Jon's Knit Blog

Tinkerbell

Well, I started the Polka Purl Dot top (henceforth to be referred to as PPD) today. It took me a little while to figure out the tubular cast-on. I did a sample piece, and I don't quite understand why the designer would call for it. It seems a lot more work than it's worth, IMHO. But I'd love for someone to explain to me why it's a good thing.

So after my sample CO, I did the real project, and aside from being off by two stitches (out of 234, and I swear I counted twice!) it was going just fine, and the M1P's I used to fix the stitch count seem to be just fine.

Until I got to the second pattern row. I was remembering the chart for Jagger, the faux-argyle sweater I'm going to knit out of the lovely alpaca from Ohio, which calls for the same row to be repeated twice, as opposed to the PPD chart, which is not exactly the same. And, being the brilliant knitter that I am, I just didn't pay attention. I was watching Animal Planet on TiVo. I swear that's a valid excuse. They had baby seals!

Somehow I didn't realize that I had ****ed up the pattern until I was at the end of the row, so I had to tink back about 230 stitches and then redo the row. It is fine now, and now I am hoping that I get further news from IK before I get to row 14. I got a reply back from an Editorial Assistant who is forwarding my query to the Tech Editor. Anyhow, if I'm stuck on row 14, it's not like I don't have 9 or 10 other projects I could be working on...

In other news, I used my swift, puchased from those guys in Indiana for the first time to wind the lovely chartreuse cotton for PPD. Man, everyone should have a swift. What a fun toy! I can't wait to use it on the eBay silk. But I really have to finish a few things (and probably do a practice lace project or two) before I tackle the lovely silk. Again, suggestions of a lovely shawl suitable for bridal wearing would be most welcomed.

And now it's the time in Jon's Knit Blog World when we go to sleep. See you tomorrow!