Nora's shrug-like pattern is making me nervous.
I think I'm up to my 5th pentagon and the lack of schematics with the pattern means that I can't really check whether I'm on the right track. Sure mine match up to the measurements of the side of pentagon as shown in the pattern, but I still feel very nervous. I had to substitute yarn which I'm sure a lot of people are doing and I think I chose one that is a little too flimsy. It's a wool/silk blend (70%/30%) that I like, but I should have gone with the wool/alpaca blend instead. I went against all my instincts and just kept on knitting. I do have reservations about the fit of the sweater (especially the under arm area - it even looks squishy on the model) and nothing makes me more nervous than spending all this time knitting little pentagons that you join together rather than something in one-piece that you can try on as you go. I'm thinking aloud.
Also after finishing the first two pentagons and proudly holding them up and showing Darin - he immediately made me hold it against my chest area because..... well they do look like chest pasties. It's been a fun knit so far though (well, except for all the accompanying nervousness) - oh make sure you like casting on LOTS of stitches before you start this project - you need to cast on over 130 sts with every pentagon (so that's like 11 times). Bad Mom, Good Mom knit her pentagons in the round and they look great!!
BTW, the new Rebecca magazine (No. 33 - spring and summer 2007) is out, but nothing really grabs me - at all. Good I can save my money.
I liked the brown preview section the best - i.e. the tank and the bell-sleeve crochet(?) top. Maybe I'll wear brown and orange/yellow to work tomorrow.
I agree -- nothing in the new Rebecca grabbed me either. Indeed, it will be a money-saver.
Posted by: Gina | January 23, 2007 at 01:07 AM
Damn, the pictures are so small on the Rebecca website, I can't decide whether I like it or not! I guess I saved myself $16 (well, unless I get my hands on an actual mag, flip through it, and decide I like it!).
Good luck with the pentagons! It looks like a tough pattern...
Posted by: Veronique | January 23, 2007 at 02:02 AM
ack, i hope your cardigan woes work out. :/ it would be a bummer to have wasted your efforts. . . hopefully it'll come out fine. *crosses fingers*
Posted by: Sandra | January 23, 2007 at 12:05 PM
Please could you tell me where the pattern from Nora Gaughan that you pictured can be found? Thankyou so much.
I've ordered the Fitted Knits book too, and the Big City Knits!
Posted by: vanessa | January 26, 2007 at 03:36 AM
eek. Just take a deep breath and keep on knitting!
Posted by: frecklegirl jess | January 29, 2007 at 03:42 PM
I am knitting the capecho too. After 2 pentagons, I washed and blocked them and the "pointiness" went away. Whew! A close call. I think it depends on the qualities of the yarn you are using though. I have had the unfortunate experience of a yarn substitution ruining a project. Grr. Good luck, and can't wait to see pictures!
Posted by: Evonne | January 31, 2007 at 07:35 AM