I think we've got “half brioche”
nailed, including the discovery of a name for it.
Jeanfromcornwall,
do you mean that article about EZ in the Sunday Times magazine, long,
long ago? How I wish I'd kept it! It was the first time I had heard
of her. I sent in a stamped, addressed envelope (that dates it a bit)
and got back the mimeographed pattern for a double-breasted version
of the Baby Surprise. I have knit it many times, and that tattered
sheet has been annotated with the pregnancy-code-name of many a dear person.
I cut out and kept the pictures of the
Baby and the Adult Surprise, but alas! alas! not the article. Why on
earth?
As for half-brioche, I prefer the
version I typed out here on Wednesday or Thursday, where alternate
rows are plain knit or plain purl. The alternative, producing I think
an identical result, is to do yarn-overs in the “off” rows. My
way has k1b in the “on” rows instead, where the next stitch on
the needle, the one you might have expected to knit if you hadn't
been told to go below, settles down to serve as a yo.
I didn't get to Kathy's Knits
yesterday, so no progress on the hat, but I have finished the v-neck
ribbing on the vest except for binding off and ought to progress to
an armhole today.
I won't forget to be poised at the
keyboard when registration for the EYF begins today.
Have fished out the relevant article (from the "safe" place where I had hidden it) and find that EZ refers to the stitch which I believe is Brioche as Prime Rib. Sounds like something one might roast of a Sunday! She says it is unsuitable for in-the-round. It gives the same fabric both sides as does Fisherman Rib, but the difference is no slipped stitches or woolovers in Fisherman. I will attempt a photocopy (not a very good size for A4) and if I can get it to look half decent will post it to you - I have your address.
ReplyDeleteYou may need to take it to the library and do it as A3 - that's what my photocopies of those articles are.
Deleteif you have an iphone or ipad you can download free scan apps and then scan the article which can be emailed as a document.
Deletealternatively many printers have a scan mode that will create the item as a pdf or document
DeleteJean, I've just discovered the double breasted Baby Surprise jacket, and have not been able to locate the pattern for it anywhere!! As you've made many, is the only difference that you keep going after making the first set of buttonholes to make it wider (keeping the increases going at the bottom corners as well?) I'm so excited to talk with someone who has actually made one!!! Good luck with your class registration!
ReplyDeleteIf you want to divulge your Ravelry user name I can PM you there
DeleteJeans ravelry name in on her blog on the side bar
Delete'"Tayside00" in Ravelry and LibraryThing.'
Judith,
DeleteIf you were looking for my Rav name, I'm Quinnspins.
Apparently it is now possible to knit Fisherman's Rib in the round. I just Googled it and came up with several examples, including videos. Chloe
ReplyDeleteI've made variations on the Prime Rib hat for years. The little seam is, to me, so much less work that the fussing of doing it in the round. Double breasted baby surprise? mlegan on ravelry!
ReplyDeleteEZ refers to Prime Rib in KWT. Away from home so I can't check the reference if real instructions or one of those 'you could also do' mentions that don't necessarily have instructions. Something about a hat.
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