The Fish Are Kicking My Butt
Sep. 24th, 2005 03:47 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dmarleyThe first time I made a fish blanket, I thought it came out puckered and wavy because I had used two different weights of yarn and tried to make them match with different needle sizes. This was, apparently, not the case. I'm not quite to the end of the first row, and already I see puckered fish in my future.
It's possible that this is due to the fact that the seams are crocheted, not knitted. I'm capable of crocheting, but I'm not terribly experienced and I may be committing some basic crocheting error with the tension or the twists of the stitches and not be able to correct it because I can't see it. Or it could just be that the destiny of this creation is not to lie flat.
One thing that seems to have helped already is to move up two hook sizes. I knit pretty loosely, and typically drop down two needle sizes to get to a suggested gauge. I finally theorized that this doesn't mean that I crochet as loose as I knit, and maybe I should use the crochet hook I *would* use if I were knitting to an "average" gauge. Or something. Anyway, it seems to be helping a bit.
It's possible that this is due to the fact that the seams are crocheted, not knitted. I'm capable of crocheting, but I'm not terribly experienced and I may be committing some basic crocheting error with the tension or the twists of the stitches and not be able to correct it because I can't see it. Or it could just be that the destiny of this creation is not to lie flat.
One thing that seems to have helped already is to move up two hook sizes. I knit pretty loosely, and typically drop down two needle sizes to get to a suggested gauge. I finally theorized that this doesn't mean that I crochet as loose as I knit, and maybe I should use the crochet hook I *would* use if I were knitting to an "average" gauge. Or something. Anyway, it seems to be helping a bit.
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Date: 2005-09-24 10:19 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-09-29 03:26 am (UTC)Over the weekend, out of the blue, a new Snape story came and whapped me in the brain. It's a version of the good old "Snape disappears after Voldemort's defeat" plot, wherein a suitably disguised Snape opens a shop in Knockturn Alley and begins passing information to the Department of Magical Law Enforcement. Hijinks ensue.
Needless to say, I'm not holding my breath about actually finishing it. :)
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Date: 2005-10-05 09:31 pm (UTC)*wants*
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Date: 2005-09-25 06:21 pm (UTC)