Artyarns Tutorial Session 6

Jan I have only knitted the first three lessons and then there was so much else to do that I have not had a chance to look at it again. I will have to see if I do inderstand what they want you to do. I think that Aud is also knitting these great little short row samples, maybe she can help

Els

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I have also done the first three lessons, but I will "try to continue the good start" LOL! I will save your question, and see whay I think! Sometimes I have to "guess" a bit, because of the language, so you see, I am not the most reliable person for solving this problem :-)) AUD ;-))

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Now I did the 6. sessien to see what you meant. I totally agree with you! The K* must be, what was explained about the M earlier. I pulled up the little Stitch/"loop" between the two needles... (looks like a purlstitch "hanging sideways", difficult to explain! If you cannot see what I mean, just forget it! Don't let me confuse you!LOL!) ...and knitted it together with the first stitch on left needle.

I cannot find it explained in any of the former sessions, what K* means, I think they just have forgotten to tell. The "M thing" was, as they told, to prevent holes in the pattern. And, as there was the same "gap" between the stiches here, it worked just how it was meant to, I think!

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Aud ;-))

Jan, I will have a friend over on Monday for a dyeing day, she also knits these samples, stand by and I will ask her. We maybe can sit and knit that one sample to see how it goes.

Els

Thanks Aud, I will keep this note, for the future.

Els

Aud, thank you for giving it try. I knew you couldn't resist the challenge. ;-) It does help to know you came to the same conclusion I did. Your description of how you did the M1 was better than what I could do. I probably did it the same but, as you say, it is difficult to explain. It's confusing because the stitch on the left needle was done 2 rows before the one on the right. It would help me if I could see a good picture or drawing of the stitches at this point. In addition to forgetting to say what the K* means, she also forgot Row 10. Did you end up with 11 stitches on the right needle and 9 on the left? Now, to finish it, do you knit to the end of the stitches on the left needle and bind off? I think that would make the square a little lop-sided. Before I started it, I was hoping I could figure out how to enlarge it for a 6x6 square. But I really don't like the results well enough to put more time into it. Actually, I'm not very pleased with any of the pieces I've done so far. For now, I'm inclined to file them and wait for her new book to be published as I expect it will have better instructions and pictures.

I'll be waiting to hear how it goes for you. Have you tried to actually make anything with these techniques yet? I didn't finish session 4 and skipped over session 5 because I have no use for a headband. I tried session 6 thinking I could enlarge it for a 6x6 square but didn't like the way it turned out.

Jan I also often think that I could use some of these sample, but, I can see that I have to practice more and do trials in order to make it work. So no 6x6 squares as yet in that technique.

Els

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In addition to forgetting to say what the

****Yes, I see that now!

Did you end up with 11 stitches on the

******Yes, I did!I think the k1inc1which is the last she explain, should be in the corner, one at left side, one st right side, so when you have knitted to the end, there will be 10st. at each side.

Now, to finish it, do you knit to the end

*****I did, and casted off, VERY loosely! In fact I did it twice, the first was not loose enough, allthough I tried as best as I could LOL! I also agree with you, I think this would be a dull square!

Have you seen, if you go to the ArtYarn site

will find the pictures of what is comming up in the next lessons?In the "gallery" and "patterns" I saw some scarfs that I liked.But as you know, I am very occupied with coloures,so I think it was the coloures that fascinated me,may be more than the patterns.But I think I will try to make scarf,using the three first lessons,if I find a nice yarn for it.AUD ;-))

Thanks for the answers, Aud. It seems to be necessary to do both cast on and cast off very loosely because the edges are on the bias. Yes, there are some very pretty patterns on the Web site and I look forward to seeing what she has in her book coming out this fall. I think I will be more inspired after I see it. Also, I think I'm missing an ingredient - some of the hand-painted yarn from Art Yarns.

Oooh, Jan, not to be an enabler ;) but if you can get your hands on some of that yarn it is soooooo nice to work with. I had a random skein in my stash that I had bought on sale somewhere months ago and I just used it last week to make that DC skullcap everyone was posting about. It was lovely stuff to use, so soft and smooth, kind of like silk (not that I have ever knit with silk before, but I would have described this yarn as "silky").

LauraJ

Oh Laura, you are so helpful :-)) Which of the Art Yarns did you use for the cap? I see both merino and silk yarns on the Web Site. If I am ever lucky enough to find some on sale, I will get some. For several weeks, I've been working on a cardigan of Silky Wool from Elsebeth Lavold and love working with it. It is a wool and silk blend and is a little nubby so it is not especially smooth but still has a nice feel.

Glad to be of assistance ;) I used the Supermerino. It is a 100% superwash merino and it has a little shine that other merinos I have used do not have. I had bad luck posting pictures here last week but let's see if this link works for you, a picture of the cap I made from that yarn:

cardigan sounds nice! I hope you will share pictures when you are done!

LauraJ

The cap is very pretty and the soft, smooth yarn must feel nice on your head. I'm sorry to say I won't be able to share pictures because I don't have a digital camera. And I don't plan to get one because I know I wouldn't make much use of it. I do feel guilty about this because I so enjoy looking at the pictures of what others have made.