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January 25, 2007 2 min read
So, I have had this thing on my needles and 90 percent complete since I went to
Here is me, gathering the courage to dump $100 worth of Touch Me into a sudsy bath
And here is the capelet after a quick wash (no spin) and a tumble dry.(with several towels that now have a lovely pink hue – yes, it will fade on whatever else is in the wash)You can see that the loose strands ofTouch Me have lost all their chenille and are now bald little strands of limp wool.I can see why the tell you to felt the piece before you drop the stitches. Now, about dropping those stitches.The instructions inform me that I must knit 5 stitches and slip two stitches from the left hand needle, graft those live stitches to the cast on stitches, and unravel the dropped stitches down to the cast on row.Here’s where the real chutzpah comes in.I first unravel one stitch.Despite my fears, it doesn’t unravel into the open area, but rather turns the corner of my short row and makes its way around the square to the cast on row.I do this between each opening.And it looks pretty good.But wait, didn’t I slip two stitches off the needle as I knit that last row?Yes, and there it is waiting to be dropped with its neighbor.And so I do.I’m not sure I like how open this second dropped stitch makes the capelet look.But I forge bravely on.Aaagh.This thing is so fragile looking, and bears little resemblance to the lovely photo published by our friends at XRX.And here’s a picture of my mannequin wearing the capelet.I’m planning on wearing this thing to the Kennedy Center next month, and I'll try to remember to take a photo.
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