Fair Purls
If you are in the groccery store and see "Jane" magazine (Kirstin Dunst on the cover) then open it up and find the 1 page article about this knitwear designer. It's not worth buying the whole magazine, and it's short enough that you can read it in line at checkout.
I didn't feel like working on the other sleeve last night so I worked on that cool ribbon-yarn-yoked-cardi I picked up in San Fran. I finished the first chart of fair-isle andIi think i might skip the other part because well, purling fair-isle is really NOT fun and I don't know how to knit backwards. Anyone else ever knit a pattern that required fair-isle knit on the purl side? I suppose it wasn't enough to justify steeking. I'll know to make sure I don't buy a pattern in the future that requires that unless I'm sure I don't mind.
Comments
jess says;
Did you see the news that Jane magazine is no more as of next month?
http://www.reuters.com/article/industryNews/idUSN0930109720070709
purling stranded work is really irritating/frustrating! I have worked it before and I just could not get it to look right. Good luck!
Emily says;
The dreaded Arch Shaped Socks from Interweave (Meg Swansen) had purled fair isle on the heels (or at least mine did -- they never bothered to show a picture of their heels or say if they were fair isle or not). It was a giant pain in the neck.
If you decide to go for it I'd say it's a great time to learn how to knit backwards. Good luck!
April says;
Yeah that must really suck, I think that's why most Fair Isle is done in the round, so there's no purling. Then they cut it up to be whatever shape they want. I'm still too scared to try that though. ACK!