the blue blog archives: let the picot roll

With the support of my best knitbuds, I sat down this weekend to tackle all that picot edging on crinkle. Although the picot part didn't take quite as long as I had imagined in my nightmares of the last few nights, the picking up stitches part took longer. Five hours over two days, and I'd finally picoted the whole thing. But now all my cute little picots are flipping up along the curled edges of the sweater. Grrrrr.

It's the first time I've touched those phone books in years. I knew they'd be good for something someday.

posted by alison at 8:37 am | in crinkle

Comments

Seriously, why do they even make phone books any more?

Posted by: Ashley at June 26, 2006 9:13 AM

I am sure that a phone book with the Yankee logo on it would get that job done in no time flat! :-)

Posted by: jocelyn at June 26, 2006 9:15 AM

Hey Jocelyn, let's don't bring the trash talk to the blog, eh? ;0) Alison, I just love the way the picot edge finishes this project. It's going to be smashing!!

Posted by: Bonney at June 26, 2006 9:19 AM

so that's what you were working on. i was so focused on getting the stitches back the needles of vickie's sweater, i was oblivious. thank you all for coming to my "knitting rescue" on saturday night....i needed it

Posted by: lisa b at June 26, 2006 9:52 AM

ha, my phone books have an inch of dust on them! i would definitely have to clean them first before using them for blocking ;)

Posted by: gleek at June 26, 2006 9:56 AM

Are those phone books colorfast? :)

Posted by: Chris at June 26, 2006 10:08 AM

It is really looking nice. All blocked and flat. I hope it stays that way for you.

Posted by: Kelly at June 26, 2006 10:14 AM

Oh so THAT's what phone books are for! It looks awesome.

Posted by: Frarochvia at June 26, 2006 10:25 AM

So cute...hope the phone books work

Posted by: wendy at June 26, 2006 11:16 AM

oh its so fabulous! That is the only thing I use our phonebooks for too :) Can't wait to see this one in person!

Posted by: Dani at June 26, 2006 11:21 AM

Gasp, Chris, I didn't even think about that! They haven't bled so far though. Phew!

Looking back at that last picture, I can tell how tired I was last night when I finished all the picots. I thought it was in focus when I took it!

Posted by: alison at June 26, 2006 11:38 AM

Oh why haven't I ever thought of using books to block things down?? That would certainly keep the kitten (and my roommates) off of my knitting.

Posted by: elizabeth at June 26, 2006 12:29 PM

Hmmm, I wondered how one did a picot edging - now I know (sorta). How annoying that it would curl up after you did all that work.

Looking forward to your modeling the FO!

Posted by: Mary at June 26, 2006 2:30 PM

Hah, and all these years I thought the purpose of phone books was for kids to use as booster seats at the dining room table! ;) The picots look great, hope you can get them to behave!

Posted by: Joanna at June 26, 2006 3:03 PM

Hope the blocking works! I can't wait to see the FO!

Posted by: Emily at June 26, 2006 3:41 PM

I too thought phone books were for booster seats at the dining room table. LOL

Hope you get those picots beaten into submission!

Posted by: Anne at June 26, 2006 7:30 PM

If you look carefully at the picture in Rowan 39, you can see the bottom hem completely and totally flipping up. I am waiting with anticipation to see the results of your blocking. I was contemplating doing more of a picot hem thing instead of a pick-up and bind off.

Posted by: claudia at June 26, 2006 10:38 PM

it looks so pretty and girly. did you make a ribbon choice yet?

Posted by: rebecca at June 26, 2006 10:42 PM

Lovely!

Posted by: Orli at June 27, 2006 4:07 AM

[Kissing screen] Crinkle so beautiful . . .

Posted by: lorinda at June 27, 2006 8:08 AM

alison, i have flattened out a picot edge by stitching down the cast off edge to the body. they always flip up lik ethat and its the only way i've been able to get around it. good luck. the sweater is adorable!

Posted by: lesley at June 27, 2006 1:21 PM