The faith I talked about yesterday has evaporated. My brim is still huge, despite numerous additional decreases. I’m about 20 or so stitches away from this thing staying on my head, and I’ve already got ruffle action going on. SO, I am going to frog and try again. But before I do…..
I took a picture.
This is my attempt at a self portrait, in the mirror, without a flash. (Hence, I’m yellow). Notice the camera? I will once again thank cousin Elisa for donating it to the Poor Miss FInch cause. THANKS!
It is difficult to see the diagonal pattern on the top here, but you can see it on the left, underneath. Please note that the hat is going all the way around my head and still being stretched out like that.
To recap: this is the Bottom’s Up pattern, downloaded from ChicKnits, that I am knitting with the yarn I received for Mother’s Day. I am foolishly messing with the pattern on my first attempt by adding a diagonal stitch. I swatched, it was the correct gauge, and now I have a bucket hat brim for an elephant. Aside from the size issue, I’m loving the way this looks. Today is going to be insane, so I think that tomorrow I’m going to head to a LYS (Skeins! in Bellevue in fact) and pick up a good contrasting color. I want a stripe right above the brim on trial #2. I think it will look better that way, and if not, I’ll frog again. I really don’t mind. Yet. This is constructive frogging. Constructive frogging means that I have learned something. For instance, I have learned that I want the brim 12 rows tall. I have learned that I prefer the look of K2tog decreases before knitting the purls over P2tog decreases at the end of the purls. I have additionally come to the conclusion that my swatch lied to me!!!!!
Question for those of you experienced with cotton yarns: Does blocking cotton have the same effect as blocking wool? Looking at what I’ve got, I’d like it to lay a little smoother.
June 4th, 2004 at 1:55 pm
OOH, OOH, OOH that’s my LYS…well, it used to be. I only lived a few short blocks from it and I loved it there. Most of the women that work there are friendly AND they sell lots of yummy yarn.
June 5th, 2004 at 2:12 pm
Are you still in the Seattle area? Where do you go now? I haven’t explored the stores in the city yet, I’d love to know the good ones.