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[isabelladangelo]

My latest knitting project looks nothing like the pattern I'm trying to do. I like the way it's coming out, it just really looks nothing like it's supposed to and I have no idea as to why.

I did work on the Eleanor gown...only to find that I started one of the shoulders design backwards. I'm going to take it out and restart that side because I just don't like it backwards. The partlet is halfway done. I promise to post pictures when it's fully done.

Sapphire Joust was so much fun but $$$ with the way gas is right now. Thank God that Mom & Dad could take Ginsie this weekend or else there is no way I could have gone. I found out why they banned dogs and it's really lacking in any logic whatsoever. Rather than banning animals, they should just tell everyone to keep their pets on a leash at all times and that the owner must be with their pet at all times or face the animal being taken to the local shelter. It's that simple. But no, it's easier to keep people away (after all, paying $50 to $75 a night for your dog to stay at the local kennel is not cheap) than to think through something logically and just punish the person that caused the issue a couple of years ago.

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[vesper2000.livejournal.com]

Hmm. It's hard for me to tell what's different. Lace often doesn't look the way it's supposed to until it's aggressively blocked.

Also, when knitting lace, it helps me to take some graph paper and graph out the instructions. Then, you can tell if there are any mistakes/misinterpretations in the pattern.

[isabelladangelo.livejournal.com]

Well, that's the funny thing. The graph and the instructions don't really work together at all. Because of all the yarn overs, I end up with increases which, according to the graph, shouldn't happen. Not that I mind, I'll just have a nice capelet for my regency....

[vesper2000.livejournal.com]

The relationship between yarn overs and increases/decreases is not always understood by pattern writers.

Remember that for every single yarn over you do, there has to be a decrease in the form of k2tog or k3tog (which decreases 2 stitches). Sometimes, I have to go through and do the math to make sure yarn overs = stitches being decreased over the entire pattern repeat.

Another handy tip is to slip markers at the end of every stitch repeat - that way you can immediately tell when you've skipped a decrease or yarn over because the stitches between a pair of markers are too many or few.

I LOVE lace knitting so feel free to ask me any questions if you have them: vesper200 -at- gmail -dot- com

[pepperbeast.livejournal.com]

Actually, it looks like you've got the pattern down fine, but maybe that's not the best choice of yarn.

[isabelladangelo.livejournal.com]

The picture isn't the best either, unfortunately. :-) I'm using 80% mohair 20% wool yarn from a farm not to far south of me. I like the way the pattern looks, it just doesn't look much like the picture to my eyes. I think that's because of the increases and lack of decreases...which is fine now. I'll just have a 19th c knitted short cape rather than a very 21st c scarf.