A Twist In The Tail 2025 Part 9

 A Twist In The Tail 2025 Part 9

Last time I had Spotted a Fault in my Knitting. Here’s what happened Next.

Try to Redo

I have tried half a dozen times to right this but it isn’t having it and the Stitches are beginning to Stretch.

Unwind

I have given up. I have had to Unwind practically all of the Yellow Yarn. I have managed to keep one Row.

Compare with Tail

I have Knitted a few more Stripes and now I am checking the Width and Length against the Tail. I have done some Counting and Marked with Yellow Yarn

Middle Cast Off

Having made my Markers I Knit to the first one. I then Proceed to Cast Off. I then Start Knitting again only this time I use another Needle of the same Size.

Split in Twain

I have Split the Fin in Twain.

A Twist In The Tail 2025 Part 8

A Twist In The Tail 2025 Part 8

Now I have finished the Tail and broken the back of the project I am quite looking forward to the next Section.

Fin Begins

Here we have yet another Yarn. The Tail Bag had been reasonably muted colour wise. I am going to go all out for the Fin.

Red Start

I had been toying with the idea of picking up the Stitches of the Bag and carrying on. However I have decided against it as it is already so Heavy. Consequently I have Cast on 120 Stitches.

If my memory serves me the Tail was 180 Stitches in total. That makes it 90 each side. These extra Stitches should help create a wave look. This should be accentuated by using a Plain Knit Stitch.

Knit Front and Back

I thought a Bright Yellow would go nice next to the Red. I have Knitted a two Rows. I am Increasing with a Forward and Back at each end.of this next Row.

Which Way

Hell. I had finished the Yellow and started back with the Red when the Stiches came off. I don’t normally just use a Plain only Stitch so not sure which way to Pick them up.

Sneaky Pearl

Lots of rude naughty words!. Now I am in better light I can see that I have Picked up wrongly. A couple of Pearl Stitches have Sneakily snuck into the mix. I need to try and sort this before continuing.

A Twist In The Tail 2025 Part 7

 A Twist In The Tail 2025 Part 7

Finally getting to the End of this Section.

Double Increase

I need to Increase it even more. I decided to do a Double Increase in the White. I should have around 320 Stitches

Double Check

I didn’t Increase anymore in the Grey. I have now changed to my last colour which is the Multi I knitted one Row and then Double Checked the Count. 

It is 321 so I am going to have to Decrease by 1 by Knitting 2 together. Otherwise I will have the wrong amount of Stitches to start the Rib.

Cast Off Rib

I have made the Rib roughly half the size of the other Stripes. I then Cast Off then removed any spare bits of Yarn and Sewed in any tails.

Stripey Bag

By now you must all be curious as to what the hell this is supposed to be. The reason I hadn’t said is because it is a Birthday Surprise for my Boyfriend.

This Stripey Bag is the top half of a Mermaid or should I say Merman Blanket. He is six foot two hence the length. Next is the Fin part of the Tail.

A Twist In The Tail 2025 Part 6

 A Twist In The Tail 2025 Part 6

Ok I have to admit I am not sure what I did with the Photographs, seem to have some doubles and others missing. I am having difficulty trying to remember what I did.

Increase by 5

I have Increased after every 5 Stitches. This has brought the total on the Needle to 266. I did this by Knitting back and forward through the Loop. As you can see the Holes are far smaller.

I have also added the Grey I will Increase when I have done some more Rows

Sew Tails

I don’t want to Knit too much otherwise I will have difficulty Sewing in the Tails.

Go Over White

The Weight of the Yarn has made the Holes bigger. Therefore I have had to go back and Go Over the White. I am just doing a simple Looping Stitch.

Stronger if not Tidier

This might look a bit messy but at least it is Stronger. I will have to do something at a later date to make it more aesthetic

Multi Chunky

After Strengthening, I continued on with the Grey and Increased after every 10 Stitches. This brought me to 281 Stitches (I think).

I then changed to Multi Chunky. After half a dozen Rows I did another Increase after every 15. My final total is 297 Stitches on my Needle.  I am going to repeat all three colours once with out Increasing anymore and see how it looks.