Argyle Vest-Along!

Wednesday, June 21, 2006

Deep V Argyle Back Support Belt


After I finished all the hip increases, I thought "that still looks kinda small"....but I kept on anyway... today I finally let the logical part of my brain win, and I took it off my circulars & onto a scrap piece of yarn to try it on. Then, I re-measured my gauge & found that I am kinda way,way off. I'm using Knitpicks Merino Style.

My question is this - to those who have used this wool - how much can you stretch 'er out during blocking? Should I save myself some disappointment & start over, this time really making sure I've got the right gauge? I'm also considering doing some major 'big girl' overhauling of the pattern & figuring out how to add another of the argyle repeats to give some more width? Or, I could be the best friend in the world & continue knitting this one for a smaller friend of mine.

Any insight?



Sunday, June 11, 2006

It Happened



Yup, I ran out of yarn. As you can tell from the extremely sad face I'm making, I'm not taking this setback very well. I guess I have no choice but to do another Knitpicks order to get another ball of Merino Style in Storm. I can deal with the delay if that means I can stick a little sock yarn in my shopping cart too...

Friday, June 09, 2006

Is there anyone else still out there?

Cause I'm still here! I just cut my steeks so I should be done in no time.



I'm worried that I'm going to run out of yarn for the neck, but I'm going to cross that bridge when I come to it. Cross your fingers for me!