Colorwork KAL

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Comment by crafty Robin on August 31, 2009 at 2:38pm

OK, can't resist something new, gotta join the mystery KAL. You evil KP people-- now I get to play with ordering Palette!!!!

Comment by parisribbons on August 31, 2009 at 1:46pm

Melissa,
I am currently running behind in the cardi KAL and hesitate to
take on anything else. It sounds as though one needs to finish
each part by the end of that week. I'm a sedate knitter and it
sounds as though that might stop me dead in my tracks on my
other Kal. I have been avoiding colorwork for over 40 years, so
I'm thinking it's about time. I think I'm beginning to sound just a
tad neurotic so I'll just wander off & work a bit more on my cardi.
Judith

Comment by Kerin on August 28, 2009 at 9:14am

Hi Laura,
Dusty has it right - the 32nd round of knitting is where you want to begin the decreases! And I agree with Peggy; I usually just snip off the colors I'm not using and join them back in. It's a little easier to manage :) Hope you're having fun with it so far!

Comment by Peggy Stuart on August 27, 2009 at 3:17pm

Laura: We can't wait to see your project when you get a little bit on the needles. --P

Comment by Laura E. Shallenberger on August 27, 2009 at 2:38pm

Thank you Dusti and Peggy; you comments were very helpful. This group is so cool, I am glad I discovered it. I am looking forward to learning from this group and chatting with you all.

Comment by Dusti Gomery on August 27, 2009 at 11:35am

Laura, with regards to question 2; I don't have the pattern, but in my experience when a pattern says "on round 32 of charted pattern", generally this should mean on round 32 of YOUR charted pattern, meaning when you reach round 32 of knitting from where you began any charted patterning. That at least has been my experience, I would double check your measurements though and see if that makes sense for where you would want to place the waist shaping - just in case.

Comment by Peggy Stuart on August 27, 2009 at 6:49am

Laura: You only carry the two colors you're using for that row. I like to cut the one(s) I'm dropping, so I don't have a tangle, but you can carry them up the end of rnd if you don't have to go too far. I don't have the directions. Maybe someone else who has done the pattern or has it can help with the rest of your question. --P

Comment by Laura E. Shallenberger on August 26, 2009 at 6:58pm

I am knitting the Corrie FI Vest. This is my first experience with Fair Isle. My question is two fold: 1) do you just carry the yarn from the beginning of each round to the next round until you use that color again in the pattern.
2.) The pattern says in the "Average Directions" (pg. 2) "Waist Shaping" 'ON round 25(31, 32) of charted patern, begin decreases:..." Does this mean round 32 on chart 3 (because that is the only chart that has a round 32 OR does it mean round 32 of my charted knitting, which would be round 18 on chart 2?

I hope I am conveying my question so that it makes sense. I am hoping also that there may be a more experienced knitter out there knitting the same pattern from Knit Picks.

Wondering in PA.,
Laura

Comment by cherylbwaters on August 26, 2009 at 6:37pm

Deb, I think Beth Pritchett is the one who put me onto that link. My best learning mode is by a combination of visual and tactile. I have read directions in the past and usually get it right, but the availability of all the videos on the net, many of them very good, I'm now having to re-learn some things because I obviously wasn't doing them correctly — such as SSK.

Comment by Designbee on August 26, 2009 at 6:28pm

Wow, Cheryl, that YouTube link was great! I had read instructions on how to knit backwards and, although I can normally do well with written instructions, the ones I found seemed very complicated. That link made it so easy that I've already got it down! thanks a million. Deb

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