Comments on: More yarn http://kayray.org/2007/07/29/more-yarn/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:36:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Rosemary http://kayray.org/2007/07/29/more-yarn/#comment-21357 Rosemary Mon, 30 Jul 2007 13:33:34 +0000 http://kayray.org/2007/07/29/more-yarn/#comment-21357 Excellent! I'm sorry you've had to work back though.. that's a right pain. I shall endeavor to find a worthy prize for your hard work :) Excellent! I’m sorry you’ve had to work back though.. that’s a right pain. I shall endeavor to find a worthy prize for your hard work :)

]]> By: kara http://kayray.org/2007/07/29/more-yarn/#comment-21334 kara Mon, 30 Jul 2007 02:24:41 +0000 http://kayray.org/2007/07/29/more-yarn/#comment-21334 Yeah, I figured securing the floats didn't matter because of the lining. The thing was, the edges of the large color sections looked soooo crappy. The yarn store lady suggested actually twisting the yarns together (a la intarsia) at the color changes. I did rip back and am doing it that way, and it does look a lot better, and I know blocking it will make it look even better. Yeah, I figured securing the floats didn’t matter because of the lining. The thing was, the edges of the large color sections looked soooo crappy. The yarn store lady suggested actually twisting the yarns together (a la intarsia) at the color changes. I did rip back and am doing it that way, and it does look a lot better, and I know blocking it will make it look even better.

]]> By: Rosemary http://kayray.org/2007/07/29/more-yarn/#comment-21333 Rosemary Mon, 30 Jul 2007 02:17:53 +0000 http://kayray.org/2007/07/29/more-yarn/#comment-21333 Oh, hadn't realized you had an even newer post. I just told Omly awhile ago that while many fair isle knitters will insist that the longer floats need to be twisted or caught, I don't think it is completely necessary. It may help with the tension, but maybe not enough to be worth ripping back. And the lining will make it so that the long floats won't be a catch-hazard. I had thought about putting something in the pattern about securing the long floats, but thought it might be a bit of overkill to have a fair isle lesson in the middle of a pattern :) Maybe I can make a small note about it though. Oh, hadn’t realized you had an even newer post.

I just told Omly awhile ago that while many fair isle knitters will insist that the longer floats need to be twisted or caught, I don’t think it is completely necessary. It may help with the tension, but maybe not enough to be worth ripping back. And the lining will make it so that the long floats won’t be a catch-hazard.

I had thought about putting something in the pattern about securing the long floats, but thought it might be a bit of overkill to have a fair isle lesson in the middle of a pattern :) Maybe I can make a small note about it though.

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