Autumn Cape 2016 A long Term Project Hood Part 4

Autumn Cape 2016 A long Term Project Hood Part 4

I left the last Blog at the point I was changing to Moss Stitch and a right pig’s breakfast I made of it too!

Moss Stitch Mess

Whatever I did it kept ending up wrong. The thing was it was part Moss part Rib.  I was puzzled. One or the other I could understand but not both! I had to keep undoing it.

I had to put my thinking head on which wasn’t easy at that time in the morning. Why was it going wrong? I had checked that I was alternating the knits and the purls. I wondered if the Selvedge’s were throwing me out so I omitted them. I made sure that I hadn’t dropped a stitch whilst unravelling so what the hell was wrong?

After knitting and unravelling 3 times I gave up. I thought the answer might come to me after some sleep. It did and I could have kicked myself! It is often the simplest things that cause the problem. I had forgotten that Moss Stitch has an UNEVEN number of stitches. Talk about being an idiot!

Moss Stitch

As you can see in the photograph above it turned out much better.  I did a few rows of Moss Stitch then Cast off.

Hood Cast Off

That is the majority of the Hood knitted apart from embellishments.

A word about embellishments; there are several kinds. I mentioned in the Oakey Doh-Key blog about the Large Oak Leaves I was making of which I need to do some more.

Another kind is embroidery. As well as mending holes with left over bits of wool I also make alterations. The Knitted piece is only the basis for the whole Design. Where I want to add pieces or maybe slightly alter a section I embroider.

Pre-embellishments 1

This is prior to any major alterations. In hindsight I should have taken the photograph further back.

Post-embellishments 1

This is post alterations. The Yellow has been extended and a branch has been added on the Left.

Pre-embellishments 2

These two photographs show the embellishments better.

Post-embellishments 2

There is no longer a piece of branch unattached – due to misreading of the pattern. More needs to be done but I thought I would take some pictures before I forget.

These additions need to be added all over the Cape that has already been knitted. However I will be adding them a bit at a time as and when small pieces of wool become available.