Comments for A Tale of Two Yarns

Comment on Un-knitting by Casey

Casey — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 23:28:26 +0000

Congratulations on being patient enough to un-knit all of those rows! I am working on a sweater right now that I wish I would have un-knit a few rows instead of just marching onward. I got about twelve inches of knitting done and then had to rip it all out and start over because I refused to correct a mistake in the first four inches.

Comment on Empty Space by Casey

Casey — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 23:21:22 +0000

Wow! That is amazing that you have figured how to make a center pull ball by hand. I haven’t seen anything like that before and I should start trying to do it! I just ordered a ball winder for myself…of course it was two days AFTER I found this post. lol Oh well thanks for the helpful tip as I am sure it will come in handy eventually.

Comment on A Baby Blanket Montage by ithilwyn

ithilwyn — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 02:42:53 +0000

Oh, thank you! I just know the momma-to-be is going to love it.

Comment on A Baby Blanket Montage by Jodi

Jodi — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 23:38:08 +0000

Oh my goodness, that is so beautiful! The yellow and pink, and the alternate border, wow! Just stunning! You’ve truly done my pattern justice. I’m just twitterpated!

Comment on Busy Little Bee by ithilwyn

ithilwyn — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 03:57:38 +0000

You’re wish is my command! I’d just snapped a few pics the other day; your comment was just the reminder I needed to actually upload them.

I absolutely adore the pattern, by the way. Definitely one of my all-time favorite blanket patterns.

Comment on Busy Little Bee by Jodi

Jodi — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 23:30:16 +0000

I would love to see a photograph of your Solas Caomh when you’re finished it! I always get so excited when I see what someone’s done with a pattern I’ve written.

Comment on Let’s lose the placket. by ithilwyn

ithilwyn — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 03:47:47 +0000

Hey Lora,

No, I don’t recall having any issues with putting the sleeve in, but I’m used to sewing, where you always have to ease the sleeve in anyway. I did take out some of the length in the bodice between the shoulder and bustline, but I also took out a corresponding amount in the sleeve head. I usually concentrate the excess towards the top and upper back of the sleeve, where you want the extra room for movement, but spread it out enough so that it isn’t noticeable in the finished garment.

Comment on Let’s lose the placket. by Lora

Lora — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 02:01:05 +0000

For the armholes.

Comment on Let’s lose the placket. by Lora

Lora — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 02:00:08 +0000

did you have any troublewith the sleeve cap fitting? Seems the cap measures to 5 1/2″ but there is only 2 1/2″.

Comment on About Me by ithilwyn

ithilwyn — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 04:59:52 +0000

Hey Sue Ellen! Thanks for checking out this new blog of mine. I admire you so much…I tried spinning once and realized that it really does take some serious skills. I’m still pretty new to knitting, too, but have really found the website knittinghelp.com to be really useful. Every time I come across a stitch I’m unfamiliar with, I check there first. For the Herringbone rib socks, I really didn’t need to know a whole lot of stitches–knit, perl, yarn over, knit 2 together, and slip-slip-knit–all of which you can see demonstrated on knittinghelp.com.

Hope that helps, and thank you so much for reading.

Teresa