Autumn Cape 2016 A long Term Project Sides Part 1

Autumn Cape 2016 A long Term Project

Sides Part 1

Before I make a start on the sides I am making a check on the amount of yarn I have since some of the wool is discontinued and therefore I am unable to replenish the stock.

Full Balls Left

2 Copper Balls, 3 Gold Balls, 1 Dark Brown, 1 Mid Brown, 1 Red Berry. The following Green balls 2 Olive, 2 Fern and 2 Bronze Green details are at bottom of page.

Part Balls Left

 

2 Dark Brown 1 Mid Brown, 1 Aran, 1 Gold, 2 Copper, 2 Red Berry, 1 Ginger.

I then checked what colours were at the top of Pictorial Chart 1 that was adjacent to the sides. In both cases the colour was Copper or Orange if you prefer.

I then measured the sides of the previous cape I had made and found them to be roughly 4 inches. I therefore made a test gauge to determine the amount of stitches to cast on.

After a couple of attempts I decided to cast on to 5mm needles 20 stitches plus 2 either end for the Selvedge making 24 stitches in total.

Cast On 24 Stitches

I cast on 24 stitches and knitted 5 rows in stocking stitch just to double check.

Sides Pictorial Chart

I have designed the Pictorial Chart so I can see both sides at once.

Sides Written Chart

I have done the same for the Written Chart.

Both Sides

At this point I am currently knitting the sides simultaneously.

Arrrrrrgggghhh

I have messed up, not sure whether to working whilst tired, not paying attention due to multitasking or just because I am working in reverse.

What I did. This is going to be complicated so here is a reminder of what the 1^st Pictorial Chart looks like.

1^st Pictorial Chart

Left                                                     Right

So therefore I copied the colours on to a new chart for the sides.

Side Pictorial Chart

Left                                                    Right

What I forgot was the sewing edges would not be in the same place especially as when knitting from the top down. At first glance it looks completely fine. However when reading the pattern I didn’t take into account the position of the yarn.

When knitting you usually have the yarn on the right hand side. Somehow I had managed to reverse this at some point – don’t ask me how?  I think I got confused when adding in a colour and started going backwards!

Anyway I ended up having to unravel it back down to the Orange and start again. This time I drew the Chart how it would be with the Sides attached to the back. Therefore I swapped the two sections around so both patterns joining sides be in the right place.

Reversed Pattern Pictorial

 

Reversed Pattern Pictorial and Written.

 

So to recap looking at 1st Pictorial Chart

Pictorial Chart 1 Representation

Joining Side Left    Joining Side Right

The two black lines represent the approximate colour section I am matching (at least down to the first branches).  Now look at the Reversed Chart below.

Pictorial Sides Chart

        

    

Right-hand Side Join         Left-hand Side Join

Here you can see that the sides have now been swapped and are therefore opposite to the Original Chart. If you have problems following this then you will know how I feel trying to work it out!

I think I will leave the blog at this point as the next part will be shaping the sleeve opening.

Green Yarns in Photographs.

Merino Blend DK King Cole 50 g Shade 43 Bronze Green Dye 52153

Merino Blend DK King Cole 50 g Shade 854 Fern Dye 52153

Cygnet Four Ply 50 g Shade 0268 Olive Dye 628030