Kim Knits: FI Cardigan update

Tuesday, February 06, 2007

FI Cardigan update

I am up to the raglan decreases on my Fair Isle Cardigan from Knit Simple. It is going pretty well, but I quickly learned I do not like doing stranded color work with 2-3 strands of bulky lamb's pride! My fingers are killing me. There are 4 rows in the pattern that have 3 colors in it...they were torture. Besides the fact that this is knit flat and I am doing colorwork on the purl side making all the yarns tangle like there is no tomorrow, the bulky yarn and fairly tight gauge just makes my fingers ache. Here is a pic of the back pinned out on my living room floor. It seems that the tighter the gauge for stockinette, the more it wants to roll. I had to pin it to the floor just to get these shots.

And here is a close of up the colorwork.

The pattern was written for a "heavy worsted" at 4 stitches per inch. I am getting gauge with the bulky lamb's pride with no problem. I only have about 10 more rows of color work for the back and then I can cast on for the fronts. I never thought I would look forward to boring, single color stockinette....

7 comments:

rho said...: Dang Girl you are a fast knitter -- wanted to try to leave you a comment -- I know I have been frustrated and not leaving as many comments because I have to remember to log into my blog first or it doesn't go thru well....; 7:37 PM
Kim said...: Thanks Rho...big needles, big yarn, make for fast knitting :-); 7:43 PM
Anonymous said...: Found your blog via KR, wanted to check to see if your comments worked. And btw, LOVE your color work, and the color pattern, really pretty!! =D; 2:00 AM
Michelle said...: Pretty! You'll probably forget all about your aching fingers once it's done.; 2:29 AM
Kim said...: Thanks guys,

I hope my hands recover. They still hurt this morning!; 7:06 AM
Terri H. said...: Hey there, Kim! Love the colors on your sweater...and those pirate mittens below--arrrrgh they be cool! (Saw your post on KR and felt immediately guilty about being so out of touch).; 8:34 AM
Kim said...: awww terri! Don't feel guilty. I just thought there was a problem with blogger.

I have not been blogging regularly, what with all the surgery the past few months so I don't blame anyone for not keeping up with my blog.; 7:02 PM

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