{"id":299,"date":"2010-01-17T19:59:22","date_gmt":"2010-01-17T19:59:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scifiville.com\/?p=299"},"modified":"2010-01-17T19:59:22","modified_gmt":"2010-01-17T19:59:22","slug":"when-knitting-goes-bad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.scifiville.com\/?p=299","title":{"rendered":"When knitting goes bad"},"content":{"rendered":"

So, I’ve developed a very recent addiction to knitting berets. The problem is that so far they’ve gone very wrong.<\/p>\n

My first Rollin’ Beret from some Fyberspates Scrumptious that Jeni gave me a few years ago, was a joy to knit. That is until I finished it & found that it was more of a hat than a beret.<\/p>\n

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This is the Rollin' beret in comparison with the page boy cap I wear most days<\/p><\/div>\n

I next cast on, using the same pattern, some Colinette Skye. I knit the medium size and was speeding along after the increases when I suddenly realised that my knitting was twisted.<\/p>\n

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Twisted knitting<\/p><\/div>\n

There is always a risk of this happening while knitting in the round but it’s still really frustrating. It doesn’t matter how careful I am either after casting on to not twist the stitches while joining the knitting into a circle, it still happens. Happened twice with the first beret.<\/p>\n

Now I’m deciding what to do next. Frog the silk beret and try again in a larger size? Try again in Skye? I need to be knitting something while on Radio Wales tomorrow morning so I have to decide tonight.<\/p>\n

Well, since I originally posted this I’ve begun casting on in another Skye colourway. I wasn’t sure if I liked the one that became twisted. Hopefully I can keep this one straight but we’ll see.<\/p>\n

Tomorrow I’m on the radio during the first hour of Jamie and Louise<\/a>. It should be about 9.15, maybe just before. It’ll also be available to listen again after the broadcast on the BBC iPlayer Radio <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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