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electriclandMy tension isn't.
I had suspected this before, but my sample swatch was wildly off on the prescribed 5 mm needles and worked out perfectly on 4 mm. I achieved basically the same effect by yanking the yarn really, really tight on the 5s, but I find this tiring. So 4 mm it is. (Even for the ribbing, which should probably be on even smaller needles, but I'll yank and hope for the best.) The yarn is lovely (I think, from the pictures, that I'm using Terracotta but I'm not positive).
I also think I have mastered the long-tail cast-on, although I'm going to need to refer to the pictures for a long time to come. ;)
The only real trouble here is that I find it very hypnotic, and knit when I should be doing other things like putting the dishes away and sleeping. Ah well.
(Hm. I probably need a knitting icon of some kind.)
I had suspected this before, but my sample swatch was wildly off on the prescribed 5 mm needles and worked out perfectly on 4 mm. I achieved basically the same effect by yanking the yarn really, really tight on the 5s, but I find this tiring. So 4 mm it is. (Even for the ribbing, which should probably be on even smaller needles, but I'll yank and hope for the best.) The yarn is lovely (I think, from the pictures, that I'm using Terracotta but I'm not positive).
I also think I have mastered the long-tail cast-on, although I'm going to need to refer to the pictures for a long time to come. ;)
The only real trouble here is that I find it very hypnotic, and knit when I should be doing other things like putting the dishes away and sleeping. Ah well.
(Hm. I probably need a knitting icon of some kind.)
