Happy New Year!
You may be wondering how I’m getting on with Flag – after all, I’ve had the Christmas break to knit haven’t I??
The truth is … I’m Flagging (pun intended!) It has gotten so boring!
I’ve finished the fun intasia “flag section” – that was a pleasure to knit and has come out beautifully. The fabric is lovely and is going to drape perfectly.
Then I started on the sleeves and had several false starts.
The sleeves are supposed to be knit in the round on DPNs. I didn’t have and 5mm DPNs so I used a circular and did magic loop (should have just gone and bought the DPNS). Yes, hard as it is to believe there are some sizes of needle I don’t own! 😯
The sleeves are garter stitch which means knit a row then purl a row when knit in the round – not hard huh? I just could not get this right! It was so bloody annoying – I lost track of the start point, did 2 knit rows and generally made a mess.
My solution has been to abandon knitting in the round and do the sleeve flat and sew it up later – nice easy knit every row. I may come to regret that decision as the seam will run up the back of the sleeve – depends how neatly I can join the garter stitch….
Looks like this so far…
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The only problem with knitting it flat is that has made it rather dull to knit and I have been avoiding it 🙁
Listen to me whining – I want my cake and eat it.
So, do you want to see the flaggy bit and the progress so far??
From Flag |
I really need to get this finished so I can get on with my new purchases from the sales 😀
(More news on that to come!!)
Hooray! Keep going on it, it looks terrific. I was just on a blog this morning and saw this pic of a gal wearing it: http://helenemagnusson.blogspot.com/2010/12/ssnow.html
Happy New Year–can’t wait to see what you tackle next.
Intriguing! Look forward to seeing the fo and being nosy also wondering what you purchased in the sales?! I indulged a wee bit, ahem, largely due to JLewis vouchers which were burning a hole in my pocket, followed by a visit to Liberty’s, so c’mon, fess up, make me feel better!
Terri
I’ll “fess up” on 4th Jan- make us all feel better about being back at work!!
Susan
Oh it’ll be so worth it when it’s done! Happy New Year to you!
It’ll be wonderful when it’s finished and so worth carrying on with. Looking forward to seeing what you’ve bought in the sales.
It looks great… not much left to do! Happy New Year 🙂
Happy New Year to you! Looks like I need to pop in again tomorrow night, to see what you bought in the sales! I’ll need cheering up after a first day back in the classroom. Ros