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So Complicated

The more I look over the pattern for Chamomile, the more it gets confusing. I think I will need to sit down when I have some free time to just go through it row by row to figure out what is going on. My yarn should be here today or tomorrow, but I plan on studying the pattern a little to make sure I’m comfortable with what it is telling me to do. I may be posting some questions here for help. I’ve made several copies of the pattern so I can scribble all over it if I need to. It feels a little overwhelming, so it may be a little while before I actually start. And I think I may start with the simpler pieces…the sleeves.

I took a look at the one Alison pointed out to me and it looks fabulous. Makes me even more excited to start working on it. It just seems like such a comfortable sweater. I’ve been told many times I look good in red, so I chose to stick with the color the model is wearing (Sunset).

I know photos have been missing lately from my posts. It doesn’t mean I haven’t been doing anything. But since I’m a beginner, I’m not as quick as some of you, so my progress so far looks the same as it did in the last picture. Knitting in the round for 11 inches doesn’t change. It looks the same at 11 as it does at 2. I promise I will post pictures when I have something different to show, but for now there’s really nothing new. Maybe this week, I’ll share my new stash of yarn and sometime next week I’ll have some shaping progress to share. I’m working on it.

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Out to Lunch

I’m so ashamed about my last post. I think my brain was out to lunch when I posted, because not 5 minutes after I hit save, I figured it out. I guess since this is my first big project, I was making it more complicated than it really was. So please disregard my idiocy. I’m so nervous about getting the shaping right, since it will be my first attempt that I’m expecting it to be more difficult. But after reading through the pattern again, (after lunch) my brain started working and I figured it all out. Yeah, you all are probably laughing at me, thinking, “God, she’s such an idiot!” But hey, we all have our moments of brain freeze and I guess mine was yesterday.

In other news, I just couldn’t resist tempation any longer. I ordered my Summer Tweed for Chamomile. I will hold off working on it as long as possible. I’d like to get my Booga Bag done first so I can use it for my other small projects. I’m also thinking about possibly doing Tasha. Depends on how it goes with my booga bag.

My afghan is going well. I went out last night and got a bigger hook. I had to get L since I was already using K. It works well, my gauge it right again. I just ran up to Hobby Lobby and the only ones they had in that size were Crystalite. I wasn’t sure how I’d like it, but amazingly I haven’t had many snags on the Homespun with the new hook. Not sure if it’s the hook, or if it’s just me getting even more familiar with the yarn, but I worked one square up last night with it and it was great. I think I caught fibers <10 times compared to like 30+ with the aluminum hook. So I’m happy now.

Sigma is going well. The afghan is almost 50% complete. Plus, I’ve got yarn on the way for 2 more projects.

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Help With Pattern

I’m about 2 inches away from starting my armhole shaping on my tank and I have a question about the pattern. After doing my calculations and plugging them into the pattern I get to armhole shaping and it says:

[RS] Working on the 108 live stitches, BO at beg of row over the next 10 rows a total 30 stitches. 78 stitches remaining.

What exactly does this mean? I understand that I’m binding of a total of 30 stitches so that when done I’ll have 78 left on the needles, but I’m confused about the rest of it. Am I to do some more math to figure out how to get 30 stitches bound off over 10 rows? This is my first real major project so I want to make sure I get it right. p. I visited my LYS at lunch and got some advice on what I’m doing wrong with my joins that keeps giving me holes. So with the next join I will try again with what LYSO (lys owner) has suggested. I also picked up some needles for my booga bag. Still haven’t gotten the yarn so I’m just getting ready.

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Gauge Changed

I think my gauge has changed since I started my homespun crochet afghan. When I started working on it, I was making the stitches loose, because I wasn’t familiar with Homespun and it kept splitting and pulling. I’ve now made about 15 squares and I’m getting used to the nuances of the yarn. Without realizing it my stitches are tighter. Where I should be getting 8 inch wide blocks, they are coming out 7-7.5 inches wide. Should I change hook sizes or add the # of stitches I need to get the right size? I made one square the right size by adding the needed stitches, but I’m not sure if this would make a difference in the end when I piece all the squares together. I’m wondering if I just add stitches if those sections it will end up too thick when pieced together? So maybe I should do one square in a larger hook and see how it looks. Any suggestions on what I should do? I’m hoping that my smaller squares will size up when I block them. But I don’t want all my squares to be too small. I’d like to get back on track.

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Kureyon

I’ve ordered the yarn for my Booga Bag. Yahoo! This is my first order from ThreadBear and I must say…it was so easy and Rob was so nice. I will definitely be doing business with him again. I can’t wait to get my Kureyon and start working on my bag.

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