tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post1971379953939402450..comments2024-03-25T22:59:30.053+00:00Comments on Desperate Reader: Traigh - a knitting postDesperate Readerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15708411387912078122noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post-7607086165156294172018-08-28T20:05:23.598+01:002018-08-28T20:05:23.598+01:00Jamieson's spindrift, the colour is Rosewood w...Jamieson's spindrift, the colour is Rosewood which is a sort of blue brown mix, and I used 6 25g balls. I really love the Shetland yarns so tend to buy a small mountain of it when I'm up there to play with when I get home. Inevitably I never have quite enough of whatever colour I want! Desperate Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15708411387912078122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post-60863041626600380792018-08-28T15:25:01.921+01:002018-08-28T15:25:01.921+01:00If I have a very long cast on, I avoid long tail b...If I have a very long cast on, I avoid long tail because I'm terrible at estimating how much yarn will be needed. What yarn did you use for your Traigh?Peggyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17111736625664327019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post-47685797665864192902018-08-27T18:38:30.696+01:002018-08-27T18:38:30.696+01:00If you could have seen me try and work out a long ...If you could have seen me try and work out a long tail cast on you'd know just how limited my skills are. I'm looking for something simple involving short rows next, which I don't currently understand at all. None of it comes particularly naturally to me, but the whole process of making is so satisfying that it doesn't much matter. It's a really lovely hap though, and I'm so pleased with it. Desperate Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15708411387912078122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post-53541752712852349402018-08-27T18:33:14.899+01:002018-08-27T18:33:14.899+01:00It might be that there's quite a lot of me for...It might be that there's quite a lot of me for a jumper to cover, and I prefer them long too. It seems like a big commitment, rather than something I could do in a few weeks. This is quite a shallow shawl, so didn't take too long at all. Desperate Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15708411387912078122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post-47597146927567034902018-08-27T14:41:01.312+01:002018-08-27T14:41:01.312+01:00This is so pretty! Well done! I cannot accept that...This is so pretty! Well done! I cannot accept that your knitting skills are 'limited', I think you're very clever.helenhttp://gallimaufry.typepad.com/blog/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post-31848811891643260822018-08-27T14:07:21.647+01:002018-08-27T14:07:21.647+01:00That looks so good, well done. I find shawls seem...That looks so good, well done. I find shawls seem to take longer than sweaters for me; perhaps it is because one completes each component of a garment?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com