October 05, 2003
Saga Rose Re-Dun
it's so exciting to have my first pink tea entry! i'm vanessa and my sweater is the saga rose in jamieson's 3, only substituting jagger re-dun yarn from nancy's knit knacks instead of shetland 2 ply. the re-dun is very soft, and i love the heather colors. they match the originals fairly well.
I cast-on 3 times, the first time using cable cast-on, finally using a variation of the long-tailed cast-on shown in meg swansen's fair isle vest video. you scoop up the outer edge of the finger loop instead of the inner loop. had to go down a needle size for the cast-on, maybe because of the extra twist in the loop? look ma, no curling up :-) have finished one complete pattern repeat, it's addictive! maybe sheila and i can compare saga roses next year at ms$w?
Vanessa
Posted by at October 5, 2003 09:16 PMVanessa, this is a wonderful 'substitution' yarn accomplishment! And your cast-on looks perfectly perfect. Will try it on my next ribbing - might even be good for socks. So can we dub it the Vanessa cast-on?
Posted by: Roi on October 6, 2003 06:58 AMroi, i'll have to watch the fair isle video again and tell you whose cast-on it is! if you get a chance to see this video, grab it. it is a wealth of information.
Posted by: vanessa on October 6, 2003 08:48 AMLooking great, Vanessa! I'm glad you are as addicted by it as I am. Yours is quite lovely. I'm going to have to kick it in gear if I'm going to finish my sleeves before you finish the whole thing.
Posted by: Sheila on October 6, 2003 09:25 AMVanessa it's just beautiful. I KNOW I'll be knitting this one someday. I get so much wear out of Catriona that sometimes I wish for a second beautiful cardigan. No sleep last night so I'll give you pithy comments at a future time. Lovely lovely.
Posted by: CarolineF on October 6, 2003 10:25 AMHi Vanessa! I'm glad to finally have a chance to see your beautiful work. The Saga Rose is gorgeous and so is Sheila's version. It looks like a lot of fun to knit.
Posted by: Nanette on October 6, 2003 04:48 PMIt looks just wonderful, Vanessa!! You and Shelia are awesome! This is one of my must do's next!! :)
June
Posted by: June P on October 6, 2003 05:06 PM