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Pattern: Mario Brothers Goomba by Linda Potts
Hook: 3.5 mm
Yarn: Garnstudio cotton viscose
Notes: Followed the pattern except for the felt pieces. I glued them on and I also used felt for the mouth. It took less than a week to finish the crochet part.
Tragedy! The supporting actor broke his leg today. He has no understudy. But the show must go on so tomorrow I will go to my LYS and audition for a new talent.
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Intarsia is “normally” done while knitting flat. For an instruction on intarsia see this nice post over at the Purl bee on the subject. It is possible to use intarsia for round objects without seeming afterwards and yes there is a reason I didn’t say knitting in the round. There are at least 2 methods (or 3 depending on how you look at things) out there on the interwebs, and I would not be surprised to find more.
The first that caught my attention was described by Moth heaven. This method is worked in the round, with the added colour section worked back and forth two rows at a time, and then slipped as you work the second row with the main colour. Below is a few charts that shows how this is performed. The numbers represent the order in which to knit the stitches and s is for slipping a stitch.
I understand the principle and I can execute it but the tension is all over the place. I just couldn’t get it too look right.
There are also methods for working the intarsia part flat. Either using wrap & turn (w&t) or yarn overs, which to me at least seems to be the same thing – wrapping stitch or needle and subsequently sealing the joint as you go. Below is again a chart to demonstrate the order of working a tube back and forth by using wrap & turn (w) and working the wrap with the stitch on the next row.
Both these created the same end result. At least if you can manage to keep a steady tension. For me the second method was easier to use to produce a nice result from the get-go. It’s what I’m using for my SYTYCK project.
I finally wove in the two ends on the shawl. It’s finished.
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Pattern: Till minne by Triinu Andreassen.
Yarn: 1 skein of Grignasco merinosilk in pale pink, approximately 30 grams left.
Needles: 2.5 mm addi lace circular 120cm.
Size: 140cm across the top and 104cm top to bottom.
Notes: It was knitted on for several years, and unfortunately I knit at different tension on different parts. It was blocked with wires and therefore the many points around the edge are a bit too narrow and pointy.
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Verdict: The pattern is well written although it did take me a few rounds before I got the hang of how the edge rows were divided. I like the shawl despite the mistakes. But I have no idea when I will ever use it, maybe except at my wedding.
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