Fiona bag, and Tulip sweater

[celticdragonfly]

I have been working on the Fiona bag for Maggie, in pink. I am ANNOYED with it. Once it goes to working in the round, it wants to be on a very short circular. I haven't been able to find a store carrying a #9 circular that size locally. (Okay, I didn't get to every store around, but it's hard for me to get out) So I picked up DPNs. Should have worked just fine. But the reverse stockinette is NOT. The part right after the stockinette cable bit keeps having TERRIBLE ladders. Darn it, I knit with DPNs all the time. I know how to prevent ladders, and yes I remember how to change it for purl instead of knit. I'm DOING that. I even moved it over a stitch so the break would be between two purl stitches rather than between a knit and a purl - same problem. Terrible ladders. It's UGLY. I'm annoyed with it. I'm at the stage of stuffing it angrily back in its bag. I don't know whether to keep going and see if it gets better, frog it out and wait until I can get a short circular and try again, frog it out and try to redesign a different bag with the same yarn or WHAT. It's in serious danger of being stuffed unceremoniously into a closet.

It's at times like this that elisem's post about extra projects as nurse logs of creativity makes lots of sense. The missing ball of the dark green Happy Forest yarn came from Lettuce Knits recently, so I have picked back up on the Tulips baby sweater. It is making me happy. I like this pattern, I can see why the Yarn Harlot is so stuck on it. (And hey, what happened to the Yarn Harlot's site?)

I am wondering how to finish that sweater. They had left out my dark green ball, and I have a light blue, the medium blue that is also the edging, and TWO different purple balls - one that I think is supposed to be the Visual Purple, one that is a deeper, darker plum color.

Both are pretty. And I love purple. So I'm wondering - do I want to just make the sweater one stripe longer? Will that make the sleeves too horribly long? Will I have enough of the Blue Lagoon to edge around it all if I do that?

Okay, I want opinions, y'all!

Comments

[marymont.livejournal.com]

Just because you make the body one stripe longer doesn't mean you need to make the sleeves a stripe longer.

[callibr8]

What size 9" circular do you need? I believe I have both 16" and 24" lengths - in bamboo. If this is a one-shot project and you just need a set for a short time, I'd be happy to send it your way. Just let me know.

[celticdragonfly.livejournal.com]

It's the 16", and I am working in bamboo. You think that would eliminate the ladders, if I frogged back and did it with a circular instead of DPNs? It bugs me that I have them at all - darn it, I work in DPNs all the time...

I found a GREAT source for buttons - http://www.earthenwoodstudio.com/html/bead_store.html

[hopeevey.livejournal.com]

Well, couldn't you try it one stripe longer and rip it back if it doesn't work out?

short circular

[bkseiver.livejournal.com]

if you put it on two circulars (like a sock), you can use any length you have - they don't even have to match.

[filkferengi]

How do you know "Wine, Woman & Song"? They rock! Her work-songs are an apt soundtrack for a post about knitting.

[celticdragonfly.livejournal.com]

IIRC, somebody put a couple of their songs up online, and I grabbed them and enjoy them. I think it was you, wasn't it?

[filkferengi]

Quite likely; I'm an avid fan. If you want more of their stuff, just let me know.

[celticdragonfly.livejournal.com]

Yes please!

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[filkferengi]

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Re: Wine, Woman, and Song, Part 2

[filkferengi]

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Re: Wine, Woman, and Song

[celticdragonfly.livejournal.com]

Thank you!!!

The link for Three Merry Men goes to I'll Tell My Ma.

Re: Wine, Woman, and Song

[filkferengi]

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