I am in love with FPS so far. Even if it kinda sorta looks like crap right now. But that’s pre-blocked lace for you.
I am taking full advantage of my ability to knit back and forth. I’m a bit slow at purling back with laceweight yarn, but between this project and Lotus Blossom, I’ll be getting lots of practice.
The wrong side rows of the Lily of the Valley chart call for p5tog, and that’s something I have trouble doing no matter which hand I’m using. During the first WS row, I did a k5tog back (remember, I didn’t turn). Didn’t work quite so well, so when I got to the second instance of the decrease within the row, I turned the work around and tried the p5tog right-handed. That was even more of a fiddly failure than the lefty k5tog. So now I just slip 4, knit 1, and pass the slipped stitches over, which works well.
I’m going to have to put this down and try to ignore it for a few days, though. I really need to finish painting my living room; it’s been in sort of a half-done state since my parents visited.
On an unrelated note, I’m currently looking for a good yarn to use for the Channel Pullover (the next sweater in the pipeline). I tend to overheat, and I’m generally fine in regular old sweatshirts down here in San Diego, so I’m thinking that a 100% wool yarn might not be the best thing for me. Not for a pullover like that, anyway. My question is, would that be a safe assumption?
Anyway, back to knitting.
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Ooh, nice sweater. What issue of IK is that from? (I’m assuming IK from the webaddress) and what’s the recommended yarn?
I think the FPS is looking great! I still haven’t gotten my Creatures of the Reef pattern, but I got the yarn in the mail from a trade this week.
Spring 2003. I don’t have that one though (I thought I did) so what is the recc’d yarn/wpi? Cotton can be cooler, but heavier. There are microfibers and blends out there that will be cooler, but not as heavy.
Everybody’s different, temp-wise, I’m one for “the warmer, the better” but if you’re usually fine in regular cotton sweats than maybe wool would be too hot.
I wish I was brave enough to do the FPS.