Stitchboard Admin message #287
Re: Tunisian gauge
February 10, 2014 at 11:19:36 PM  (in response to BetwixtTheStitch message #1)
 
Sherry,

Wow, that's super...now you've got someone to hand sew for you!    LOL, probably one of the more tedious things, but if she likes it, why not?!

I understand not being able to take pics...it's so hard to get good ones, isn't it?    I fight and struggle...I swear, things must move around when we're not looking, because they're harder to photograph than furchildren! 

Awwww!    Sounds like a good reason to not get pics! 

LOL, thanks for the breath holding and finger crossing!    I got started on a second one of set #3, but didn't get as much as halfway in, so that's the next "TV watching" task!

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Stitchboard Admin message #289
Re: Tunisian gauge
February 11, 2014 at 7:41:52 PM  (in response to BetwixtTheStitch message #3)
 
Sherry,

Wow, that looks fantastic - great job! 

The sides don't look all that uneven, but with the inherent wonkiness of TKS, I completely agree with pulling a row of sc there.  That flimsy outside strand is just asking to be pulled out of shape, but with a sc securing it, it will have a nice, firm edge.

It definitely looks bulky.  It doesn't look at all like WW!  I think that was the perfect call to go with the P hook.  The I hook would make it like cardboard.  I may have used an H, which is smaller, but it's close enough to know it's too small.  And there's very little difference between H and I, but a clear difference between I and P sizes!  Just looking at the two side by side shows how different they are.

Do you think you'll be able to get a close enough dye lot?  I don't trust the "no dye lot" yarns anymore since I had so much trouble with them. 

Thanks for the encouragement!    No TV last night (at least nothing on that I watch) so I didn't get anything new done at all. 

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Stitchboard Admin message #291
Re: Tunisian gauge
February 12, 2014 at 6:13:31 PM  (in response to BetwixtTheStitch message #5)
 
Sherry,

Oh, yeah, I'd forgotten about the slip stitch...I definitely think that would make the perfect edging! 

Is the scarf at a stage where you could bring it to the store without messing it up?  That's my suggestion.  I've tried with scraps...sigh, I can never tell with something that's too small.

One that drove me crazy was a blue yarn for a baby blanket, because I had bought the yarns years before I finished it, so the second purchase was many years apart.    I tried so hard to match the scraps and finally had to take the entire bloody thing to the store.  The match was close, but not perfect...thankfully, not enough to tell, though I did sweat it out!

I take it Friday is cricket time? 

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Stitchboard Admin message #293
Re: Tunisian gauge
February 13, 2014 at 6:19:12 PM  (in response to BetwixtTheStitch message #7)
 
Sherry,

Yeah, unfortunately, that would be my suggestion, just take the whole thing so you can really see how good the match is.  It's so infuriating that the dye lots don't always match, because I believe most (if not all) acrylics are considered "no dye lot," but that doesn't mean they all match!    I'm so glad you've been lucky with that in the past! 

Gotta love that cricket time! 

Tardis blanket?  Please do tell!    I don't remember talking about this before...but with my lousy memory, it's not surprising we may have already. 

Blue is incredibly difficult to match.    That's the color - a dark blue - where I had two or three entirely different shades of what was allegedly no dye lot!    I hope the blanket isn't so big and bulky by now that it will cause problems?!

Well, I've had no more progress on dishcloths, sigh.  No TV, no dishcloths.  It's not conducive to working, say, here at my desk, and I don't want to do this at the dinner table or anything like that!    So watching TV is really the best time, and if nothing is on, nothing gets done. 

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Stitchboard Admin message #295
Re: Tunisian gauge
February 14, 2014 at 11:45:18 PM  (in response to BetwixtTheStitch message #9)
 
Sherry,

I'm glad you have some of the blue left over to take with you!    I agree...that really should make it easier than dragging the entire thing over there!

I'm not positive, but I think the blue I bought is RH Royal Blue.    I hope you'll be taking pics of the blanket, because it sounds awesome!  Love the idea of something inspired by the Tardis!  

I think it's going to look particularly nice in TKS.  And I agree that TSS would give it a textural contrast...if the gauge doesn't work out, you could always try TPS or something. 

Ouch, sitting at the table sounds kind of painful!    Or maybe it sounds that way mostly because my back has been hurting so much lately.    Though I agree with going where the light is the best!

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Stitchboard Admin message #297
Re: Tunisian gauge
February 15, 2014 at 6:38:07 PM  (in response to BetwixtTheStitch message #11)
 
Sherry,

I'm so glad you were able to match the blue with no visible difference!    (Though how about I cross my toes instead, okay?  I can't type with my fingers crossed and can still walk with my toes crossed!  )

So then are you going with L or N for TSS?

Oooh, are those the padded chairs?  The chairs I find most uncomfortable for my back are the wooden ones.  My former neighbor had those, and wow, I was in so much pain when I'd go to leave!  They really messed up my back, and that was even before I had back problems!

Wow, the mid back...no way, me too!  I have both lower and mid-back problems, though thankfully not always both at the same time.  I'm so glad you didn't have back pain while you were there!    It really doesn't seem to matter where the pain is located...back pain is the worst!  

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Stitchboard Admin message #299
Re: Tunisian gauge
February 16, 2014 at 6:56:15 PM  (in response to BetwixtTheStitch message #13)
 
Sherry,

I'm so glad you can work it out to keep the size "uniform"!    And especially being able to use the K hook, since it's a much more "common" size. 

Let me know how that works out, as I may have some ideas and am very interested in hearing how it goes!    LOL, "playtime" will not happen soon enough!    Sigh.  Sadly, I'm still on the ascending side of the mountain of dishcloths and won't see the other side until...I don't know when, so experimentation, "playtime," will be delayed indefinitely. 

Wow, a plastic lawn chair?!  I tried one of those (early on in a move, no other chairs available ), and man, that sure racked me up!  I'm so glad it was the opposite for you!    Hey, when something works...it works!  And the price is right on those, too.    What's cool is if you don't like the way it looks, you can always make a cover for it.  I've seen really pretty knitted ones and there are probably crochet patterns, too...or you could just do your own thing! 

Unfortunately, my back can barely handle those chairs for sitting on while outside. 

Ooh, so those memory foam mattress toppers work?    Do tell! 

Glad to hear you got one for yourself, since it helped your back!  

I'm anxious to hear what you have to say about those...wondering if maybe that would help us...both of us have bad backs, sigh, plus he has hip problems now (maybe arthritis) and I've woken up with both hip pain and leg pain.  It may be our mattress...I really don't know. 

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