Comments on: I’m knitting a sweater: two miracles and a beginning

By: aruni

aruni — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 13:08:47 +0000

unrelated to this post, but i found a site with nifty knitting needle bracelets (http://vintagericrac.blogspot.com/2007/07/whiplash-challenge-knitting-meltdown.html) and thought of this site.

By: Patti

Patti — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 16:55:17 +0000

I have ONE circular Crystal Palace needle and I'd never buy another, it falls apart all the time.

By: megan

megan — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 01:30:51 +0000

Barrie - Sorry, the official policy of the shop is no returns or exchanges, I think they were taking pity on me because one of the needles was defective. Thanks for the invite but I cannot make it.

By: Barrie

Barrie — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 21:54:02 +0000

which lys did you go to? because usually they don't just let you exchange needles. yarn, yes, if you haven't opened it yet. but every place i've been to won't exchange circulars for some weirdo reason. i must know your lys stat!

keep up with the sweater. it might actually be done before it gets cold!

p.s. i knit all the time (even in 90 degree weather!) you are always welcome to join my little crew. tonight we're going to cafe presse at 6:30. we'll most likely be the only knitters there. come one, come all!

By: megan

megan — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 19:16:22 +0000

Shelly - Excellent point, thanks!

By: missval

missval — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 18:21:34 +0000

Even though it is eleventy billion degrees outside, your pics make me want to sit around and knit...

By: Shelly Kang

Shelly Kang — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 17:49:28 +0000

Hi, I've done this provisional cast-on many times. You definitely *should* pull it out sooner than later - I promise it won't stretch the bottom out by doing so, and more importantly, you need to check that you did it right and that nothing explodes on you when you pull out the scrap yarn. I teach this technique in my classes sometimes, and I have people pull out the scrap after a row or two beyond the cast-on part because people who are not used to doing this technique tend to mess it up pretty often till they get used to it. I'm sure you got it right, but please go ahead and check to be sure before you continue too far to rip back.

Also, sometimes this cast-on can look a little funny if you didn't knit it snugly enough, so better to know right away than wait till the end. Hope that helps!

Shelly (and by the way - I love love love your blog!)

By: Melissa

Melissa — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 17:16:31 +0000

Your sweater looks really nice. I knit this sweater too and I wished I had taken the time to do a tubular cast on. Another thing I wish I had known about/done was to knit the collar so that it could be folded over the top of the zipper (hemmed), it looks much better than having the zipper show.
It's posted on a blog, somewhere, sorry I don't have a link.