The last time I posted about the Color Affection KAL that I’m participating in (as part of an iMake KAL), I had just received my yarn and was getting ready to cast on the following day. There was a bit of confusion over needles following that. It was rather unfortunate – my second Knit Pro needle had been snapped, so I couldn’t use the interchangeables, and I didn’t have another set of 3 mm circular needles to hand.
Color Affection update
It was a good excuse to visit my local Hobbycraft, and I was remarkably restrained while there, leaving with only a Kitkat and a set of 3.5 mm aluminium needles. I’m unimpressed with the needles – I have been trying to replace all of my cheap metal needles with bamboo ones, and I didn’t enjoy having to buy another set. However, I sucked it in, bought them, and cast on.
I’m now a fair amount of the way into the first set of stripes in the shawl. I have a problem, though. The yarn is so fine, and I have at some point managed to pull on one of the loops in the garter stitch, creating this monstrosity.
I’ve tried to manipulate the surrounding fabric to get rid of it with no luck – I’ve just managed to create more holes. Argh!! I’m hoping that when I block it, it will come out. Has this ever happened to you? Please, please will someone tell me if there is a good way to do it?
I’m sorry about the lack of posts – I’ve been trying to get online but we are having so many problems in Kent, and I don’t really know what the solution is*. It’s a big problem, especially for JS‘ parents, who like to work from home occasionally.
Much love,
Corrie xx
I would keep manipulating the yarn trying to spread some of that slack around to surrounding stitches.
I would highly highly recommend buying a bunch of super cheap bamboo circulars from ebay. I love mine, and don’t know why anyone would spend more (but then I’m not a really serious knitter). The only teeny problem is that the tube comes off them sometimes, but you can just superglue it on and it will never budge :D And you get a set of 15 sized needles for about 15 bucks!!
I’ve got them! Hurrah. I’m going to finish knitting and see if blocking really severely helps. I spent a while manipulating the area around and that one spot is much better, but I have a few other holes as a result of the manipulating. If that doesn’t work, I’m sure I will be able to come up with a creative way to deal with it!