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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!
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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.
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# ? Mar 5, 2015 19:35 |
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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
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# ? Mar 5, 2015 19:35 |
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Shiny Penny posted:How difficult does this pattern look? 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!
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# ? Mar 5, 2015 19:39 |
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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.
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# ? Mar 5, 2015 20:31 |
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I'm actually planning on skipping the beads anyway. I'm not big on them, and it's an easy thing to drop!
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# ? Mar 5, 2015 21:06 |
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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.
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# ? Mar 6, 2015 06:24 |
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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....
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# ? Mar 6, 2015 07:39 |
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I finished my sweater, and made a matching one for my cat Vesta.
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# ? Mar 8, 2015 23:43 |
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It's a little vest for Vesta.
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# ? Mar 9, 2015 00:13 |
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HelloIAmYourHeart posted:
Does she wear clothes well? Vesta is so cute with her matching outfit! Phishi posted:It's a little vest for Vesta. AAAAHH
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# ? Mar 9, 2015 02:26 |
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Ohhhhhhh, matchies
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# ? Mar 9, 2015 04:03 |
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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.
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HelloIAmYourHeart posted:
I just got diabetes because this picture is so freakin' sweet.
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# ? Mar 9, 2015 05:17 |
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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.
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# ? Mar 9, 2015 05:24 |
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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!
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# ? Mar 15, 2015 07:15 |
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New Knitty is up.
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# ? Mar 19, 2015 14:01 |
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Spoilers: it's poo poo. Hope you really like shawls and tunics.
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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!
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Wandering Knitter posted:
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# ? Mar 19, 2015 17:08 |
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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.
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# ? Mar 19, 2015 21:09 |
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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!
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# ? Mar 19, 2015 21:18 |
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Is that poncho asymmetrical making it bunch up at the shoulder? Why would you do that. The actual lace pattern is very boring.
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# ? Mar 20, 2015 02:01 |
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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.
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# ? Mar 20, 2015 07:33 |
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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.
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# ? Mar 20, 2015 16:34 |
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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.
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# ? Mar 20, 2015 16:56 |
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Those handwarmers are adorable I love gradients in fair isle.
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# ? Mar 20, 2015 17:16 |
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Bob Shadycharacter posted:Then I made these for myself: I love these hand warmers, what pattern is this?
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# ? Mar 21, 2015 23:33 |
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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.
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# ? Mar 27, 2015 11:28 |
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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.
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# ? Mar 27, 2015 12:59 |
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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!
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# ? Mar 27, 2015 21:30 |
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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).
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# ? Mar 27, 2015 21:57 |
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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.
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# ? Mar 27, 2015 22:30 |
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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
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# ? Mar 27, 2015 23:18 |
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What... what is going on with that new subforum? I'm so confused.
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stab stabby posted:What... what is going on with that new subforum? I'm so confused. Wow, that certainly is a... hmmmm
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# ? Apr 8, 2015 04:20 |
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I am side-eyeing that sub-forum so hard right now
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# ? Apr 8, 2015 04:23 |
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Imo go nuts and make it actually about knitting, other people already are and I think the reactions are gonna be pretty funny
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# ? Apr 8, 2015 04:28 |
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What is the title of this sub forum- I want to go to there
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When the subforum closes in a week, we should ask for our own one again....ask nicely of course.
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