It was a flurry of activity as I jumped from knitting chair to computer chair. Clicking from photos of other Peasy projects on Ravelry to YouTube for instructions on how to perform a Cable cast on and wondering why in the heck you would put that there?
Apparently, it sometimes takes a village and a whole lot of technology to knit a cardi! I bow to those wonderful women who took the time to post video of techniques from the most simple to the complex. And what did we do before Ravelry I ask you? Through this forum I was able to ask a woman from San Diego, California a question about sizing as she's working on the same project and made a new knitting friend.
Most of the time I feel as though I was born a couple of hundred years too late, but in moments of crisis with my knitting I thank goodness for technology. If it were 1810 instead of 2010, this project would have ended up thrust into a tapestry bag and kicked behind the settee!
Goodness me that looks complicated. Beautiful wool, but I think I'll stick to my dishcloths for now...
ReplyDeleteAww...I am so glad you found the help you needed. I agree with you about the technology...I wouldn't have attempted anything more ambitious than a scarf if not for youtube. I hope the rest goes smoothly:)
ReplyDeleteOh I'm so glad you were able to find assistance. There are some really lovely ladies on Ravelry. But if you're having trouble with this pattern, I don't think there's any hope for me!
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That really is such a lovely color for your Peasy. I'm glad you found some help on Ravelry...the knitters there are amazing.
ReplyDeleteverity, For around one hour the other night I wanted to go back to dishcloths as well!
ReplyDeleteBook Psmith, When I think back to those days of referring to flat ink drawings of how to perform certain stitches...bah!
Kristina, We could have figured it out together and had a good laugh doing it! Your knitting is progressing wonderfully.
makedoandread, Thank you...R chose it! I was going for something in an earthy shade and he kindly pointed out that something different would be nice. The blue/grey is sort of Persephone-esque don't you think?
This post made me chuckle Darlene. I know what you mean, half of me wants to live in the Regency era but the other half could not doing without blogs, google searches, online depositories of books... etc etc! Best wishes with your lovely cardy.
ReplyDeleteI never thought about getting tutorials from YouTube... You can tell I haven't been knitting in this century!!
ReplyDeleteMerenia, You are a kindred spirit then! At 10 pm last night I reached a point in my pattern where I have to 'think' again...I thought it best to just go to bed.
ReplyDeleteJoAnn, You made me laugh! Knitting tutorials on YouTube are like having a beloved grandmother around at all times minus the roll and set and tissue up her sleeve!
I totally admire your knitting abilities! I look at knitting patterns and it is a complete foreign language to me! That's a beautiful color and I can't wait to see the finished sweater!
ReplyDeleteDanielle, Ah thanks! Thankfully there's a glossary of terms which I still refer to many, many times. I'm still a 'work in progress' you might say!
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