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March 6, 2007
better late than never?
Okay, okay, so I started it LAST MARCH and then became mystified by some instruction (that now seems ridiculously simple), and threw the whole thing into a tote bag and buried it in the closet.
Well, I'm trying to clean up the UFO situation, so here is the largest object: Skully.
You know, for a book purporting to be for be beginners (I wouldn't call myself a beginning knitter overall, but it's true, I've never, ever knit a sweater.), S&B doesn't necessarily write the clearest instructions. I will admit freely that I had a lot of trouble figuring out how to put the sleeve together, and I could NOT understand the intarsia directions. Thank heavens for Vogue Knitting.
Now that I think I understand it, it's kind of fun. I want to knit skulls onto EVERYTHING!
Comments
I totally know that feeling.
Posted by: grace at March 6, 2007 11:23 AM
I know the feeling, too.
Off the subject, but remember a while back when I mentioned that your blog is formatted all weird for me in Internet Explorer? Well, now I'm viewing it in Firefox, and it looks fine. Hm...
Posted by: madalyn at March 6, 2007 2:04 PM
Internet Explorer = Devil's Spawn
Maybe a skull on a toaster cozy...
Posted by: bob at March 6, 2007 7:40 PM
Yay for clearing out the UFOs! That's good to know about the shoulder funkiness (as I still have yet to knit Skully, but really want to for my dad).
As an FYI there are *lots* of errors on patterns in the SnB books. Some corrections are offered on the website (http://www.knithappens.com/) but many have still gone unreported.
Posted by: Artemis Rich at March 7, 2007 11:34 AM
To be fair, it wasn't an error that tripped me up, just an unclear instruction. It could have been spelled out better for the benefit of newbie sweater knitters.
Posted by: Kate at March 7, 2007 12:30 PM