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February 16, 2006
Daisy
Okay I have the stomach flue. I am so not knitting on Olympia. Bad enough cleaning up after 3 little girls and spoiling a sick hubby while trying to knit. Forget doing so when I am sick myself. Well I am playing with yarn of course but doing so aimlessly. And my latest irk? Remember when I grinched about not being able to figure out a stitch for a scarf I wanted to knit from latest Rowan mag. Hmmm issue #38 so probably not the latest anymore but oh well. I tried again and have decided it is not me but totally nonsensical instructions. The pattern is #19 on pg 107 should you have the mag if not read very very carefully:
Cluster 5={slip next st knitwise dropping extra loops on previous row you purled 5 sts wrapping yarn thrice round needle for each}5 times, now slip these 5 sts back onto left needle I am OK so far as far as I can tell, working all 5 sts tog and wrapping yarn 3 times round needle for each st, work [K1, P1, K1, P1, K1] into these 5 sts.
Hubba Waaaaa? work all 5 sts tog as in k5tog wrapping yarn 3 times for each stitch so 15 wraps? Or k1, p1, k1, p1, k1 into 5 sts tog as in K5tog wrapping 3 times don't drop loops, P5tog wrapping 3 times don't drop loops etc? Or K first stitch of those 5 wrapping 3 times, purl 2nd st of the 5 wrapping 3 times etc? Either way its a freaking mess and shame shame shame on Rowan cause I know what a cluster stitch is and its is nothing at all like that. Its wrapping the yarn around a set of sts to have strands running along base FYI. So of course the first time I worked the pattern I clustered the 5 sts and then worked k1, p1, k1, p1, k1 into them which didn't give me the required extra sts for dropping extra loops on next row which I haven't gone into at all. Second time I clustered AND worked k1 wrapping yarn 3 times blah blah blah but it looked terrible. Third time I didn't cluster but did option 1 given above then fourth time as option 2. I haven't done option 3 but bleh.... Somebody clever and, you know, not sick explain this honking stitch for me
PS I was swatching for Project Spectrum BTW ~click on button on left column to find out more cause I am not looking up the link and oh yeah~ have a yarny day and knitterly evening. And yes I signed off without remembering my usual tag! gah Bloglines subscribers may now hate me forever more
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