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june 16, 2006
one cardi, hold the picots
After a lengthy blocking (and the pieces are still biasing!), I was able to seam up crinkle.
Just a few dozen miles of picot edgings left to do on this little thing. And it's one of those cast on 3, bind off 4 kinds of picot edgings, so it's going to involve like a million stitches. Someone tell me this sort of thing goes more quickly than it sounds. posted by alison at 8:36 am | in
crinkle
Comments
it is so cute! the picots will go fast, because you will keep looking at them and realize how well they pull the whole cardi together! :) Posted by: jess at June 16, 2006 9:04 AMAs for the picot edging, just keep a bottle of rum nearby and you won't even notice how long it takes. Posted by: allison at June 16, 2006 9:20 AMYour stitches are lovely and perfect! The cardi is so cute! At least thats the faster version of picot trim, all I know is I second the rum idea... Posted by: Rae at June 16, 2006 9:38 AMSuch a fantastic sweater! I love it!! Rum/Vodka/Wine/Margaritas are always good, but alternatively, I'd suggest knitting the picots during a knitting group. Any kind of boring knitting goes so much faster when you're chatting and only barely paying attention to the knitting you're doing. Posted by: Renee at June 16, 2006 9:42 AMCrinkle looks like the perfect spring/summer ward off the AC type sweater! So pretty... You are a brave woman, I am not a picot bind-off knitter. I've tried it on a pattern or two, and the result was never as nice looking enough in my hands to be worth the effort. Anyone have any tips? Posted by: Carolyn at June 16, 2006 9:52 AMI think the stitch pattern is really pretty - sorry can't help on the picot never done that myself. Posted by: trek at June 16, 2006 9:56 AMthe picots definitely make it. i might consider a crochet picot option instead, but either will look really nice. Posted by: jody at June 16, 2006 9:57 AMCrinkle looks great! It's adorable. Don't stress too much about the picot edging. It really does go much faster than it sounds. I did one for a tank top and it went fast and made a huge difference. Posted by: Irishclover at June 16, 2006 10:21 AMCrinkle is supercute! I too think that the edging will go faster than what one thinks beforehand. At least I hope so, since I have Crinkle on my to do list. Posted by: Maud at June 16, 2006 10:30 AMIt looks great, and I sure hope those picots go fast. (I can't give you better encouragement than that, being a picot virgin.) Posted by: Lucia at June 16, 2006 10:31 AMOh, it's BEAUTIFUL! :-) Posted by: Beth S. at June 16, 2006 10:33 AMIt could be worse. I'm knitting the edging on a twin size afghan right now (and for the rest of the week). Posted by: Jessica at June 16, 2006 11:08 AMOh, it's SO PRETTY. I'd recommend crochet instead of the knitted edging for speed. Posted by: Daphne at June 16, 2006 11:19 AMwow, a very pretty lady-like summer sweater. Posted by: Sheryl at June 16, 2006 11:53 AMI'm glad you're going first on this one.... Posted by: claudia at June 16, 2006 1:04 PMUh. Oh, yah. It goes by incredibly quick. Yah...*cough* You will love it all the more when it's done, though. Posted by: Pip at June 16, 2006 1:36 PMWow. I'm now officially in love with crinkle. I NEED to make this cardi. Good thing there's a tent sale coming up at my LYS! Posted by: mote at June 16, 2006 1:55 PMPicot= Speedy. Really. Posted by: Beverly at June 16, 2006 1:56 PMThat's just absolutely gorgeous! Did I mention that I want to be you when I grow up? Posted by: Sachi at June 16, 2006 2:01 PMWow!!! I absolutely love this knitting pattern, and the cardigan is adorable. Hang in there! It's all worth it...just imagine how happy you'll feel when you're wearing it! Posted by: Bossygirl at June 16, 2006 2:39 PMI absolutely love this sweater. Please where can I find this pattern Posted by: Lindsay at June 16, 2006 4:48 PMIf it makes you feel any better, i just finished a picot bind-off on a tablecloth...approx. 950 stitches & i had to cast on 2, bind-off 3. =( took me 4 evenings to get it all finished. CHEERS!! Posted by: denise at June 16, 2006 5:49 PMOoh, I can tell you for certain that the picot edging really does go faster than you think it will. I just did a ton of cast on 2, bind off 4 picot edging for my Merging Colors Mobius Capelet the other night and it actually took far less time than I thought it was going to. Whining about it probably took more time than actually doing it... Posted by: Laura at June 16, 2006 6:57 PMIt's lovely already, even without the picot edging. Fortunately, I know nothing about such edging, so I can be blissfully unaware of the horror... Posted by: Chris at June 16, 2006 8:07 PMbeautifull! If I were you I would so totally cheat and crochet on some picots. It is still supercute, though. Posted by: Lene/Danmakine at June 17, 2006 6:33 AMGorgeous! About the picots---just keep reminding yourself how wonderfully beautiful it will be when finished! Posted by: JennyRaye at June 17, 2006 7:47 AMI tried doing a knitted picot for a Debbie Bliss baby sweater and the spacing of the picots was just not happening so after 3 failed attempts I just got out my crochet hook and finished it that way. It came out much nicer I think. This is the link to the project I did: http://atelier918.typepad.com/portableknitting/2005/11/matinee_almost_.html Posted by: ann at June 18, 2006 1:20 AMthe cardi looks great! i just did one of those (evil) picot cast ons for a coverlet thing for my mom in a cashmere yarn - toook soooo loooooong. the cardi looks great! i just did one of those (evil) picot cast ons for a coverlet thing for my mom in a cashmere yarn - toook soooo loooooong. Oy, I don't like that kind of picot...i'd go with Ann idea and whip out the crochet needle. Posted by: Orli at June 20, 2006 7:27 AM |
