Comments on: ABCABCABC http://www.thedietdiary.com/blog/lucia/551 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:20:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.2 By: Billi-Jean http://www.thedietdiary.com/blog/lucia/551#comment-2079 Billi-Jean Fri, 02 Dec 2005 18:19:38 +0000 http://www.thedietdiary.com/blog/lucia/551#comment-2079 lol... I noticed it right away when you posted the picture the other day... but my brain has issues with symmetry so I used this as an opportunity to 'let-it-gooooo'. When I knit with the patterned yarn, I have to force myself to not line up the second sock with the first every few rows to make sure the stripes still match (because you know I go to great lengths to start casting on at the same point in the colour pattern for each sock *sob* ). It's an illness. I need a 12-step group. Somebody help meeeeeeeeeeeee!! lol… I noticed it right away when you posted the picture the other day… but my brain has issues with symmetry so I used this as an opportunity to ‘let-it-gooooo’.
When I knit with the patterned yarn, I have to force myself to not line up the second sock with the first every few rows to make sure the stripes still match (because you know I go to great lengths to start casting on at the same point in the colour pattern for each sock *sob* ).
It’s an illness.
I need a 12-step group.
Somebody help meeeeeeeeeeeee!!

]]> By: lucia http://www.thedietdiary.com/blog/lucia/551#comment-2080 lucia Fri, 02 Dec 2005 19:04:03 +0000 http://www.thedietdiary.com/blog/lucia/551#comment-2080 I'm generally in favor of casting on at the same point. In fact, I may need to blog about that some time. I think knitters who do decide to use these yarns should be aware of these issues. Then they can decide what they want to do. One of the things I don't like is the fact that some knitters buy some really expensive self pattern yarns, no one ever points this out to them, they don't guess in advance, and then, suddenly, while knitting the second side of a V neck, the notice "a problem". Naturally, since they don't undestand why it happened, they don't know how to cure it. If they bought $12/50 gram skein yarn, they might feel that's $100 down the drain-- and yet, the cure is rather simple! I’m generally in favor of casting on at the same point. In fact, I may need to blog about that some time.

I think knitters who do decide to use these yarns should be aware of these issues. Then they can decide what they want to do. One of the things I don’t like is the fact that some knitters buy some really expensive self pattern yarns, no one ever points this out to them, they don’t guess in advance, and then, suddenly, while knitting the second side of a V neck, the notice “a problem”. Naturally, since they don’t undestand why it happened, they don’t know how to cure it. If they bought $12/50 gram skein yarn, they might feel that’s $100 down the drain– and yet, the cure is rather simple!

]]> By: The Knitting Fiend » Blog Archive » Knit Pick — about Socks http://www.thedietdiary.com/blog/lucia/551#comment-2090 The Knitting Fiend » Blog Archive » Knit Pick — about Socks Sun, 04 Dec 2005 23:53:57 +0000 http://www.thedietdiary.com/blog/lucia/551#comment-2090 [...] This is a follow up to my earlier discussion about “interesting” things that can happen with self patterning sock yarns. [...] […] This is a follow up to my earlier discussion about “interesting” things that can happen with self patterning sock yarns. […]

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