Free Fair Isle Knitting Patterns

The Blackboard » Knitting Interlude: Nit-picking ads & open thread.

Rance is also called fair isle.

It’s a cute sweater so you might be wondering: what’s botched about the Ralph Lauren sweater. Take a careful look on the side seam. Notice the patterns don’t match at the side seams? You’d think for $179 on sale or $250 original price Ralph Lauren’s sweater assemblers would take the time to make sure they line up the patterns before seaming.

But no.

If you entered this in the county fair, the judges would ding you for that. Oh… well…

But the more egregious error is in the copy. Here’s how it reads:

Ok. I got that off my chest. Sometime in the next few months I will probably post a rant about a copy writer mistaking knitting for crochet or vice a versa.

Feel free to post rants about anything. This includes global warming rants, hobby based rants or whatever. But Dr. Shoos/Cadbury: I’ve added your name in the plugin that makes you wait. So you will need to pause between rants. This applies to two other people. You know who you are.

Not a rant, but a bit of advice:

If you are in Durham, NC on a Saturday, hit up Triangle brewery. From 1-3 they have a free tour and free beer on tap. I recommend their Blue Moon style. I missed out on the Habanero Brew, which won’t be in for a couple months. Maybe next time I’m in town. Also, they have no air conditioning, so you can experience global warming as you imbibe.

Oh, and careful where you park. My nephew might tow your car.

The cuteness of the knit red sweater that my daughter wore as a toddler failed to deter the moths. When we found it in the old-clothes pile, it had more of them than the Albert Hall.

But! My dad took this on, finding matching yarn and darning every last one. Looks great, again. Now we just have to wait until the right little person comes along…

Thanks Grandpa! (Great-granpops, some day, maybe)

Mhhhmmmm beer! I may have to highlight some homebrew. The guys have perfected their various techniques. (Oh. We grow hops in our back yard. Jim’s brother’s planted some in their back yard this spring.)

AMac– To prevent more moths while you wait for the right little person, wash carefully, then store the sweater in a plastic bag along with a mothball. You’ll have to wash again before wearing but it’s worth it. Oh– most wools are hand washable, but sometimes the dyes aren’t. (I always laundry methods on the test on the gauge swatch which most knitters need to knit up to make the sweater in the first place. I find yarns manufacturers suggest drycleaning often launder just fine– but it’s better to test on a 4″ swatch than the whole sweater.

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