First let me congratulate Surly on a fabulous FO. Her Cats and Mice Blankie is absolutely adorable! She does such a wonderful job on her fair isle knitting. I’m sure she will write a post soon with the answers to your questions about the pattern/yarn source, etc. And she better include a picture of the lil mousie on the back ;)!
As for me, I hit an exciting milestone on my Roslin Fair Isle Hoodie last night — I finished the fair isle band :):
Okay, that’s the good news — I was really pleased with the way the band turned out. As you can see from the bottom couple of inches that show, I changed the look of my Roslin and did the same garter rib that is on the bottom of the Tangled Yoke Cardi/Pullover. It is a cute concept and looks great on all the Tangled Yokes that I have seen.Â
Yes, there is a “but.” The garter ribbing looks cute on the bottom of the Roslin fair Isle Hoodie, but it does not look good on me. I was living in an ancient, bygone fantasy world when I had a waist. Yes, THAT old story again!! In my deluded brain, I HAVE a waist, and I continue to hope that my delusions become a reality — however, they have not (and after my holiday indulging, it is even less likely :().
So now I will dismantle the bottom of the sweater, re-knit the body, and graft it to the fair isle band — I have no intention of re-knitting THAT (my wrists still hurt — I finished the band in 2 days, which is a lot of knitting for me). That is the minor set back I have encountered with my Roslin — all self induced, so don’t pity me and my fat tummy! Yes, I could diet away the fat tummy, but it is more reasonable in the short term to reknit the sweater – I guess I can still do the dieting later :(.
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The band looks great but Oh No for having to reknit the body. Is there a picture of the whole thing (more of a distance shot) just to see how it looked (even if you didn’t like how it looked on you)? And yes, I will answer everyone’s questions (or at least the ones I can).
Comment by surly — December 30, 2007 @ 3:08 pm
From Susan to Surly: yes, I can include another photo — could not find the camera so I used the scanner for this pic!
Comment by lv2knit — December 30, 2007 @ 3:37 pm
My sympathies, and I totally agree that you do NOT want to redo the fair isle band. After the body going so quickly, I was surprised (should have known better given stranding and more stitches) at how slowly the band went. Only a long car trip saved me. By the way, I still live in mine, and I want to thank you both for sharing.
Comment by Astrid — December 30, 2007 @ 5:59 pm
Can I pick your ever~so~generously~knitterly knowledge? I REALLY REALLY REALLY want to knit the Wild Apples Bohus…. I believe you knit from the poems of color… I own the book…. Did you purchase a kit? or did you buy the yarn separately? What needle size did you use and do you have any advice or suggestions?
This is THE one and only project I plan on buying this year…. all else will be knit from the katrillion dollars worth of yarn I have stashed all over my humble abode :).
Thanking you in advance for your always expert advice….
Michelle
Comment by Michelle — December 30, 2007 @ 8:40 pm
It is beeeeyooooo-T-ful. 🙂 You and me both on the tummy issue. 😛
Comment by Romi — December 31, 2007 @ 4:10 am
A waist is a terrible thing to lose, and mine was gone several years ago. Still have my mind, though.
—what were we just talking about?
Your sweater looks beautiful and all the projects you have put on Ravelry are simply mind-boggling!
Comment by Kay — December 31, 2007 @ 9:50 am
Susan- I was really disappointed not to see the mousie either.
Please, I’ve seen pictures of you, and you are tall and willowy- and I bet you
look fab in Roslin. You should be at one with your gorgeousness- as well as Sally.
ALL Rainey sisters are beautiful.
I still have chumba-wumba that WW hasn’t helped with.
Comment by Lorraine — December 31, 2007 @ 11:55 am
I so see the point of reknitting the bottom part of the sweater compared to the diet. Much faster this way. The sweater looks great so far and it’s just my color too. Hmmmm.
Comment by Angelika — January 1, 2008 @ 12:10 pm
By any chance did you take pictures in the construction of the hoodie? I am stymied and I hope (fervently) that that will help!
In all fairness, I have never made a hood before and your instructions are not at all clear to me. When I read them there is no mention of two sides until you knit them together… am I being obtuse?
I appreciate any and all! help! Thanks! The sweater is beautiful but I do want to wear it!!
Comment by Sally K MiMi — January 11, 2023 @ 4:29 pm