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High Speed Knitting aka Slow Going

February 8, 2014

Pattern: High Speed Knitting (TGV - train grande vitesse) by Susan Ashcroft

Yarn: Wollemeise Twin Colourway: Rhubarber

Needles: US size 6

Thoughts: This pattern has two names as stated above. Me? I call it slow going; 250 meters of 2×2 ribbing… Need I say more? I started the ribbing when I was half way through the skein. Then I knit, and knit, and knit some more. Used the "miraculous elastic bind off" from this site. I think it took half a day, not that it was the bind off's fault.

I do like the look of the finished product.

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5 responses to “High Speed Knitting aka Slow Going”

Carole

February 8, 2014

That is a lot of 2×2 ribbing – I can barely get through a couple of inches on the leg of a sock! Lovely little shawl.

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Judy S

February 9, 2014

Worth the work, I’d say! Very nice results.

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Kristen

February 9, 2014

Very pretty and I love the rhubarby colors.
Thank you for the stretchy bind off link. It came just in time for a neckline I was binding off in the fairly elastic method I usually use. This time it was too tight, but the above b.o. did the trick.

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Toscana

February 12, 2014

Nice work you’ve done,continue like this and you’ll be the best!

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Carol

February 16, 2014

Lovely ribbing

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