Reality set in quickly after I finished another block of color on the Campus Scarf. The number of ends to weave in would be ginormous. So I tried weaving some in. I was brilliant and cut the ends short so I could see how it'd act. (Better now than later, I suppose.) Thanks to the slippery beauty that is Mission Falls wool, the ends just pop right out. So a-rippin' I did go, and I shall start over. (If possible. I've had a bad weekend because I'm stressed out and so I'm having a drink and I'm already a little fuzzy around the edges.) Next time I'm going to duplicate stitch the ends in. Then I'm going to secure them with either identically-colored thread or some fray-check. I imagine that either way, I'll still have noticeable ends, but at least they won't be going anywhere.
It irritates me, though, that they'd pick such an obviously impossible-to-get-perfect scarf in this book, though. There is absolutely no one in the world who can weave in five billion ends on a scarf and make them all invisible. The fact that zero ends are visible in the pictures makes me feel lied to.
In other news, people have complained about the Winter Vogue Knitting, further proving that I always hold the opinion that isn't the norm, cause I love it. I almost bought it, and am regretting not buying it, but maybe Yarnzilla will have a copy when I stop by, someday (when I hear that the Koigu's in). I love the flower scarves. And the plaid scarf pattern is nice (though I'm sure it's annoying). And I love the cabled jackets and want to make one for me out of Paton's Classic Merino or - even better - this slippery-yet-yummy Mission Falls wool.
P.S. I finally met Knit Wit. BLECH. The format's difficult to deal with (all that flipping back and forth!). And I don't care if the designer's got to rework stuff - selling patterns that are available for free on the website just doesn't seem right. There are even BETTER patterns on the website, for that matter.
Tipper @ 6:05 PM * link
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