Autumn Cape 2016 A long Term Project Hood Part 2

Autumn Cape 2016 A long Term Project Hood Part 2

Third Time Lucky 

That was the point at which I left the Hood Part 1. After a series of mistakes I finally sorted out how to Design and make a Pictorial and Written Chart of the Hood.

Double Sheet Restart

For simplicity sake remember that the Pictorial chart shows how the Hood will look when knitted (Left to Right). The Written Chart shows the process of knitting (Right to Left).

Since the actual designing process has been pretty much covered in previous blogs I won’t bother with the details. Therefore I will skip forward to several weeks of knitting. My word this part of the cape is taking it’s time.

Hood First 60 Rows Pictorial Chart

As you can see in the above photograph I have gone back to making the colours very bold. This is due to the fact that I was really having trouble distinguishing some of the colours. 

Now it is easier to see but the down side is I am fast wearing down some of the pencils. I will need to buy some more of them as well as wool at this rate.

Hood First 60 Rows Written Chart

The reason I have decided to publish Part 2 at this point is because it breaks up very nicely as 60 Rows Stocking Stitch (60 Plain and 60 Purl = 120 in total) fills one A4 Written Chart when only counting the Knit Rows.

Hood First 60 Rows Knitted

This is the Hood so far. You may notice at the top that I have started using Knitting Bobbins – not to be confused with Lace Bobbins. I thought I would give them a go and thereby hopefully not have so much tangled wool.

This idea worked well apart from the fact that I only bought a pack of 10 which I soon found that though useful as a trial it was quite inadequate for the task and I need many more.

However since these Bobbins are made of plastic I am not entirely sure I want to buy any more as I prefer natural materials

Hood First 60 Rows Left Hand Side Close up

Hood First 60 Rows Middle Close up

Hood First 60 Rows Right Hand Side Close up

From this point on I shall begin to decrease the Hood. I will let you know how I get on.

If anybody knows where I can find Knitting Bobbins that aren’t made of plastic please drop me a line in the comments.