Autumn Cape Bag 2022 Part 59

Autumn Cape Bag 2022 Part 59

Now the Pocket is Cast Off I can start Embroidering the Details.

Tidy the Grey

 

Before I can start adding Detail, I need to do the usual boring Tidying up. I begin Sewing in the loose Ends. Some of the Ends are long enough to Straighten Up some of the Grey Outline.

Eye

 

I have added the Eye. This is so I can use it as an Anchor Point. If I know where the Eye is, I can better work out where to place the rest of the Embellishments.

If you look carefully at the above photograph near the Eye, you might spot a divot in the Nose. It is the result of changing a round drawing to a chart. I have to change it back again.

Secure Tail

 

I Secure the Wool for the Tail at the back. I have chosen a Dark Grey colour. I will be doing a small part of the Tail before I continue with the Light Grey.

Add Legs

 

I have Embroidered enough of the Tail to work out how far it will go down the Pocket. I can now add the Legs knowing that they will not be interfered with by the Tail.

Rat Tail

 

That is the Tail finished. I have also been around and completed the Outline of the Light Grey.

Autumn Cape Bag 2022 Part 58

 Autumn Cape Bag 2022 Part 58

I have reached the part where I need to start really concentrating.

Begin Grey

I Begin to add the Grey Wool that will form the Basis for the Rat.

Shorten Rat

As soon as I started to add the Grey Wool, I could see that the Pattern needed to be Altered. I am having to Remove a good five Stitches from the Chart. I note this in Ink so I will not make a mistake in Counting.

More Shortening

After Removing five Stitches towards the Rear of the Rat, I realise that I am also going to have to Remove some towards the Head. Again, I highlight this in Ink.

It is getting very complicated to keep track of the number of Stitches to be Knitted in which Colour. I may have to do some adjusting by eye as well as using the Chart.

Cast Off Pocket

I have finally managed to finish the Chart and Cast off the Pocket. How well I have done will be discovered when I start adding the details.

Autumn Cape Bag 2022 Part 7

Autumn Cape Bag 2022 Part 7

It should be simple but it is getting rather complicated.

Third Stitch Holder

 

Unbelievably I still cannot get the Stitches off and have to add a Third Stitch Holder. This is towards the Front End of the Stitches that I need to remove.

I slide the Forward Stitches onto the Third (Gold) Stitch Holder. Then I can pull the Needle and First (Grey) Stitch Holder back and leave half the Stitches on the Second (Blue) Holder. Finally I can slip the Stitches from the Third Holder to the Second.

15 Stitches

 

If you could follow all that I now have 15 Stitches on the Blue Stitch Holder. That is half the battle done. At this point I Cut the Wool leaving a long Tail.

Lift off Stitches

 

I now move onto the second part of Stitches at the other side of the Wool Marker. This is going to be much easier. This is because the Stitches will be the right way for Knitting.

I push the Stitch Holder through the 15 Stitches. I then lift them off with a Needle.

30 Stitches

 

I have now put the Stitches back on to the Blue Stitch Holder. You can see the End of the Tail in between the two lots of 15 Stitches. This makes 30 Stitches in Total.

After doing all that I need a break before I move onto the next part.

Vhere there is a Vill there is a Vay! 2019 Part 3

Vhere there is a Vill there is a Vay! 2019 Part 3

I carried on Knitting the Head Lights in Light Grey.

Dark Grey Wheel

 

The Spare Wheel I did in the Dark Grey as the Pattern stated.

Threading Light Grey

After I realised my mistake with the colours I decided to keep all the lights Light Grey. Instead of having more loose ends I threaded the Yarn through like before.

Left Light

I found a problem with the Pattern. On the Left Side facing the Pattern it shows 2 lots of Red Stitches.

Right Light

On the Right Side facing it shows 1 lot of Red Stitches. Incidentally I found it quite ironic when the flash from the camera decided to be on the Indicators.

I decided to Knit both sides the same. I had enough to contend without making things for difficult.

Miscounted White Stitches

Another mistake. I miscounted the number of Stitches. I have had to adjust the Pattern slightly.

Vhere there is a Vill there is a Vay! 2019 Part 2

Vhere there is a Vill there is a Vay! 2019 Part 2

Now the piece is actually beginning to look like knitting.

Grey 8.5 Inches

Since I have slightly altered the pattern I thought it would be a good idea to have a record of what I was doing. This is roughly 8.5 Inches.

Starting the Tyres

After I have used one whole Ball of Grey Yarn I started on the Tyres with the Black Yarn.

Adding the White

Once the Tyres were finished I could start on the Van’s Bumper.

All of a Tangle

The problem with adding all these Balls of Yarn is they have a tendency to knit themselves into a Tangle.

Tangle Tidied

Before I carried on I thought I better have a tidy up. I untangled the Grey and White Yarn; cut off the Black Yarn and sewed in the ends.

Long Gap

The Bumper didn’t take long to do so I started adding the Red Yarn. There was a bit of a Long Gap between two parts I needed to do.

Threading Through

Rather than adding another Ball or leaving a long Loop I decided to Thread the Yarn through the back of the Stitches.

Wrong Colour

Darn it! I have made a mistake. I have accidentally used the same Grey for the Headlights as I have for the Background.