carefree and careful ([info]missderinger) wrote in [info]knitting,
2005-01-12 09:15:00
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pattern corrections?

okay, so last week I made the ubernatural cardigan from Magknits--it's a stephanie japel pattern, and I really like most of the things I have seen of hers, and once I messed with the pattern, it came out beautifully. I had a few pretty frustrating problems when I started....the number of stitches in the directions just didn't add up to the number of stitches you were supposed to have on the needles, etc, so I spent a while re-writing it more clearly.

basically, it would say something like: make buttonhole, knit 7, yo....and if you followed it like it said, you would be about a dozen stitches short because what it meant was to include the 5 stitches needed in making the buttonhole in the knit 7, so you were really making the buttonhole, knitting 2, yo, etc. it was confusing.

the girls at my SnB think that I should email magknits with the revised pattern, and explain. I think thats tacky, but I really like the cardigan and think more people should make it because once you figure the damned thing out it's really simple and cute. and on big needles, so it's fastfastfast.


what do you think?


[I swear that someday I will get my internet at home fixed, and then I will post about a million FOs and stop with the text-only posts! I know we all just want to look at pictures.]

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[info]dg76

January 12 2005, 07:25:55 UTC 7 years ago

if i were the designer, i'd have no problem with someone sending me an email explaining where they had problems and how it might be clearer. chances are, other people also encountered the same thing, and i know if i had a pattern online i'd want as many people who wanted to making the item and not being scared off because of something that i could change really easily.

it's not like you're going to be sending her hate mail, at least it doesn't sound like it :)

[info]shewillbetray

January 12 2005, 07:30:16 UTC 7 years ago

i agree... especially since you made the comment about how much you like the cardigan.

[info]missderinger

January 12 2005, 07:32:59 UTC 7 years ago

okay. I'll email them soon, then. thanks so much, both of you! I really didn't want to come off as being snooty or anything.

[info]ladyofthelog

January 12 2005, 07:38:19 UTC 7 years ago

And Stefanie has an LJ - [info]glampyre - why don't you ask her?

[info]missderinger

January 12 2005, 07:40:04 UTC 7 years ago

hey, now that's a much easier solution!

[info]ladyofthelog

January 12 2005, 07:51:30 UTC 7 years ago

:)

[info]tashabear

January 12 2005, 07:30:44 UTC 7 years ago

I know we all just want to look at pictures.

No. Not all of us. Sorry.

[info]missderinger

January 12 2005, 07:32:03 UTC 7 years ago

hey, I'm not sorry--I just feel bad because I always post with questions and never show the finished results for people to see that I do manage to get through and complete the projects and learn things!

[info]hfnuala

January 12 2005, 07:47:29 UTC 7 years ago

To be honest (and I love the pictures too!) I actually get more from a technical question which makes me think than the 100th picture that week of a scarf. So never apologise for not having a picture.

[info]ceruleanblue3

January 12 2005, 10:58:32 UTC 7 years ago

Me too. I joined for the discussions; i often skip pic posts.

[info]jessicaem

January 12 2005, 07:32:46 UTC 7 years ago

I think you should tell them. If a lot of others try the pattern, get frustrated, and give up, they might stop going to Magknits, and that's not what Magknits wants.

[info]juldea

January 12 2005, 08:00:59 UTC 7 years ago

It's an ---- (er, that was your real name, but maybe you don't want it in print) in the knitting community! Yay! Whatcha been up to?

[info]missderinger

January 12 2005, 08:06:37 UTC 7 years ago

hey, I don't care. my last name is in my username, for crying out loud!

man, I've been in this knitting community forevverrr and keep feeling like a fool because every time I post it's because I have a silly question, even though I swear I'm a competent knitter! I've basically been up to these things: 1. knitting. 2. working at the library. 3. making art. you?

[info]juldea

January 12 2005, 08:36:41 UTC 7 years ago

I've only been in the community a few months, so I haven't had time to accrue my quota of stupid questions, but give me time! I seem to be doing well at explaining to others how combined knitting works, though! :)

I'm here in Boston, working a crap secretary job at a hospital, knitting (yay!), dipping my toe into the SCA, and dating a nice boy for a year now!

[info]geekpixie

January 12 2005, 08:16:49 UTC 7 years ago

I think that someone brought this up to her, and it was an issue with the way she did one of the stitches (yo perhaps) vs. how they did it (not saying anything was right or wrong, it was just the method) but hearing it from someone else might help clarify it for her too =)

And I love pictures too, but technical questions bring the best discussions!

[info]missderinger

January 12 2005, 08:24:20 UTC 7 years ago

I commented on her lj telling her that I had made the pattern, and loved it, but had a few confusions--because it really is a lovely fitted cardigan, and a very flexible pattern. I think the primary problem came from (a) not clarifying the distribution of stitches in pattern, and (b) her saying "yo, pass marker, yo" meant "move yarn to front, knit one, pass marker, move yarn to front, knit one." but that's easily understood. I had a lot of troubles with what yos were when I first was introduced to them, but having made several patterns incorporating them, it seems like some people just treat the knitted stitch following a yo as assumed, while others clarify. oh, drama of knitting! it wasn't until I read a fab-o discussion on here about yos that I really understood what they were and exactly how they worked when paired with other stitches.

[info]venus8899

January 12 2005, 08:52:01 UTC 7 years ago

Well, I know I've been meaning to make Ubernatural and would love a revision...I'm sure a lot of other people would too. Is it possible to contact the designer and tell her what you found wrong/difficult with the pattern? I'm sure she'd love to know.

[info]missderinger

January 12 2005, 09:04:20 UTC 7 years ago

I commented on her lj. If you want, I can simply email you my revised pattern--what size are you planning to make?

[info]venus8899

January 12 2005, 11:21:32 UTC 7 years ago

Probably the small or medium. Are the measurements given in the pattern the finished measurements or to fit a 35, 40, etc inch measurement?

[info]missderinger

January 13 2005, 12:17:12 UTC 7 years ago

the finished measurements, I believe. I'm 32" around under the arms, and the small fits me perfectly. do you want me to email you the pattern?

[info]venus8899

January 14 2005, 11:26:59 UTC 7 years ago

I'd say the small would work, I'd love it if you'd email me the pattern: wtranchemontagne at clarku dot edu. Thanks!

[info]venus8899

January 19 2005, 12:19:39 UTC 7 years ago

did you ever send that pattern? did I give you the right email address?

[info]missderinger

January 19 2005, 18:04:16 UTC 7 years ago

I haven't! I'm so bad. I keep forgetting to bring it with me to work, and that's where I have internet access right now. :-( I promise to send it tomorrow.
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