Flame on, flame off, flame on, and a pattern correction
In other words: stitch, rip, stitch.
After making the mondo swatch for the VK Flame Stitch Cardigan, I cast on and was merrily knitting away.
Interestingly enough, the pattern begins at the flame stitch pattern and the ribbing is added later. Hmmmm... sounds like a familiar approach. And, the scalloped edge at the bottom of the flame stitch pattern isn't supposed to be blocked straight across. Instead, the gaps are filled in with crochet. Clearly I didn't read the pattern very carefully before starting this project.
Anyway, I got far enough to bind off for the armholes when I decided to check for size.
Oh joy, it's too small.
Was it a momentary lapse of sanity that drove me to cast on one size smaller than what I needed? Now that I think about it, it was probably the VK Cable Cardigan experience that influenced my (wrong) decision. That cable sweater grew (and grew) when blocked. So eventhough I wet blocked the flame stitch swatch, I still overcompensated by going one size smaller.
Yesterday morning approximately 35rows x 185st of flame stitch turned into a big pile of squiggly yarn.
No big deal. Knitting from the top of the ribbing to the armholes is only 5 inches, so I'm back on track and have about 10 rows to go before I'm binding off for the armholes again.
Here's a pattern correction that hasn't appeared on the Vogue Knitting site yet:
Oh, and I bought more yarn for this sweater from Elann today, along with the last 2 skeins of "Pink Power" Patons Kroy sock yarn they had in stock.
Flame on!
After making the mondo swatch for the VK Flame Stitch Cardigan, I cast on and was merrily knitting away.
Interestingly enough, the pattern begins at the flame stitch pattern and the ribbing is added later. Hmmmm... sounds like a familiar approach. And, the scalloped edge at the bottom of the flame stitch pattern isn't supposed to be blocked straight across. Instead, the gaps are filled in with crochet. Clearly I didn't read the pattern very carefully before starting this project.
Anyway, I got far enough to bind off for the armholes when I decided to check for size.
Oh joy, it's too small.
Was it a momentary lapse of sanity that drove me to cast on one size smaller than what I needed? Now that I think about it, it was probably the VK Cable Cardigan experience that influenced my (wrong) decision. That cable sweater grew (and grew) when blocked. So eventhough I wet blocked the flame stitch swatch, I still overcompensated by going one size smaller.
Yesterday morning approximately 35rows x 185st of flame stitch turned into a big pile of squiggly yarn.
No big deal. Knitting from the top of the ribbing to the armholes is only 5 inches, so I'm back on track and have about 10 rows to go before I'm binding off for the armholes again.
Here's a pattern correction that hasn't appeared on the Vogue Knitting site yet:
- In the section called, "Dividing for Back and Fronts", the pattern instructs you to "P47(51,56)". You don't want to do that. Instead, work 47(51,56) in the established pattern.
Oh, and I bought more yarn for this sweater from Elann today, along with the last 2 skeins of "Pink Power" Patons Kroy sock yarn they had in stock.
Flame on!
3 Comments:
Hi! I've been enjoying reading for a while, and thought I'd drop a note to say hello.
Love the way your Flame looks -- have you considered making the body a bit longer and leaving the scallop on the bottom edge to frame the body and sleeves, rather than ribbing? It looks so beautiful, and would make a feminine alternative to the pattern as written. Just another suggestion, I'm sure it will be great either way.
Good luck, I'll be watching for the finished piece!
Lisa
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Anonymous, at 4/12/2005 6:17 AM
Heya, I *adore* the color you chose for this. So sorry you had to rip back so far! It's going to be beautiful.
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goodkarma, at 4/12/2005 8:51 AM
The sweater's looking good. Btw, forget what I said on Sunday about not being able to get the RSS feed for your site through Firefox. Something must have changed for the better since the last time I tried and now it works, yay! Knitflix all day, everyday!
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