I’ve been having problems with my internet connection. For someone who isn’t patient in the best of times, this is annoying, to say the least.
But, I have pictures!
This is the back of LouLa’s wrap dress. We haven’t been getting along, the wrap dress and I. There is some garter stitch around the armhole, which is supposed to be in the contrasting color. Yeah, right. Like I’m going to do three stitches on each side in a contrasting color. I haven’t done colorwork, but it seems to me that you either a) carry the other color along the back, or b) weave in tons of ends.
My problem with a): There’s way too many stitches for me to carry the purple color along the back.
My problem with b): Yeah, I briefly resigned myself to that. But, when you start a new color, it ends up that the new color is separate from the original color. When I went from the purple to the blue, I was ending up knitting three strips (3 stitches of purple, big panel of blue, three stitches of purple). Then, I decided to weave in as I went, which meant that the panels were connected. That still irritated me, so I frogged back and just did it all in the blue. If anyone has more experience with colorwork and can tell me the *real* way that I was supposed to do this, I’d love to hear it.
In any case, I’m working on one of the front panels, which is supposed to have the contrasting purple all the way up the side. I’m not doing that. I *think* I’ll be able to put the purple around the collar, since that’s done by picked up stitches.
On to happier things…
I’d like you to meet my newest sock:
This is Fleece Artist in Blue Lagoon. The pattern is the chevron pattern from SKS. I love this yarn. So far, Cherry Tree Hill and Fleece Artist are my favorite to work with. I’ve found that both of them are a joy, with beautiful colors.
Hmm. Can you knit the three stitches, then pick up the main color and knit to the end, and then knit the three stitches and just twist the two colors of yarn together once at the joins so that they stay in place? I knitted a pillow top once with a contrasting square in the middle, and that’s how I handled it. You won’t have to cut and weave, but you will need two balls of the contrasting yarn, one for each side. I hope that makes sense. It may sound weird but if you pick it up and try it, I think it will seem more intuitive. Good luck! Feel free to email me if you have a question about what the heck I”m talking about.
Comment by tuttlium — May 31, 2007 @ 6:28 am |
I think there’s a way to twist the yarns around each other so that the strips are connected, but I’ve never done any intarsia myself. knittinghelp.com has a video though, if I recall correctly.
Love the new socks, they look great!
Comment by Liz — May 31, 2007 @ 8:41 am |