{"id":3196,"date":"2016-07-25T18:24:23","date_gmt":"2016-07-25T18:24:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/annetarsia.com\/?p=3196"},"modified":"2016-07-25T18:24:23","modified_gmt":"2016-07-25T18:24:23","slug":"the-consequences-of-stripes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bartonriveryarn.com\/annetarsia\/2016\/07\/the-consequences-of-stripes\/","title":{"rendered":"The consequences of Stripes"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have finished knitting Agate Ripples<\/a>. (pattern by Laura Bryant, Knitters Mag Fall 2015)\u00a0 Stripes are easy to knit, but it takes practice to not worry about how it is going to look when done, as you randomly select each yarn and how many rows to knit with it before changing.\u00a0 You also can’t bother about how many ends you are going to have to deal with.\u00a0 There isn’t a way to game the system.\u00a0 There will be ends!<\/p>\n

While knitting, I leave 5 in. tails for all ends.\u00a0 It’s a good habit to have, as it leaves you plenty of options with how to deal with them.\u00a0 You can tie them together and leave as fringe, or cut them off after knotting.\u00a0\u00a0 You can bury them in the seam, Annetarsia-style. Or, you can just ignore them if the yarn is thin and won’t bother you while wearing the sweater, and deal with them later (much, much later) if you feel like it.<\/p>\n

After knitting, I block the piece before dealing with any ends.\u00a0 This sets the stitches, softens the fibers, and straightens out the knitting.<\/p>\n

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Blocking sleeve.\u00a0 Seen from the wrong side.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I sew the seam with mattress stitch, ignoring the ends, which are hidden inside the sleeve.\u00a0 After the seam is done, it won’t look great until the ends have been flattened or eliminated.\u00a0 At this point, I\u00a0 determine what to do with the ends, and if I don’t want to deal with it now, I will press the seam to make it pretty.\u00a0 I do all of this before sewing the sleeves into the garment, because it is easier to work with a single piece than an assembled sweater.\u00a0 The Koigu yarn is thin and soft, so I am going to start by burying the ends in the seam with my chenille needle.\u00a0 If it seems too bulky after a few inches are done, I will just knot 2-3 ends together, clip them short and leave them be.<\/p>\n

\"Seam
Seam finished but not blocked, seen from right side.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Seam
Seam from the wrong side, not blocked, ends not dealt with.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Stripes are easy to knit and fun to wear.\u00a0 Don’t let the ends and finishing involved put you off!\u00a0 The result is totally worth it.\u00a0 Finished result coming soon……<\/p>\n

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I have finished knitting Agate Ripples. (pattern by Laura Bryant, Knitters Mag Fall 2015)\u00a0 Stripes are easy to knit, but it takes practice to not worry about how it is going to look when done, as you randomly select each yarn and how many rows to knit with it before changing.\u00a0 You also can’t bother […]\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3195,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,10,13],"tags":[260,255,58,267],"class_list":["post-3196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-book","category-blog","category-classes","tag-agate-ripples","tag-knitters","tag-laura-bryant","tag-stripes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bartonriveryarn.com\/annetarsia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3196","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bartonriveryarn.com\/annetarsia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bartonriveryarn.com\/annetarsia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bartonriveryarn.com\/annetarsia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bartonriveryarn.com\/annetarsia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3196"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/bartonriveryarn.com\/annetarsia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3196\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3204,"href":"https:\/\/bartonriveryarn.com\/annetarsia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3196\/revisions\/3204"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bartonriveryarn.com\/annetarsia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bartonriveryarn.com\/annetarsia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bartonriveryarn.com\/annetarsia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bartonriveryarn.com\/annetarsia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}