June 08, 2004
A Steek Runs Through It
Three steeks, actually.
I'm at this very confusing portion of the pattern where you have to:
Decrease at Center Neck on next and every following third row;
AND at the same time, decrease at each side of the arm on the next four rounds and then on every following alternate round five times in all.
Can you blame me for flubbing four or five pattern stitches? And I think I missed one decrease. Maybe two. And it appears that I only have 37 rounds to work before I graft. And cut steeks. Yikes! I might need a little hand-holding here. I'll just summon my inner Wendy and I'll be steeking like it's no big deal...
And to think that I'm just doing this to avoid the tubular bind-off on PPD... Actually, I'm really rather loving the Fair Isle. I spent a bit of time browsing the Starmore eShop and came across a design that looks frightfully difficult yet astonishgly gorgeous and I'm seriously wanting to make it. 500 other projects on deck not withstanding...
Posted by Jon at June 8, 2004 03:24 AMYes, it's complicated, decreasinig AND keeping the elephant chart going.
Oh, I loved that design, though. Extremely satisfying to knit.
Yours is gorgeous.
Posted by: Anne at June 8, 2004 07:50 AMOh my god, the elephants are gorgeous. Absolutely gorgeous. You must have the patience of a saint to do more than one row at a time.
Posted by: karen at June 8, 2004 03:09 PM