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November 15, 2014

From Susan — Feelin’ Foxy

Filed under: Updates — lv2knit @ 12:20 pm

Not me personally.  I rarely feel “foxy” any more.  Sad, but true!  But I do have a Foxy Hat!   Knitting peep Kim brought her finished Foxy to knitting on Thursday and we L O V E D it!  So adorable.


My Foxy

The pattern is okay, but it calls for intarsia in the round, using a shadow short row technique.  I decided to try “Annetarsia” in the round, having just bought the book (Annetarsia Knits: a New Link to Intarsia by Anne Berk).  This simple project seemed the perfect way to explore Anne’s brilliant technique.

It was and it wasn’t.  Going one direction looked fine:

But the other did not:

Ahh, you say.  It looks BETTER.  Yes, it does because I seamed over the ugly.  It looked a mess!  I followed the pictures in the book, but this side looked awful.  Anne Berk is coming to Yarnover next year and I may take her class so I can find out what I am doing wrong. 🙁

So, I am still not a fan of intarsia in the round.  If I make another of these cuties (maybe Wolfie next time), I will knit each half separately and seam them.  Faster and nicer looking.  At least for me!!

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