Monday, December 12, 2005

$#@$%^

So I'm thrilled. The Cable O's Vest is completely done and I'm blocking as I write this. I took a picture this morning to show off this beauty and realized that I have one huge whopping cable going the wrong way.


How the hell didn't I see that before. Before I finished it. Before I blocked it. You can insert any possible curse word here, as I'm sure I said it.

Now for the fixing part. Matt says he can't see it at all. Well, I didn't notice it until this morning when I was taking pictures, so I'm sure that it doesn't stand out like a sore thumb, but I knew that something wasn't right. It just took me a while to figure out what it was.



So I'm not a happy person this morning to say the least. I'm going to let it dry (which is why the color is so uneven... some bits are dryer than other bits), then I'll be performing a little surgery to fix the wrong crossed cable. I've never done it before, and I'm not thrilled that I have to do it with cotton the first time out, but it will bother me every time he wears it (and he's already mentioned that this is his favorite project I've done for him so far...)

Anyway, I guess I can still give the Project Stats, right. It's more or less done and I just need to destoy cut and flip the cables.

Pattern Cable O's Vest by Janet Szabo. Available in the Twists & Turns Newsletter, issue Spring 2005.
Yarn Elann's Endless Summer Sonata (100% cotton)
Needles size 6 (4.0 mm) for main body, size 4 (3.5 mm) for ribbing
Changes to the pattern mainly only the yarn. The vest was designed using Cascade 220, but I thought it would look really great in cotton. It does (apart from the wrong turned cable). This made the project a bit more challenging, but I feel it was well worth it. I may have shortened the body a bit.
Problems with the pattern the only problem was by the knitter (see photo above). A great, well written pattern for a beautifully elegant vest that I know will get a lot of wear.

So overall, a thumbs up for the project. I have a bad taste about it right now, but that's purely my fault. I did make it a bit more challenging by using the cotton yarn, but the results were well worth it. Now just to fix my little mistake (which I think will be good for me... expand my destroying knitting skills).

Well, I did have some other things to talk about today, but we'll save them for an other day.

Happy Knitting!

7 Comments:

At 9:26 AM , Kate said...

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I can't believe it. This surgery sounds intense. Good luck-- I'll be thinking of you. I hope it is a quick fix.

Last but not least-- the sweater is GORGEOUS and criss-crossed cables or not. Great job! Maybe we need to go yarn shopping to take the sting out??

 
At 9:54 AM , Cindy said...

The credit card is in hand....

 
At 11:12 AM , Tori said...

Hi Cindy, I bet you can do it (surgery)! I looked at one of the pictures before blocking and can see how you'd miss it. The cables really have popped after blocking. Also, haven't forgotten your question for my sister in law, she's in school and I think off this week. My initial thought is the crochet books would be the same but she would have better experience ;-)

Take care,
Tori

 
At 1:21 PM , Cindy said...

You know Tori, I did the same thing. I looked at the other picture and it's not noticable, but something kept drawing my eyes to the center of the blocking one. I thought maybe I didn't block it straight, as it seemed off center, then I noticed it! Argh!

I'm going to put an order in early next year to the amazon japan site (wish I could read it, but I can order) and I saw some lovely crochet books that I would love to try. The knitting stuff is pretty easy to understand for the most part (yes, I wish I had someone to translate, but I think they're knitable).

 
At 1:36 PM , deletethisaccount said...

Good luck on the surgery!!! you can do it! I know you can :) and hey! if you don't want to do it ... don't! I think it looks beautiful just the way that it is :)

 
At 4:12 PM , Kristen said...

Argh is right, I know I'd want to tear my hair out! But you know it's like a Where's Waldo, I didn't spot the miscrossed cable without the arrow. It is a beautiful vest. I know I've seen somewhere how to fix such a problem; be sure to give us all the details of the surgery because it's only a matter of time before we'll need it too! Good luck!

 
At 9:45 AM , Cindy said...

Carissa: well, the surgery is complete. There might be some scaring, but with proper post surgery care, it might not be as noticable (ie: a little blocking to even out the stitches)

Kristen: oh, I ran the every single word (and combo of words) that I could think of. I took pictures as I went and I'll post them.

 

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