I have finished Flag and it’s great!
A couple of evenings of dull garter stitch and careful seam sewing for the sleeves and I was done 🙂
The pattern did call for a crochet edging all around the edge but I have not done that. Partly because crochet now aggravates a tendon in my elbow and more because I’m frightened that I’ll make the already quite neat edges pucker…I can always add it later.
Flag has now been worn to show the Guilty Knitters (who loved it) and modelled for a photo shoot with the lovely Ben behind the camera….
But which shot to show you??
I give up. Flag can be worn so many ways and posed and played with I had to make you a collage of some of the better shots … that means, “where my eyes are open and my mouth is shut”…
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Flag is probably a little big on me – probably because I took a casual approach to the tension (bad Susan 🙁 ) But the garment is so flexible that I simply have to turn back the collar a little – like this…
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From the front, Flag looks like a geometric, angular waterfall cardigan but, Of course, the whole “Flaggyness” of the garment is not revealed until you hold out one side and view from behind!
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Or even both sides!
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I’m hugely pleased with Flag – it’s going to be versatile and surprisingly warm too …if I can stop posing with it…
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| Completed Knit Report | ||
| Name: | Flag | |
| Pattern: | Knit on the Net – by Helene Magnusson | |
| Yarn: | Jamieson 2ply lace | |
| Pattern Problems: | None, except I found it easier to knit the sleeves flat then seam then rather than to Garter stitch in the round. | |
| Pattern Modifications: | missed out the crochet edging and the buttons (I wear this kinda thing loose) | |
| Washing and Wearing: | Very warm! | |
| Knit It Again???: | Urms No – but only because it’s very distinctive | |
| Difficulty: | 4/5 (because the yarn management and Icelandic Intarsia were a challenge) | |
| Rating: | 4/5 | |
| Other Postings Relating To This One: | More Excitement from Iceland | |
I love it! Looks fabulous on you!
You are some serious knitter. This is amazing. I can’t beleive how little time it has taken you to knit it and it is in 2ply! Last thing I knitted in 2ply took me 9 months and I nearly didn’t get it finished for the christening!
You are really clever and I admire your prowess. What is the next project to be – I can’t wait to see it.
x Tricia
It looks amazing. No wonder you can’t help posing. I bet you get a lot of attention when you wear that. I love it.
It’s fabulous!
Wonderful. I’m sure it’ll attract some positive comments when you wear it. How I wish I could knit so well.
It looks amazing!!! Can’t believe how quickly you’ve knitted it, plus how neat it looks. If only I could knit as well as you do, but I suppose practice makes perfect :o)
I love it, amazing! I love your poses too!
Very cool sweater and you do a great job modelling it!
It’s so cool!
I love this so much – and have been inspired to make my own!
However… I’m stuck and was wondering if I could pick your brains, please? How on earth do you carry the yarn when the pattern moves diagonally towards the centre of the flag (left and right)? I’ve read Helene’s tutorial and am none the wiser. I’d be so grateful if you could explain how you did it. Thank you!
Hi Fliss
It took me a while to make sense of Helen’s instructions – was it this post you read?
Helen’s post
The basic answer to how I did it was…when moving the blob of colour from right to left, I carried the yarn not in use using the classic “fairisle weaving” technique. If you google that phrash there are some good videos people has kindly put out there.
Moving the colour blob from left to right is trickier. You need to start working with a yarn that is 10 stitches too far to the left! Helen says to pull use that yarn but leave a loose loop at the back of the work. You use the yarn in that loose loop to form some of the stitches as you work past the loop. (If you don’t you’ll end up with big floats at the back which would look yucky on this garment.)
I found that I didn’t always leave enough “loop” so occasionally I poked my right hand needle under the loop then madse the next stitch – this is essentially doing a fairisle weave as you go.
I hope that helps – my best advise is cast on with some scrap yarn and have a play first – I sorted all this out when I had my False Start and was happy I had had a trial run at it.
Good luck and I hope that helps!
Susan