Thank you. :) My first blocked item too, most of my stuff is acrylic so any "blocking" tends to be of the pat into shape sort at most. I really stretched this thing out and it's kind of amazing how much you can stretch that #10 cotton. I can see why knitters would go doily crazy, it satisfies the craving for lace knitting without locking you into a huge project.
I've basically only used short rows for toes and heels on slipper socks and was using the wrap and turn method. It was driving me nuts because it would look great on the side where I picked up the wraps on the purl rows and and would be a bit loose or even messy and hole-y on the other. That's probably because those wraps were made on the knit-to-purl turn and were looser to start with. Anyway, the way I did them for Anjeni's pants is a Japanese variation. When I turned I'd put a paperclip on the yarn (cheap removable stitch marker :) and hold it to the purl side of the work, slip the first stitch and work across. When it came time to work over the end of the short row I'd knit/purl the stitch I slipped and then, on the knit side, pick up the paperclip and put the loop of yarn it tugged up on the left needle and knit it with the next stitch. On the purl side I'd slip the next stitch, then put the loop from the clip on the right needle, and poke the left into the two loops to work a p2tog. It works awesome. If the yarn weren't variegated I wouldn't be able to find the ends of my shortrows.
The most reasonable place I've found for the Asian ball joint dolls is Denver Doll Emporium. Anjeni is a Bobobie March, which costs $100 with her face painted on (the "face up" adds $10 to her price) in the normal and white skin colors. They come naked with randomly picked eyes (yeah, you can change their eyes too), everything else is extra. I probably would not have ever had a doll had Kris not given her to me. Now I'm itching for the spare cash to get Anjeni a friend (I'm inclined to the Bobobie Bei).
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Date: 2009-05-05 10:37 pm (UTC)I've basically only used short rows for toes and heels on slipper socks and was using the wrap and turn method. It was driving me nuts because it would look great on the side where I picked up the wraps on the purl rows and and would be a bit loose or even messy and hole-y on the other. That's probably because those wraps were made on the knit-to-purl turn and were looser to start with. Anyway, the way I did them for Anjeni's pants is a Japanese variation. When I turned I'd put a paperclip on the yarn (cheap removable stitch marker :) and hold it to the purl side of the work, slip the first stitch and work across. When it came time to work over the end of the short row I'd knit/purl the stitch I slipped and then, on the knit side, pick up the paperclip and put the loop of yarn it tugged up on the left needle and knit it with the next stitch. On the purl side I'd slip the next stitch, then put the loop from the clip on the right needle, and poke the left into the two loops to work a p2tog. It works awesome. If the yarn weren't variegated I wouldn't be able to find the ends of my shortrows.
The most reasonable place I've found for the Asian ball joint dolls is Denver Doll Emporium. Anjeni is a Bobobie March, which costs $100 with her face painted on (the "face up" adds $10 to her price) in the normal and white skin colors. They come naked with randomly picked eyes (yeah, you can change their eyes too), everything else is extra. I probably would not have ever had a doll had Kris not given her to me. Now I'm itching for the spare cash to get Anjeni a friend (I'm inclined to the Bobobie Bei).