Try that
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It depends on how well you can follow a chart. The knitting per se is not beyond you at all.
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I ask B to write out a chart for me in k3 pink k4green and k20 light green sort of way
She knows and understands my problems with reading a chart bless her and loves passing her expertise on
I teach her cooking in return as she is a plain cook who loves Indian dishes
I like making up a masala for her to use
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Aran is easier than fingering/4-ply because with the stitches being bigger it is easier to see what has happened with every stitch, and easier to correct a mistake.
If you have never done stranded knitting before, the important thing is to make sure that one colour is âto the topâ and the other âto the bottomâ in every row; that way you end up with the strands lying flat and even. I do this by having one colour ball on my left and the other on my right, so that I am not tempted to let them get into a âropeâ behind my work.
This
explains quite well: I have always ignored tips one and two, but three shows you what the back of your work ought to look like and makes it easier to check whether you have got it right.
I donât see why you couldnât do it: stranding is no harder than any patterned stitch really, you just have to be prepared to check that itâs right every couple of pattern repeats, and not too proud to go back and do it again if you have made a mistake. I donât see why you wouldnât be able to, and only two colours at a time rather than three or more is the sensible way to start.
Get the Bull to print out the chart so you can tick off each row as you complete it. And remember you start the chart at the bottom not the top! (I got very confused the first time I worked from a chart like that one.)
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Thank you Fishy
I use my fancy knitting ball holder spike that keeps one ball in situ and unable to tangle fr the colourwork I thought of a shoe box with a couple of holes one at each end to stop tangling
Does that sound reasonable?
I like to have my dithers before I start a pattern then I can refer back to advice given here from ye loot to soothe my dithering
I panic over spoiling good yarn
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In my experience two separate bowls or mugs and a lot of switching them around works, but the shoebox doesnât.
If it is good yarn, unravelling it wonât spoil it!
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It is beautiful yarn - pure Shetland wool sent to Yorkshire to be spun and dyed and sent back to ensure the crofters get the added value of their fleeces
I like to support things where the farmer gets proper payment for their stuff
I canât sstart today as my inr is on target but the heparin means I bled like a stuck pig from my pinprick so have a dressing on the index finger of my left handâŚ
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Indeed; one canât knit with a plaster on. Sympathy.
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One quick question: have you had a look at the sizes? The largest is 116cm round the chest and would be too small for me.
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Buggrit I thought XL would fit me and didnât look further
Hey ho back to ravelry I go
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Iâm glad I noticed before you had completely set your heart and started knitting!
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Right now I am hunting through ravelry
Wish me luck!
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How about this
?
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Not smitten, tbh.
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Hmmm. There are a few rows/rounds in which youâll be knitting using three colours rather than just two, which might complicate things.
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Speaking as a non-knitter, the second one would have a hell of a lot of pattern round the tops of the arms & the bust, & make me look even biggerâŚ
Carinthia. xx
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Back to trying to search tomorrow
My eyes are hurting
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I got interested; in the morning,
which has one place where there is a long float between motifs, which might be a bore to you, but never uses more than two colours at a time.
And this one only has two colours anyway:
It claims to cost money, but if you click on âPattern Instructionsâ a bit further down you get the pattern and charts.
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Ooh, I very much like the Novita one.Although Iâd be spritzing its contents there with holy water, or poking with cold iron.
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Naturally. Itâs a Finn with green eyes; all sailors know those are witches.
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