tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post5101152330493991979..comments2024-03-29T15:15:12.231+00:00Comments on Jean's Knitting: Jeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12038517988391228260noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-40746009433046549942008-09-08T02:45:00.000+01:002008-09-08T02:45:00.000+01:00Oh, a mention of "Johnny Town-Mouse"! My daughter ...Oh, a mention of "Johnny Town-Mouse"! My daughter loves that book and asks for it in her cute 4-year-old accent, but she calls it "That one about Timmy Willy".<BR/><BR/>I love how refined the town mice are in their tailcoats, while Timothy William is a pudgy country mouse who's afraid to sleep in the sofa because it smells like cat.<BR/><BR/>But I've no answers for the cap swatch, I'm afraid...Shanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10704810407872873565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-45072842882004828152008-09-06T22:59:00.000+01:002008-09-06T22:59:00.000+01:00If the swatch cap begins with design work, you can...If the swatch cap begins with design work, you can pick up stitches in back and knit downward to make a lining and work a 3-needle bind-off with the cast-on edge. Presto, extra thick for the ears, smooth for the forehead, and historically interesting, since that's how the Monmouth cap was made.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-75826109937121795902008-09-06T22:08:00.000+01:002008-09-06T22:08:00.000+01:00i never really believed in the swatch caps. but i...i never really believed in the swatch caps. but i keep all my swatches. i think maybe one day i will teach knitting and they will come in handy.<BR/><BR/>the reason is that if the swatch should be of any use all your let's say cables should be represented and that will not often be a well balanced pattern for a hat. <BR/><BR/>i am eagerly awaiting to see what will become of the bear in the coat.<BR/>i know the feeling of not being frivolous enough in my knitting. partly because i am attracted to the orderliness of knitting. <BR/>and after knitting without patterns for a long while i now find myself learning so much about knitting and design for that matter from knitting starmore patterns. and a whole lot about order too.knititchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11143430462744751602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-88029716871043591082008-09-06T14:17:00.000+01:002008-09-06T14:17:00.000+01:00Don't be afraid of the provisional cast-on! They ...Don't be afraid of the provisional cast-on! They are inordinately helpful once you get the hang of it. I love the crochet one; if you do it right your waste yarn unzips off in a very satisfactory manner.becky c.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13805554692163431825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-83828114653354746382008-09-06T13:42:00.000+01:002008-09-06T13:42:00.000+01:00If you want your swatch to also be useful as a hat...If you want your swatch to also be useful as a hat, you can cast on as usual, knit the colorwork swatches, finish off as a hat. After getting your gauge, you can pick up stitches in the back of the cast on, and knit your ribbing down, having allowed for that extra length during the colorwork phase.<BR/>I haven't commented for a while, but continue to enjoy your blog daily.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-48168421922361964962008-09-06T09:52:00.000+01:002008-09-06T09:52:00.000+01:00Jean, EZ'z Meg in "Sweaters from Camp" pg. 24 give...Jean, EZ'z Meg in "Sweaters from Camp" pg. 24 gives us 'Speed Swatch': "With circular needle, CO about 40 st. and work a few rows of garter"; ... *knit 1 row with same or a 2nd colour, "SLIDE the stitches around the circular needle, so that the first stitch is again at the tip of the left needle. Pull out looong strand and loop it across the back and repeat from*" <BR/><BR/>Meg gives this brilliant technique for working with colours .. I found that it is perfect also when using only one.<BR/>Cheers!, ElizabethAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com