Calliope is doneI did say it was a quick knit but I must admit I was a little compulsive about finishing it. But the really cool thing is how well it fits. The smallest measurement on the pattern was going to be a little too big, so I knit the gauge a stitch smaller et voilà! it fits. The only other adjustment I made to the pattern was to knit smaller armbands than the pattern called for. And I even learned a new (to me) cast on method—Channel Island cast on, since it was the method the author specified.
I found two sites with different methods: Have a Yarn and Countrywool. I preferred the latter, which has you set up like you are doing a long tail cast on.
Clue three (plus) reknit
I was admiring my work on the Mystery Stole and noticed a mistake. There was a discussion on the MS3 yahoo list about living with mistakes and there are times when I will just leave it. This wasn't one of those times. Once I saw it, I decided it was too obvious, so I frogged about 75 rows and did it right. It wasn't too traumatic and it has been reknit. On to the fourth clue.
Yeowch!!!!
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A bit of inspiration to get your stash up or down... however you look at it.
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Its fun to be back looking in blogs once again. You have some pretty FO's. I just came onto the MS3 project idea today. It will be fun to see what evolves!
Suzie
Belated and catching up here... Thanks much for those Channel Island cast on links, Patty. That second one makes more sense to me, too. I've always meant to look that up, so thanks for saving me the time! ;)
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