Comments on: Fair Isle Repeat Offenders

By: twostrands

twostrands — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 19:21:29 +0000

The most significant point, from a knitter’s perspective, is that an odd-numbered repeat will leave you with different motifs that do not line up well at both the sides and the shoulders.

By: Recruiting

Recruiting — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 17:39:08 +0000

Somehow i missed the point. Probably lost in translation Anyway … nice blog to visit.

cheers, Recruiting
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By: Alicia

Alicia — Sun, 11 May 2008 01:10:00 +0000

Thanks so much for the tutorial. You saved me from an odd number chart disaster on my resized Rosecalie. I can now cast on without fear.

By: twostrands

twostrands — Mon, 05 May 2008 15:23:45 +0000

“Thomasean”, as long as you place the center of your motif on each side (faux) seam and as long as your increases are symmetrical on each side of those side seams, your top-down Fair Isle raglan stands a good chance of being magnificent!

By: Thomasean

Thomasean — Mon, 05 May 2008 14:55:46 +0000

Am I on a hopeless chase…looking for a “Fair Isle” pattern or motif that can be manipulated on a top down raglan sweater at the sleeve increases so that the motif won’t look bizzare and the sweater look homemade.

I’m looking at using 2 strands of Kauni for the colorwork.

Thanks for the lesson on Fair Isle

By: twostrands

twostrands — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 18:16:08 +0000

Hi Marina! Yep, I saw that, too - for instance, on the 1st size, 3 sts shy of the side “seam” st, they had you place 11 sts on a holder for the armhole base. So, to the front side of the central side st, you’d have 3 sts, then, going towards the back, past the central side st, you’d have 7 sts. Not good. It’s no secret that misprints can occur, so hopefully, rather than following the Vogue instructions verbatim, some folks saw the obvious midline in the motifs for the armhole placement and placed their steeks symmetrically around those points. But even if they did that, the odd numbered repeat sizes would still be doomed to those mismatches at the shoulders. But in AS’s original verion, Oregon remains one of my favorites.

By: Marina

Marina — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 16:47:01 +0000

Hi Mary Ann,

Part of the problem with Vogue’s version of Oregon is that the armholes were brought forward. Strange, but the body was not dissected into 4 equal sections, like you show in your diagrams.