{"id":1061,"date":"2011-08-21T00:19:19","date_gmt":"2011-08-20T14:19:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.randomknits.net\/?p=1061"},"modified":"2011-08-21T00:19:19","modified_gmt":"2011-08-20T14:19:19","slug":"fancy-schmancy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/?p=1061","title":{"rendered":"Fancy Schmancy"},"content":{"rendered":"

So a few months ago, I was at work<\/a> and the new Rowan magazine had come in. (Issue 49<\/a>)
\nBefore I even opened the magazine, I knew what I wanted to make. Not the front cover garment, but the one on the back cover.
\nFancy<\/a>.
\nLove at first sight. I immediately picked out the yarn, Kidsilk Haze in “Heavenly”, and there it sat for a little while until I’d finished some of the projects already on the needles.
\nAnd while it was eventually cast on, it wasn’t a quick knit. For a variety of reasons – it wasn’t any good for knitting in company, so it didn’t come along to work, or to knitting groups. When we went away on holiday for a week, I didn’t take it along, it was a little too complex for car knitting. And I just don’t get as much time to knit as I used to!
\nBut eventually, it was done.
\nAnd the love hasn’t diminished.
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\nSpecs:
\nPattern: Fancy<\/a> by Erika Knight, published in Rowan 49.
\nYarn: Kidsilk Haze in Heavenly, 4 balls, purchased at Calico & Ivy, Balmain.
\nSize: Small
\nNeedles: 3.5mm
\nMods: None. I had to go down to a 3.5mm needle to get the correct tension, the pattern calls for 4.5mm. Everything else was done exactly to the pattern.
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\nIt’s not an easy pattern, but it wasn’t too bad. Having said that, I love lace, and I love complex knitting. Your mileage may vary! It’s a four row repeat, one of which is a plain knit row, but there are lots of K5 together, make 5 in one, that sort of thing. And you need to be able to keep track of your lace patterning while shaping.
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\nHave I mentioned that I love it? And I love, love, love Kidsilk Haze. It’s like knitting with a cloud – and the jumper is surprisingly warm considering how light it is.
\nA pattern appropriately named Fancy, knit in a yarn shade called Heavenly. What’s not to love?!?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So a few months ago, I was at work and the new Rowan magazine had come in. (Issue 49) Before I even opened the magazine, I knew what I wanted to make. Not the front cover garment, but the one on the back cover. Fancy. Love at first sight. I immediately picked out the yarn, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1061","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1061","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1061"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1061\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}