Finally on track!
Yesterday I finally got the finest yarn I could afford (I really wanted a merino blend, but I got a nice enough superwash wool instead) and got down to business, probably just in time to watch you all finish. I'm starting to realize that I will have to make it longer than what the pattern suggests, since I'm too tall for regular sizes, but that won't be a problem. What bothers me a bit is that I don't have the right gauge, heightwise. In stockinette, which I think would be equal to a stretched godron, I get about 26 instead of the 32 recommended. It's not a problem now, and I think the pt fantasie will be OK, but what happens when I get to the raglan shaping? Is there anyone else who shares my problem?
posted by Linster @ 3:05 AM
2 Comments:
Hi! I looked up Pure Laine (the recommended yarn), and the gauge for stockinette stitch with needles 3,5 is 21 st x 30 rows is 4 x 4 inches. So perhaps you'd want to change needles to get the right gauge.
Hi Linster. It's great that you are getting started. As far as the row gauge, I'd swatch the godron before deciding anything - it doesnt' act anything like stockinette or reverse stockinette, more like a horizontal rib.
And unless you are really long from the bustline to the neck, you won't need to change the raglan shaping at all - just add length between the end of the fantasie and the beginnning of the raglan shaping. I added about 1 1/2", I wish I could say it was intentional, but Not, anyway, I'm glad I did. I'm 5'9 and it is just right with the added length there.
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