Thanks for your question…i have the same issue. New to the Lounge and cannot figure out how to do anything other than reply… Help, thanks.
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Maybe the two needles are for working larger sizes when it would be really scrunched on 32in.
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As i have a bin of lovely lettlopi that includes 4 skeins of white, the Crowberry vest it is. I am still undecided about colors for the yoke… blues or greens….hmm
Have yet to cast on as achieving gauge is problematic. The swatch circumference on 9’s was 11.75 inches ( good for the size i am knitting) but the stitch count was not… ripped the swatch and now trying 8’s, fingers crossed. Perhaps my visit to the flowers and art exhibit this afternoon will help!
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I’m at the yoke color work on the vest and have some bobble comments. I was thinking my bobbles weren’t living their best bobble life. A bit undersized and just, well, not perky enough for me. Experimented a bit with technique, Kbfb vs Kfbf, which didn’t make a noticeable difference. I also was able to see the base stitch color within the bobble with both. Tried fluffing up the two-thread Plotulopi, not much improvement. I ended up doing some bobble enhancement surgery by threading a single strand of the Plotulopi and sewing several cover stitches on each to cover up the base thread peeking through, make it look rounder, etc. Enhanced bobbles pictured. Any tips out there for better bobbles?
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Hi there, I did receive this reply yesterday, hope it helps.
Hi there! Welcome aboard! It looks like you did just fine! For the record, if you’re putting a new post in the group, you use the orange reply button at the bottom of the page. If you are replying to a specific post, use the grey button at the end of that post. It will show up at the bottom of the list but you’ll see a link to the post you are replying to at the top of the post like @sabograd replying to you…
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When I make a bobble I slip the bobbled stitch on the following round, a trick I learned from Leigh Radford. With them being made within the colorwork, that may not be the best answer.
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Speaking of Bobbles, I chose not to work them in my vest (I banged it out in February)
I am testing 2 cross stitch varieties: a short bullion-ish French Knot and a leftover flower (from my own pattern).
I’m leaning toward the woven cross stitch, and I love this golden pop made with leftover hand-dyed worsted from what is currently my LYS.
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I was thinking of something similar or no bobble at all.
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Are you using Lettlopi? If yes, I’m having the same issue and I have not figured out how to resolve.
Continuing the discussion from Bang Out a Sweater 2024: Crowberry Sweater:
The short rows are complete, and I’ve knit the first decrease row for body shaping. Yeah !
No problems, or angst, with the German short row technique. Very helpful class yesterday. Thanks.
Looking ahead: I am left handed and crochet left handed. I taught myself to knit right handed because that’s how patterns are written.
My question: should I practice right handed with the crochet hook for the provisional cast ons ???
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I’m not an expert at the difference in crochet, but it seems like a low risk part to practice on since it is waste yarn anyway.
The provisional cast-on is made with waste yarn, not either of the lopis.
It’s a great place to practice because all you are doing is making a loop to knit into, and then you will tear the waste yarn away.
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Made it through the short rows! If one doesn’t do bobbles how does one handle the three stitches? Are there bobbles on the cuff? Thank you!
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No bobbles on the cuffs.
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The 3 bobble stitches reduce to one in the formation of the bobble, so if you don’t want to make them, just knit one stitch per the chart.
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I think the second needle is the spare needle mentioned in the sleeve instructions, but I may be wrong about that.
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Thank you!
Welcome aboard. I saw that @rdmsaca already shared my other comment but you said that “all I can do is reply.” And guess what? You’re right. In the first scenario (a new comment) you are replying to the topic (the orange button at the bottom of the page.) In the second scenario you are replying to a comment so it’s they grey reply button at the bottom of the specific. I hope this helps.
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Wow! Thank you for finding the mention of the second needle! I was stumped but sure it was there. Between this and @nellknits reply, I’ve got it covered. And I don’t actually need another 32 inch needle. I can use another length or a dpn to do the armpit. Mystery solved.
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