I am proud of this piece. The holes are smaller, fewer, and I'm satisfied. Well as I look at the right edge, I might want to re knit this piece. But I'll stand to your advice and wait to block it first. So, in the meantime, I love it. And that's about that for now. Onto four.
I agree, it's a great improvement on the first one you posted, much more dense. You do have several holes along the top, could be a result of casting off. You can re-do just that piece or wait and see what happens when you block it. Tomorrow I block. Will update you on that.
ReplyDeleteHow did you cast off? To keep the edge stretchy I kept a loose yarn, but to be honest I didn't keep up my "bring the yarn in front and give it a tug" new purling action. I will see how blocking effects the end result.
ReplyDeleteThis is a tricky cast off. I had to redo mine because it was too tight. You have make sure that you pull the yarn fully to either the front or the back, depending upon the stitch, and then, after the stitch is made, give it a little tug upwards so there is a wee bit of give, make another stitch (in pattern, so if the stitch below is a purl, then knit) make sure the yarn is fully to the front or back, after the stitch is made, again give a wee tug upwards to make a slightly larger stitch on the needle and then pull the first one over it. Keep doing it. It's a weird combination of making sure the yarn is fully in front or back when making the appropriate stitch, so there is no "give" and allowing for some looseness so when you cast off it has as much stretch as the cast on edge, or nearly as much.
ReplyDeleteThis is where that Patons yarn comes in so handy, it has a good stretch to it, so you know when you block it, it will fill in some of the holes.