http://www.elann.com/Commerce.Web/forums/messages.aspx?TopicID=150613 Elann Community Chat Center - Elann Chat - Silken Kydd - Messages en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Jitbit AspNetForum Fri, 21 May 2010 13:35:06 GMT Fri, 21 May 2010 13:35:06 GMT http://www.elann.com/Commerce.Web/forums/messages.aspx?TopicID=150613 Fri, 21 May 2010 13:35:06 GMT http://www.elann.com/Commerce.Web/forums/messages.aspx?TopicID=150613
Alice
Salt Spring Island]]> Fri, 21 May 2010 08:36:01 GMT http://www.elann.com/Commerce.Web/forums/messages.aspx?TopicID=150613 Got a beautiful delivery of Silken Kydd last week, but boy am I having trouble knitting it up. I knitted the same pattern up with just a pure silk and it came up lovely and no problems. Doing the same pattern with the Silken Kydd and have done nothing but pull out and reknit. I am wasting so much yarn. I think the problem is with the yarn overs on the knit row when I purl on the row coming back. It is so slippery and does not seem to wrap round as clearly as other yarns. If I tried and smooth the fibres down somehow would that make a difference. Maybe rubbing hand cream into my hands and then knitting??? It is such lovely wool and feels just like gossamer, but I am thinking that my shawl will end up being a woolly pocket handkerchief!! HELP!
PS so glad I got a stash in as our aussie dollar is spiralling downwards - darn I wished I'd bought some more!]]> Thu, 20 May 2010 19:20:41 GMT