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knittingpixI totally want some love for my first fair isle!
Pattern is Flora, which is an excellent pattern that I screwed up in the following way: I did not Trust the Pattern. I looked at the cast on (120st) and the needle size (4.5mm) and thought "that is ridiculous, my head is 80st wide in DK on 3.75mm" and proceeded to cast on 90st on 3.5mm and do three pattern repeats. Oh, silly fair-isle virgin! The only other colourwork I've done is a little intarsia and noting anyone ever had to wear. So, anyway, the result is that the hat will be going to a small child of my acquaintance instead of on my own head, and I will soon be knitting myself a new one (with a 90st cast on increasing to 120st at the end of the brim.) But! I am still totally proud of this! It's really pretty and warm and gorgeous.
Pattern is Flora, which is an excellent pattern that I screwed up in the following way: I did not Trust the Pattern. I looked at the cast on (120st) and the needle size (4.5mm) and thought "that is ridiculous, my head is 80st wide in DK on 3.75mm" and proceeded to cast on 90st on 3.5mm and do three pattern repeats. Oh, silly fair-isle virgin! The only other colourwork I've done is a little intarsia and noting anyone ever had to wear. So, anyway, the result is that the hat will be going to a small child of my acquaintance instead of on my own head, and I will soon be knitting myself a new one (with a 90st cast on increasing to 120st at the end of the brim.) But! I am still totally proud of this! It's really pretty and warm and gorgeous.
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Date: 2009-05-09 06:15 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-05-10 12:52 am (UTC)