Sorry for the blog silence. Despite the fact that I am knitting a baby blanket for a baby due this week, there really hasn't been much knitting. The non-gender-specific blanket is the
Baby Buzzy Bee Blanket. I bought the kit from Knitpicks, because it came with Swish, such a great baby yarn. The pattern itself is a tiny bit problematic. English is not the designer's native language, so some things are a little quirky (to quote someone on Ravelry!). For example, charts are called "schemes," and borders "planks." There is also one big error in the pattern, which is pretty obvious if you're an experienced knitter -- in one place, it says all wrong-side stitches are knit. This is not true, and the instructions later on are correct -- you "knit the knits and purl the purls" on the wrong side. Nevertheless, it's a very cute pattern, and I'm about 2/3 done.
I've been slowed down somewhat by the summer heat -- it was 105 here one day last week, which is hot anywhere, and particularly so in Iowa. But my main obstacle to knitting has been the fact that I am in the midst of buying a townhouse! It's brand-new, and should be done at the end of the month. I expect to close and move in mid-August. So I'm starting to pack up and imagine window coverings. Luckily, this move is less than 10 miles, which will be much easier (and cheaper!) than my last move from San Antonio!
Next time -- knitting pictures!
8 comments:
Good luck with your move! I hope it goes well :)
Exciting! Good luck! :)
Congrats and good luck! I'm not knitting so much right now because it is so damn hot I just want to sit around with a cold beverage and a book.
Yay house!
Reading this a bit late -- 105? Seriously? Yeesh. Congrats on the new place!
I'm working on this pattern right now and I'm a little confused by your correction of "knit the knits and purl the purls" the instructions I have clearly say on the wrong side you knit the purls and purl the knits. Also my bees don't look like yours. I think the c4f instructions are incorrect as well. Mine say you c4f on the R side and also on the WS but now my bees don't look like yours. Not bad but not the same. I just bought this pattern so I assumed that it would be the correct version. What am I doing wrong?
Hi, Anonymous --
I don't have a copy of the pattern with me (I'm traveling, plus had a hard drive crash, so I'm not sure WHERE my pdf is!), but the version I had was very confusing about wrong side stitches -- the first time it mentioned the WS stitches, it said all were purled, but I think it clarified that later, maybe next to a chart. But "knit the knits and purl the purls" is an old-time way of saying you knit the stitches as they appear -- a knit stitch on the back side looks like a purl, so you purl it on the next wrong side row. Does that make more sense?
And the cables are only crossed on the front side -- the stitches where the crossing happens is only on the front side. Okay?
I hope your move went well, and you blog is very helpful. I shall be back to read more.
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