Comments on: Spilling my guts http://www.amyherzogdesigns.com/2007/01/31/spilling-my-guts/ Yarn, fashion, and rambling. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:56:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: cari http://www.amyherzogdesigns.com/2007/01/31/spilling-my-guts/#comment-114 cari Fri, 02 Feb 2007 00:36:22 +0000 http://www.stashknitrepeat.com/2007/01/31/spilling-my-guts/#comment-114 I was going to say it, but Marlena beat me to it. That should take care of the floats that are long enough to snag baby fingers. Otherwise, you could tack them down after the fact. When I'm weaving in ends on baby fruit caps, I weave them over the center of longer floats to do just that. I was going to say it, but Marlena beat me to it. That should take care of the floats that are long enough to snag baby fingers. Otherwise, you could tack them down after the fact. When I’m weaving in ends on baby fruit caps, I weave them over the center of longer floats to do just that.

]]> By: Marlena http://www.amyherzogdesigns.com/2007/01/31/spilling-my-guts/#comment-113 Marlena Thu, 01 Feb 2007 11:46:05 +0000 http://www.stashknitrepeat.com/2007/01/31/spilling-my-guts/#comment-113 Oh my god. I am SO GLAD that you get to steek first so I can ask you all the gory details whenever I get around to it. I've never done such a complicated fair isle, so my hint may be worthless, but I've never noticed my carried yarn peeking through. First of all, I use both colors in the same hand. I've tried to do the "color in each hand" thing, but it never works out, slows me down, and makes me frustrated. So I have both strands of yarn hanging on the right. I always pull the contrast color from the top, and the main color from the bottom. It helps to keep the yarn separate. If I have a spot with long floats, I drop the cc so it's on the bottom, use the mc which is now on the top, and then bring the cc back up. Maybe I've just been lucky that it's worked so far though. I'm doing some mittens now, I'll let you know how it goes. Oh my god. I am SO GLAD that you get to steek first so I can ask you all the gory details whenever I get around to it.

I’ve never done such a complicated fair isle, so my hint may be worthless, but I’ve never noticed my carried yarn peeking through. First of all, I use both colors in the same hand. I’ve tried to do the “color in each hand” thing, but it never works out, slows me down, and makes me frustrated. So I have both strands of yarn hanging on the right. I always pull the contrast color from the top, and the main color from the bottom. It helps to keep the yarn separate. If I have a spot with long floats, I drop the cc so it’s on the bottom, use the mc which is now on the top, and then bring the cc back up. Maybe I’ve just been lucky that it’s worked so far though. I’m doing some mittens now, I’ll let you know how it goes.

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