ? Mar 15, 2015 07:15

Wandering Knitter: Feb 5, 2006; Meow

New Knitty is up.

# ? Mar 19, 2015 14:01

MarsDragon: Apr 27, 2010; "You've all learned something very important here: there are things in this world you just can't change!"

Spoilers: it's poo poo.

Hope you really like shawls and tunics.

# ? Mar 19, 2015 15:32

Nibblet: Nov 25, 2005; Her head is full of worms.

Anne Whateley posted:

Black Trillium Fibers is having a Pi Day sale. It makes no sense but hey, maybe you need an excuse to buy a bunch of pricey but pretty gradients. I did!

Thanks for this info! I have been hemming and hawing on buying from them but after seeing your PSA, I finally bit the bullet and purchased some gradient yarn. I can't wait to try them out!

# ? Mar 19, 2015 16:22

otter space: Apr 10, 2007

Wandering Knitter posted:

New Knitty is up.

# ? Mar 19, 2015 17:08

Wandering Knitter: Feb 5, 2006; Meow

I love how the author tries to make Hybrid Vigour sound like a brilliant new knitting idea when it's just a poncho. A slightly fancy poncho, but it's a drat poncho.

Correction. It's a poncho that bunches up horribly on one shoulder. I want to reach into every photo and adjust the damned thing.

# ? Mar 19, 2015 21:09

Anne Whateley: Feb 11, 2007; i like nice words

And that ~fancy custom designed-to-my-specifications~ dye job doesn't even look like a gradient, it looks like rear end.

Spring/summer issues are always the worst for all knitting periodicals, but knitty is hitting new lows, which is actually really impressive at this point.

Nibblet posted:

Thanks for this info! I have been hemming and hawing on buying from them but after seeing your PSA, I finally bit the bullet and purchased some gradient yarn. I can't wait to try them out!

I don't think the sale is still going, it was just for Pi Day, but hope you enjoy it! It was my first order from them too.

# ? Mar 19, 2015 21:18

Sodium Chloride: Jan 1, 2008

Is that poncho asymmetrical making it bunch up at the shoulder? Why would you do that.

The actual lace pattern is very boring.

# ? Mar 20, 2015 02:01

Ma_NiC: Mar 6, 2004

Every time a new Knitty comes out, I look at their past issues and find something good I forgot about. Currently knitting the Afternoon Tea shawl thanks to the awful current issue.

# ? Mar 20, 2015 07:33

icehotels: Aug 10, 2014

Ma_NiC posted:

Every time a new Knitty comes out, I look at their past issues and find something good I forgot about. Currently knitting the Afternoon Tea shawl thanks to the awful current issue.

I do the same thing. I haven't actually started a new project though.

# ? Mar 20, 2015 16:34

Bob Shadycharacter: Dec 19, 2005

drat, Knitty, that's some ugly poo poo right there.

I've been on a bit of a handwarmers kick lately, made two pair and started a third.
These were a present for my friend (I tried to make them a Christmas present but they were sized to fit a hobbit, not an adult human person, so I had to start over)

Then I made these for myself:

And I made a hat too, out of handspun:

My pom-poms are pretty lovely, gotta work on that. I don't think I've ever actually made one before, somehow. In like 15 years of knitting.

# ? Mar 20, 2015 16:56

suddenly cats: Nov 16, 2006; Cats do not abide by the laws of nature, alright? You don't know shit about cats.

Those handwarmers are adorable :kimchi:

I love gradients in fair isle.

# ? Mar 20, 2015 17:16

Nibblet: Nov 25, 2005; Her head is full of worms.

Bob Shadycharacter posted:

Then I made these for myself:

I love these hand warmers, what pattern is this?

# ? Mar 21, 2015 23:33

left_unattended: Apr 13, 2009; "The person who seeks all their applause from outside has their happiness in another's keeping."
Dale Carnegie

Out of curiosity, am I the only weirdo who looks at a pattern and knows *exactly* what shade it needs to be knit in? It only happens every so often, but I've had Mrs Peacock in my queue for over a year now, and I've always known that it needs to be in a shade of purple that's pretty close to the one in the pictures - it just won't work in another colour. I'll have to look again in the daylight, but I'm pretty sure I've finally found that purple. Beyond excited.

# ? Mar 27, 2015 11:28

effika: Jun 19, 2005; Birds do not want you to know any more than you already do.

left_unattended posted:

Out of curiosity, am I the only weirdo who looks at a pattern and knows *exactly* what shade it needs to be knit in? It only happens every so often, but I've had Mrs Peacock in my queue for over a year now, and I've always known that it needs to be in a shade of purple that's pretty close to the one in the pictures - it just won't work in another colour. I'll have to look again in the daylight, but I'm pretty sure I've finally found that purple. Beyond excited.

Sometimes! I knew my Girl Friday would need to be in something gold/mustardy.

I've got a skein of Madelinetosh Prairie in Norway Spruce (dark teal leaning greenish) that I think would make a lovely Mrs Peacock. (I'm short a hundred yards on it, though, I may pass.) Definitely a dark color. The deep purple in the pattern photos looks very rich. I think it'd be hard to top that.

# ? Mar 27, 2015 12:59

Phishi: May 13, 2006; The long and winding road....

So earlier we were discussing what was up with Miss Babs' yarn and why it was in high demand... Well I never really understood that about Wollmeise. That yarn is stupidly hard to get a hold of because her site crashes every update. Well I really wanted to knit Viajante [url] http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/viajante [/url] and honestly it was about as much for Wollmeise as anything that I wanted to knit it in, so I got a ball off destash.

Oh. My. God. It's only merino but I swear it *shimmers*. The color is that perfect shade of new leaves just budding on the tree... Well I get it now. I don't know if I will go through all that bidness to buy direct from the source, but if you find a color you like in destash (and I guess if you're a total yarn snob like me), just do it!

# ? Mar 27, 2015 21:30

Drei: Feb 23, 2006; she's incredible math

Sweet Georgia is having a spring cleaning sale tomorrow, both online and at their studio. I'm tempted to go there but I just bought a huge amount of yarn from Princess Animal's closing (including some Sweet Georgia stuff).

# ? Mar 27, 2015 21:57

Anne Whateley: Feb 11, 2007; i like nice words

Wow, they're only going to do that sale in person once. 75% off? Seconds for free? People are going to die.

I love Wollmeise too. The new site doesn't crash afaik, but things do sell out quickly. Not as quickly as they used to, though, which is crazy.

# ? Mar 27, 2015 22:30

MarsDragon: Apr 27, 2010; "You've all learned something very important here: there are things in this world you just can't change!"

Hm, I've got some Sweet Georgia fiber samples sitting by the wheel for when I finish this endless lace project. They're really nice, so maybe...

MarsDragon posted:

I was horribly tempted by that too, but then I thought of the drat fleece I have sitting in my living room and closed the tab. I'm going to try not to buy anything until that's a sweater. (I'm going to fail)

drat YOU PAST ME

# ? Mar 27, 2015 23:18