Today I started a second rib warmer so I can get the sizing issue down before the class starts on March 1st. Gwen is on her third one, and she helped me figure out how many stitches to add. You have to be so careful, because just one inch worth of stitches, in this case, five, will add four inches on to the circumference of the garment and ten rows onto the length. The temptation is to add more on. So I'm forcing myself to think differently than I had in the past; could this mean that I am understanding EZ??? Let's not get carried away.....
One interesting idea occurred to me yesterday; Cat Bordi was on Knitty Gritty, explaining the mobieus cast on. Epiphany! All she was doing was the same maneuver I had done and had tried to teach my blanket students for the provisional cast on, only rather than using waste yarn, she was casting around the doubled loop of a long, circular needle. I can't wait to finish all these projects we need for classes so I can begin a mobieus.
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