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Better Banner Reknit
I’ve got the conti-rag shoulder finished and the banner reknit. It’s got two major errors but I can live with them. I’m moderately happy. The lack of sleeve cap short rows is the biggest OOPS. It...
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Chaos Inspiration
In knitting Chaos I did a three yarn helix sleeve incorporating two of the grays in the body and my bag of scrap yarn, a result I found truly fascinating. This is something I want to run with . . . and...
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Uh, this is NOT working
Well, this devolved fast. It went from pretty to dull due to wrong followup yarn choices. It’s so blah I’m going to frog it back to the end of the Shoreline and go a different direction. I’m going to...
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Helix, the reknit
I frogged my first attempt all the way back. The test fit SUCKED. Totally. The shoulders were too pointy. In the first round of knitting I got the neckline totally done and realized it would look SO...
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It’s another NO
Yeah, this is not working. The helix bottom is brilliant and deserves a much better top than this. I realized that (or finally accepted that) when I got the helix bit done and couldn’t figure out what...
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New Helix Top
I’m trying something different for the top of helix. I’m still doing a sunset but . . . different. I’m not a fan of repeating stuff. I don’t learn new stuff that way other than been there, done that....
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Helix reworked
I’m liking this . . . a lot. I keep wanting to pet it which is a really good sign. Having the back and sleeve caps being different than the yoke is really pleasing. From here success is what I do next....
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Helix Sunset
This was a tough one. I tried a lot of things that didn’t make me happy before hitting on something that worked for me. Here are the attempts with comments on why they failed to pass muster. This was...
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Better Banner Update
The finished cuff! I’ve been working semi-diligently on Better Banner. I went through a spate of problems with my neck while working the intarsia on the first sleeve which shunted me off to less...
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Not a Helix
A friend said my helix sweaters would be better if the stripes were vertical. Anyone who knits helix knows it works because it’s knit in a spiral. The bottom of the sweater in vertical stripes can’t be...
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