Excitement is brewing! I finally got the email telling that I can finally order the ChiaoGoo Interchangeables. I am SO EXCITED! I can finally put my Anisette Cardigan back as WIP instead of a hibernate (bad story of bad KnitPicks Interchangeable that would bend as I knit).
As for the Annisette Cardigan, one of the ladies in my knitting circle is almost finished. Just needs to finish up the neckline and add buttons. Yeah, I feel jealous but I know I will love mine as well when it's done.
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Wednesday, 26 September 2012
Tuesday, 28 August 2012
What to work on now
I've finished the Wanida socks. I can't start the Lissajous sock until Saturday at the earliest. I already swatched for the Lissajous and the results were...meh regarding the needles.
I tried 3 sets of needles and I'm not too happy with the results. The pattern calls for 1.5US needles of which I have quite a few sets of needles, and the gauge is supposed to be 12 rows by 8 sts.
1.5 Kollage gave me 11 x 7
1.5 ChiaoGoo gave me 11.5 x 7.5
So I decided to go down a size and that's when my selection is not what I want it to be. I don't have any needles that small since I have never had to knit that small other than the set of Harmony Wood Needles I purchased from KnitPicks last year. I gave the needles a try anyways, constantly feeling like they were going to snap in my hands. The results? It gave me 12 by 8. Seriously?
I don't want to use these needles. I even went on Ravelry, hoping someone would say it's okay to use the 1.5s, or the ChiaoGoo's are close enough. Unfortunately for me, it was recommended to use the Harmony Wood DPNs. Once I heard that answer, I went to Grandma's Handknitting on Etsy and ordered 1US/24" needles. And now I cross my fingers that they show up either by the end of the week or Monday afternoon. I'm willing to start with the 1s I already have but there is no way I'm going through a set of knee high socks with them and have the DPN's come out in tact.
So up until I can start the socks, I should continue working on my Anisette Cardi I started the end of June. The back is already finished and I have started working on the front left (I think) side.
I tried 3 sets of needles and I'm not too happy with the results. The pattern calls for 1.5US needles of which I have quite a few sets of needles, and the gauge is supposed to be 12 rows by 8 sts.
1.5 Kollage gave me 11 x 7
1.5 ChiaoGoo gave me 11.5 x 7.5
So I decided to go down a size and that's when my selection is not what I want it to be. I don't have any needles that small since I have never had to knit that small other than the set of Harmony Wood Needles I purchased from KnitPicks last year. I gave the needles a try anyways, constantly feeling like they were going to snap in my hands. The results? It gave me 12 by 8. Seriously?
I don't want to use these needles. I even went on Ravelry, hoping someone would say it's okay to use the 1.5s, or the ChiaoGoo's are close enough. Unfortunately for me, it was recommended to use the Harmony Wood DPNs. Once I heard that answer, I went to Grandma's Handknitting on Etsy and ordered 1US/24" needles. And now I cross my fingers that they show up either by the end of the week or Monday afternoon. I'm willing to start with the 1s I already have but there is no way I'm going through a set of knee high socks with them and have the DPN's come out in tact.
So up until I can start the socks, I should continue working on my Anisette Cardi I started the end of June. The back is already finished and I have started working on the front left (I think) side.
Wednesday, 15 August 2012
It's Coming!
I have had nothing but love when I discovered ChiaoGoo Red Lace needles, thanks to Ravelry. Once I used them for the 2nd foot of my Mona Socks, I was hooked and promptly bought sizes 1.5US - 5US, in varying lengths. And the needles are quite affordable, from every online retailer I've found. In store, it seems to be a couple dollars more per set. Anywho, onto my wonderful news!
I found out on Ravelry a couple of months back that ChiaoGoo was going to make bamboo interchangeables. Didn't think too much on it because I find that bamboo breaks to easily anyways and has driven me mad on many sock projects before getting my DPN KnitPicks Harmony Set. A little later, it was announced that they were coming out with the Stainless Steel interchangeable set. That's when the giddiness set in. All I wanted to know was date of release and cost.
Date of release? September-ish 2012
Cost?
>Small - Tip sizes 2 (2.75mm) - 8 (5 mm) - $80 (Spin) $85 (Twist)
>Large - Tip sizes 9 (5.5 mm) - 15 (10 mm) - $80 (Spin) $85 (Twist)
>Complete - Tip sizes 2 (2.75 mm) - 15 (10 mm) - $140 (Spin) $150 (Twist)
So the plan is to pre-order from an LYS, most likely The Purple Purl since they said they'd order in a set just for me :D probably the small set because I think I'd get more use out of that.
I found out on Ravelry a couple of months back that ChiaoGoo was going to make bamboo interchangeables. Didn't think too much on it because I find that bamboo breaks to easily anyways and has driven me mad on many sock projects before getting my DPN KnitPicks Harmony Set. A little later, it was announced that they were coming out with the Stainless Steel interchangeable set. That's when the giddiness set in. All I wanted to know was date of release and cost.
Date of release? September-ish 2012
Cost?
>Small - Tip sizes 2 (2.75mm) - 8 (5 mm) - $80 (Spin) $85 (Twist)
>Large - Tip sizes 9 (5.5 mm) - 15 (10 mm) - $80 (Spin) $85 (Twist)
>Complete - Tip sizes 2 (2.75 mm) - 15 (10 mm) - $140 (Spin) $150 (Twist)
So the plan is to pre-order from an LYS, most likely The Purple Purl since they said they'd order in a set just for me :D probably the small set because I think I'd get more use out of that.
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