Hi, folks! For the last couple of years I have participated in the Progressive East End Project (PEEP). It is sponsored by a few of the eastern yarn shops in the Twin Cities, one of which is The Yarnery. I love to support The Yarnery so I jumped in when the preorder was announced. You don’t really know what you are getting into, but what the heck!?
The yarn this year consists of a full skein of dark green sock yarn and a 6-color (very) mini-skein set. The project is a hat and mittens, though I will make mine into mitts. Two clues for the hat have already dropped. This Thursday and next will see the release of the mittens.
I warned you — here is my hat!!
The stitch is supposed to look like faux entrelac but I think it looks more like a hounds tooth check. It has a real retro vibe and turned out well, I think. And not my usually color choice, so that made it fun!
The challenge was the single row stripes — what to do about the jog? Patty Lyons posted about this very issue on MDK, so I tried it. It was a fail. Not at the position where you join the new stripe color (which isn’t at the beg of the round), but rather AT the BOR! Very noticeable jog. The solution was to either slip stitch #1 as to purl WYIB on the next row, or do what I did:
Work Patty Lyons method in CC. Knit one rnd MC.
Stitch #1 of 2nd rnd of MC:
Lift CC st from rnd below onto lefthand needle in front of MC st on needle. Knit these 2 sts tog with MC.
It was a success. This picture shows the BOR:
Here the 1st stitch of the round is marked with a pin:
I think that’s pretty good! I’m happy with it. Can’t wait to see the mitts!!
Beautifully knitted
Comment by Marlys — October 18, 2021 @ 6:04 pm
Great colors. Great (non) jog. Definitely hounds tooth! Beautiful knitting.
Comment by Pru — October 18, 2021 @ 6:32 pm
Nice job. I find Meg Swansen’s jogless method to be easy and gives a nice look. I will have to try this method next time.
Comment by Amy — October 20, 2021 @ 5:45 pm