tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11162971.post2791314676001261968..comments2023-10-13T21:10:38.861-07:00Comments on Strings 'n Things: A DilemmaEvhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01501618956512192201noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11162971.post-8619555252717455382007-09-10T17:34:00.000-07:002007-09-10T17:34:00.000-07:00I thought about doing the fronts and back all in o...I thought about doing the fronts and back all in one, but the thought of rows of 183 stitches with a self striping yarn means the stripes will be very narrow, not to mention loooooooong. The sleeves will definitely be solid blue (I bought the yarn today) and I'm leaning to doing the back in the self striping yarn and to heck with trying to match. The first two inches will match fairly closely, as the fronts and the back are the same number of stitches, and the final couple of inches are under the arm. It shouldn't really matter, should it?Evhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01501618956512192201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11162971.post-80516877013497382752007-09-10T17:22:00.000-07:002007-09-10T17:22:00.000-07:00The problem with most of this self-striping sock y...The problem with most of this self-striping sock yarn is that the balls are seldom exactly the same - as you've found out. You may be able to match up the stripes sort-of but the fronts are smaller so the stripes in front will be wider than those in the back anyway unless you knit it in two pieces or work from two balls at the same time . . . Sunonesmum also makes a good point in that you really need to work the whole thing in one piece if you want to avoid this sort of problem but I think you have too much time invested to do that. I like the solid back solution myself - let the striped front be a real design feature - maybe trim the crossover & neck with the same color as the back.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11162971.post-61525667713211515172007-09-10T09:46:00.000-07:002007-09-10T09:46:00.000-07:00and my spelling sucks too!and my spelling sucks too!Gloria (aka Sumonesmum)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03734664977075303647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11162971.post-85245361032582856842007-09-10T09:45:00.000-07:002007-09-10T09:45:00.000-07:00Maybe (or propably) I don't know what I'm talking ...Maybe (or propably) I don't know what I'm talking about but....couldn't you have knit the back and front together on circular needles until the part where they go to the shoulder, then use solid yarn to the shoulder and then use the patterned yarn at the bottom of the sleeves again. I have a thing for symmetry (obviously). My more artsy friends would say "Who cares if the stripes dont match? Do the whole thing in nonmatchy stripes!" I think you have knit too much to frog so maybe letting loose is the answer.Gloria (aka Sumonesmum)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03734664977075303647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11162971.post-75782301945528054082007-09-10T08:29:00.000-07:002007-09-10T08:29:00.000-07:00How about doing the back with two balls - one soli...How about doing the back with two balls - one solid and one of the multi and alternating them every couple of rows? Then matching the stripes with the front wouldn't matter - you could do the sleeves the same way - or entirely solid or multi?<BR/><BR/>Or do the back mainly in a solid, but with little random "patches" of the multi? A little intarsia, but not too bad...<BR/><BR/>Mitred squares?<BR/><BR/>I'll go now, before I get <I>really</I> silly :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com