Category: spinning

  • vogue knitting cabled cardigan errata

    I’ve been working on the Cabled Cardigan (#19) from Vogue’s fall 2006 issue, and while it’s going to be a great sweater there’ve been a few problems with the pattern. Somewhat minor ones, but still – irritating.

    I’m making the smallest size, and for the sleeve it says to increase every 10th row 72 times. Obviously that’s a mistake! It should read inc every 10th row 6 times. The other sizes look fine.

    The other problem I’ve had is with the right front. Up top is the left front, before I ripped it down to the ribbing (I’d made a mistake in the cables *and* forgot to start the neck shaping). It’s now done – quick knits rock! I started the right front yesterday during “heroes” (love that show). The chart for the right front has an error in row 13; the 5-st RC should be a 5-st LC to make it symmetrical to the left side.

    I sent that first sleeve correction to Vogue when I encountered it (more than a few weeks ago) and they haven’t updated the errata. There’s also more corrections with the collar, here.

    I could forgive a typo or two. But so many? Gah!

    How about a happy spinning shot?

    I’ve been working on new skeins and will have them up in the shop soon, probably tonight.

  • simple is enough

    I’ve completed the body of the Rhinebeck handspun sweater up to the underarm.

    Such a plain, oatmeal-coloured fabric is terribly satisfying.

    I’m almost almost done a sleeve to the underarm (really just need like 3 more rounds, then it’s onto a holder so I can knit the second one at SnB tomorrow) so it’s going pretty quickly. I still need to make my charts for the yoke though.

    Proof that it happens to everyone –

    Oopsie.

  • yaaaarn

    Saturday was the KW Knitters’ Fair and it rocked. I haven’t bought yarn in awhile (the thing was no yarn/fibre till KW, then no yarn till Rhinebeck) so it was really….satisfying? Hm.

    Anyway, I went with KnittyAmy, Diane, and Tamarah, absolutely wonderful yarn-fest companions. Amy’s talk went great, I think. Not too much traffic (more coming back), pho (although no veggie pho for me! had to settle for the same ol’ tofu and veg) and yarn = one good time, and four sleepy gals.

    The haul…

    From left:
    Claudia Handpainted from Pickupsticks, a new online yarn shop specializing in handdyed, handspun and otherwise unique yarns, and run by my pal Connie.
    Worsted Polwarth and fingering weight Polwarth/Silk from Rovings (sooo yummy)
    Briggs and Little – the blue is Regal, the burgundy is Heritage. How do you say no to $3/skein?!

    Yes, there are multiples of each of these. Well, not the Polwarth/Silk, actually – there’s enough yardage in there for a good sized shawl.

    I also got a wee bit o’ fibre:

    Three balls of superwash merino and a couple of batts (loooove ’em) from Laurie at The Black Lamb in Port Hope. I really got to get out there sometime. I also got a bag of pin-drafted grey alpaca, which is soo very soft.

    Car knitting was the plain black alpaca pullover – I’m just about to the sleeve/body division now.

    All in all, one very satisfying day. And drinks with the wonderful Sophie at the Rosewater afterward, although I don’t have any photos of that (where’s the photos, Soph?). I actually felt a wee bit of the overwhelm-sion at the show, though – I can’t even image how Rhinebeck will be. At least we’ll have a bit longer to check things out! I can’t wait!