{"id":278,"date":"2010-09-06T11:41:03","date_gmt":"2010-09-06T10:41:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.maya-b.com\/?p=278"},"modified":"2010-09-06T11:41:03","modified_gmt":"2010-09-06T10:41:03","slug":"what-a-difference-the-tension-makes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maya-b.com\/?p=278","title":{"rendered":"What a difference the tension makes"},"content":{"rendered":"

My beautiful Labyrinth is slowly coming along, but I have to admit; this project would be finished by now, if I only had considered making a swatch (which I never do). Now, the pattern calls for a yarn that has one tension when knitted up, another one when it\u2019s finished and blocked. And of course the pattern recommends that you keep this in mind and make a swatch, measure it, then wash it, block it and measure it again. The tension is supposed to be 24 sts\/30 rows in 4\u201d before wash, and 20 sts\/26 rows in 4\u201d after. This would have been easy enough if it had not been for the simple fact that I wanted to use a completely different yarn for this sweater, and that my yarn\u2019s tension is 20 sts\/32 rows in 4\u201d before wash. I still have no idea what the tension will be after wash, which remains to be seen. Did I make a swatch? No, I didn\u2019t. \u201dClose enough!\u201d I thought considering the tension and started my project. In Norway we have this expression called \u201dto bite one\u2019s own leg\u201d, and I sure did. Look at this picture<\/a>, this is how the sleeve is suppose to look like. Now look at my picture, the left sleeve is how it came out following the pattern, as you can see I got the tension completely wrong. The right sleeve though, is the one I have adjusted to fit my yarn, and I\u2019m pretty pleased with the result. So now I only have to rip up the short sleeve and make it right, and then of course finish the neckline edging, before I can finally wear my \u201csexy summer project\u201d, which now is renamed the more appropriate \u201cthe sexy fall project\u201d. Let this be a lesson to all of you; make a swatch! (As for me, I probably won\u2019t bother next time around…) <\/p>\n

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Det g\u00e5r sakte men sikkert fremover med min lekre Labyrinth, men jeg m\u00e5 allikevel innr\u00f8mme at det kunne ha g\u00e5tt s\u00e5 mye fortere. Hadde jeg bare laget en pr\u00f8velapp f\u00f8rst, s\u00e5 hadde jeg antagelig v\u00e6rt ferdig for lenge siden. Dette m\u00f8nsteret er laget for et garn som har \u00e9n strikkefasthet n\u00e5r du strikker genseren, \u00e9n annen n\u00e5r prosjektet er ferdig. I m\u00f8nsteret poengteres dette selvf\u00f8lgelig, og det anbefales at du strikker en pr\u00f8velapp, m\u00e5ler den, s\u00e5 vasker og blokker den, for s\u00e5 \u00e5 m\u00e5le p\u00e5 nytt. Strikkefastheten skal da v\u00e6re 24m\/30r p\u00e5 10cm f\u00f8r vask, og 20m\/26r p\u00e5 10cm etter. Dette er jo enkelt nok det, hadde det ikke v\u00e6rt for at jeg m\u00e5tte g\u00e5 hen og velge meg et helt annet garn enn det som st\u00e5r i oppskriften, og det har strikkefasthet 20m\/32r p\u00e5 10cm f\u00f8r vask. Jeg aner ikke hva den er p\u00e5 etter vask, det vil vise seg senere. S\u00e5 strikket jeg en pr\u00f8velapp? Nei, det gjorde jeg ikke. \u201cN\u00e6rme nok!\u201d tenkte jeg da jeg vurderte strikkefastheten og satte i gang. Du vet utrykket \u201c\u00e5 bite seg selv i foten\u201d? Sannelig var det nettopp det jeg gjorde, og det til gangs. Se p\u00e5 dette bildet<\/a>, s\u00e5nn skal det ferdige resultatet skal se ut. N\u00e5, se p\u00e5 mitt bilde, det venstre ermet er hvordan det endte opp n\u00e5r jeg fulgte m\u00f8nsteret, som du kan se har jeg fullstendig feilvurdert strikkefastheten. Det h\u00f8yre ermet er slik jeg vil ha det etter at jeg har justert m\u00f8nsteret etter mitt garn. S\u00e5 n\u00e5 gjenst\u00e5r det bare \u00e5 rekke opp det ermet som ble helt feil og strikke det riktig, og selvf\u00f8lgelig kanting av utringninga, s\u00e5 kan jeg endelig begynne \u00e5 bruke mitt \u201csexy sommer prosjekt\u201d som n\u00e5 har f\u00e5tt den mer passende tittelen \u201csexy h\u00f8st prosjekt\u201d. La dette v\u00e6re en lekse til dere alle, lag pr\u00f8velapp! (N\u00e5r det gjelder meg selv, s\u00e5 tar jeg sikkert sjansen p\u00e5 \u00e5 la v\u00e6re neste gang ogs\u00e5…)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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