Comments for BklnQ

Comment on 676 by Ted

Ted — Sat, 01 May 2010 02:37:08 +0000

Sounds like a crappy week. I’m sorry.

And you’re saying you’ll be cranky at the Men’s Knitting Retreat?

Comment on Next Sweater by Ted

Ted — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 13:29:12 +0000

You can knit a sweater: you’ve done that. Now build one from scratch.

Go down to that nice library that I walked past in January –the one with the pair of lions out front: who are they? Wallace and Grommit or Patience and Virtue or something like that– and find a good book on sweater design*. Take it home, read it through.

Measure up J as per the book’s directions, then plot out the sweater.

* “The Knitter’s Guide to Sweater Design” by Michelson and Davis is very good.

Comment on Quandary by Ted

Ted — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 11:55:12 +0000

You could always rip back a couple of decrease points (4?) and then rework, spacing the decreases closer together. That’s likely what I’d do.

Comment on Negative Progress by Ted

Ted — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 21:23:16 +0000

You picked up (more likely knitted up) the stitches for the sleeves around the armhole, right?

All you have to do is count the number of rounds you’ve knitted on the un-butchered sleeve starting at the knit-up round. Compare with the butchered sleeve. Easy.

Were I counting rounds on sleeves, I’d probably mark every 25th round, or something, on both sleeves. Then I really only have to count markers to see where I’m at. (There’s a reason I buy coil-less safety pins in 4 ounce lots.)

Nice to see you posting again.

Comment on Sated by Ted

Ted — Sat, 02 May 2009 11:46:16 +0000

Remember that yarns can be doubled-up to get bulkier gauges…and you can do interesting things with colours and textures that way.