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celticdragonflyAgh, I am frustrated! I keep seeing sock patterns I'd like to do, and finding I can't, because they're designed for "women's medium". Bleagh. "Women's medium" is the bane of my knitting existence.
If it's a simple small-repeat ribbing pattern, it usually isn't too hard to scale it up to something that ought to fit me. But if it's a wider lace pattern, I'm out of luck. I've ended up seeing several patterns and thinking at first "oh, I can just add one pattern repeat, and that ought to do it." Then on further reflection I realize that if I want to continue the stitch pattern down the instep, I would need to add TWO pattern repeats to have it come out right, and that's probably too large. I also have to guess what proportion I need to increase a pattern to get it to fit me. Agh.
Yes, I suppose the answer is to learn more about pattern designing and write more for myself. But it's frustrating. Other relatively new socknitters (I've been at this less than two years, after all - started my first sock right before Maggie was born, and her new babyhood put a lot of it on hold) can learn a lot more slowly. They don't have to jump into being an impromptu sock designer at the same time as learning to knit 'em.
[disgression] Did you know that there's a book out there with knitting projects ONLY using the knit stitch, no purl at all, for people that have only learned the knit stitch? And apparently intend to do a bunch of projects before getting around to learning to purl? Boggled my mind when that one showed up on my Amazon recommendations list. (Definitely clicked the "not interested" on that.) I suppose it's just the thing for some people, but I would be SOooooo Bored. [/digression]
And if I need to learn more about pattern designing and lace designs and all that - hm, where do I start? Mostly poking around on the internet and gleaning what I can from free patterns here and there, I suppose. Not a terribly organized way to do this. There are lace knitting classes out there, I suppose, but I'm not sure if I need them, or if I could get to go to one, babies and all that, y'know. I'll also need to start accepting a lot more design work rather than knitting work - knitting where I am going to knit up many inches, check fit, check size, check design, and then frog it all out and start again, which I will find terribly frustrating. I tend to push for completing things, and I will have to check my frustration.
All in all, it would be NICE if a few OTHER people would also be designing sock patterns for large! (And more in sock weight yarn, too. I keep finding nice patterns designed for worsted weight - I do NOT live in Canada, so no. I'd just have to redo that pattern too. Gak.)
Sigh. When I do a pattern, I'm generally posting it online free, so others can use it.
If it's a simple small-repeat ribbing pattern, it usually isn't too hard to scale it up to something that ought to fit me. But if it's a wider lace pattern, I'm out of luck. I've ended up seeing several patterns and thinking at first "oh, I can just add one pattern repeat, and that ought to do it." Then on further reflection I realize that if I want to continue the stitch pattern down the instep, I would need to add TWO pattern repeats to have it come out right, and that's probably too large. I also have to guess what proportion I need to increase a pattern to get it to fit me. Agh.
Yes, I suppose the answer is to learn more about pattern designing and write more for myself. But it's frustrating. Other relatively new socknitters (I've been at this less than two years, after all - started my first sock right before Maggie was born, and her new babyhood put a lot of it on hold) can learn a lot more slowly. They don't have to jump into being an impromptu sock designer at the same time as learning to knit 'em.
[disgression] Did you know that there's a book out there with knitting projects ONLY using the knit stitch, no purl at all, for people that have only learned the knit stitch? And apparently intend to do a bunch of projects before getting around to learning to purl? Boggled my mind when that one showed up on my Amazon recommendations list. (Definitely clicked the "not interested" on that.) I suppose it's just the thing for some people, but I would be SOooooo Bored. [/digression]
And if I need to learn more about pattern designing and lace designs and all that - hm, where do I start? Mostly poking around on the internet and gleaning what I can from free patterns here and there, I suppose. Not a terribly organized way to do this. There are lace knitting classes out there, I suppose, but I'm not sure if I need them, or if I could get to go to one, babies and all that, y'know. I'll also need to start accepting a lot more design work rather than knitting work - knitting where I am going to knit up many inches, check fit, check size, check design, and then frog it all out and start again, which I will find terribly frustrating. I tend to push for completing things, and I will have to check my frustration.
All in all, it would be NICE if a few OTHER people would also be designing sock patterns for large! (And more in sock weight yarn, too. I keep finding nice patterns designed for worsted weight - I do NOT live in Canada, so no. I'd just have to redo that pattern too. Gak.)
Sigh. When I do a pattern, I'm generally posting it online free, so others can use it.
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socks
Date: 2004-04-27 09:56 pm (UTC)Jane
Re: socks
Date: 2004-04-28 09:24 am (UTC)