tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post313538925362098892..comments2024-03-19T03:17:32.682-04:00Comments on The Panopticon: The Rip-Out ArtistFranklinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03670441931649806878noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-37823060850170375452008-08-26T17:26:00.000-04:002008-08-26T17:26:00.000-04:00Here's a bit of frogging Zen for you all (I think ...Here's a bit of frogging Zen for you all (I think I stole this from the prologue of some pattern book, but I don't remember which):<BR/><BR/>Don't ever be afraid to tear out knitting if it is unsatisfying to you. Practicing this regularly will save you the trouble of having to decide what you will make next.LindsayDaytonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11730998213096234122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-88298710236631831722008-08-26T16:50:00.000-04:002008-08-26T16:50:00.000-04:00You've been tagged! Come on and play! Details on...You've been tagged! Come on and play! Details on at my blog notafraid2knit.blogspot.comHenrietta Handyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16946541262991174593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-4145531062245807882008-08-26T14:44:00.000-04:002008-08-26T14:44:00.000-04:00Viggo is carrying MY bags, go find someone else, h...Viggo is carrying MY bags, go find someone else, haha. Your post is really fitting considering I've ripped out a tunic I've been working on for the 8th time. Ahh one day I'll be good enough to graduate a tick above kindergarten knitter.DEEP END OF THE LOOMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01010018190905285835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-7806784572968601542008-08-26T06:45:00.000-04:002008-08-26T06:45:00.000-04:00When it comes to 'shall I frog' I have two criteri...When it comes to 'shall I frog' I have two criteria: - <BR/>i) will it matter in the finished garment? If yes, rip.<BR/><BR/>ii) can anyone else (read DH) see it when they examine the garment? If no, continue.<BR/><BR/>Thus the Dashing mitts I'm currently knitting for our son will have the one cable twist the wrong way. Besides which, it'll remind him that his ol' Mum, though she loves him dearly, ain't perfect. As if he needed it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-64116839073512263362008-08-26T06:31:00.000-04:002008-08-26T06:31:00.000-04:00i like knitting because i am in controle in opposi...i like knitting because i am in controle in opposition to the controle i have work wise or relationship wise. and by being in controle i mean that i knit things and when i make mistakes i can decide to rip back and fix it for perfection or to continue as if nothing had happened. i love that. the ripping usually wins and i see it as a ongoing learning process.<BR/><BR/>your turn around hat is great. i love blues and browns together. very subtle.knititchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11143430462744751602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-49811594798707765922008-08-25T17:26:00.000-04:002008-08-25T17:26:00.000-04:00Everyone's good at something - if there was an Oly...Everyone's good at something - if there was an Olympic medal for Tinking and Frogging I'd be right on the team. On the other hand, when you're knittin' a Dr Who, (think 480,000 rows of garter stitch) there ought not be too much adjustment. Might I add -- there is one teetiny wee miniature ittybitty single-stitch mistake...it's the "Amish Experience" so I don't have to put in an error. Also - Yes, Anonymous, I think Dolores still IS in Wisconsin; the last voice message I had was from a microbrewery in Egg Harbor...delightedly shrieking "I'm SHIPWRECKED!" Harry came on and explained that she's getting a good response from Fibertarians and I shouldn't worry. OY. I'm hoping to take her (and Harry) to a few quiet days in the UP (Michigan)to prepare for the Fibertarian Convention while everyone's attention is directed toward Obama....Franklin, *I* am asking: would you consider being on her ticket?dale-harriethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03802162735113365804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-18610057827709119062008-08-25T13:53:00.000-04:002008-08-25T13:53:00.000-04:00Can I just say you crack me up! I read most all of...Can I just say you crack me up! I read most all of your postings and am looking forward to your book! I will definitely book mark you to my favorites!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-81381443375368705042008-08-25T11:21:00.000-04:002008-08-25T11:21:00.000-04:00Um, Franklin, if you're only using Viggo for carry...Um, Franklin, if you're only using Viggo for carrying shopping bags, can I have him the rest of the time? What?! If it comes down to knitting or Viggo, I'll take Viggo every time. I do like the cablely sock, though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-84437157149902479522008-08-25T10:11:00.000-04:002008-08-25T10:11:00.000-04:00"daydreaming about a yarn crawl through Italy with...<I>"daydreaming about a yarn crawl through Italy with Viggo Mortensen. (Hey, I need somebody to carry the bags.)"</I><BR/><BR/>Honey, if that's the best use of Viggo that you can think of, move over and let those with a more vivid/creative/lurid imagination into the daydream. Oh, but then the blog (or at least the daydream) would get censored, wouldn't it?Allisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02270585225479625674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-37996853039667056672008-08-25T08:57:00.000-04:002008-08-25T08:57:00.000-04:00Your virtuosity with turning a phrase more than co...Your virtuosity with turning a phrase more than compensates for any errors in your knitting. (Or perhaps your knitting is only fodder for your prose?)<BR/><BR/>Thanks...a good time was had by all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-86325743661687532232008-08-25T00:23:00.000-04:002008-08-25T00:23:00.000-04:00I hope that the knitting conference security is ti...I hope that the knitting conference security is tight... I'd hate for anybody ELSE to lose shawls, yarn or anything. I'm almost through turning the heel in my first Neatby Mermaid sock. Sure HOPE I don't have to frog: it's on 0's.Dana S. Whitneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07702927918890797596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-10821455578212803502008-08-24T23:47:00.000-04:002008-08-24T23:47:00.000-04:00I knit, therefore I frog. I don't think I have one...I knit, therefore I frog. I don't think I have one project that hasn't been frogged at some point. The worst was 8 inches of a mohair sleeve. Frightful then but beautiful now!Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16616567932864052449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-69251614787923051632008-08-24T18:24:00.000-04:002008-08-24T18:24:00.000-04:00I always say that it's not a project until I've st...I always say that it's not a project until I've started it three times. A couple days ago I pulled the back of a hoodie (for DD) off the needles. I got up twelve inches, and discovered that what was bang on gauge four inches up had pulled in three to four inches (the whole piece, not just those top inches). Actually, that made a fourth start for this project; reaching my limit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-80091155103077474362008-08-24T15:33:00.000-04:002008-08-24T15:33:00.000-04:00Nancy K. - first run the smooth, thin cotton "afte...Nancy K. - first run the smooth, thin cotton "afterthought lifeline" through the row _before_ the one with the mistake, _then_ rip. Then it's easy to get the stitches back on the needle. (Be sure to use cotton that's a different color.)<BR/><BR/>As I read it, it's ripping, not tinking.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-49651028111813667182008-08-24T14:20:00.000-04:002008-08-24T14:20:00.000-04:00Sigh... the image of yarn crawling through Italy w...Sigh... the image of yarn crawling through Italy with Viggo Mortensen makes me just verklempt. What can I say? I'll fight you for him.<BR/><BR/>And, yes, Zen meditation really helps my knitting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-70839363040754173752008-08-24T11:33:00.000-04:002008-08-24T11:33:00.000-04:00Phht. You must be a better Zen than you think, bec...Phht. You must be a better Zen than you think, because your story about ripping back when you know something is wrong guilted me into ripping back a wonkyily-gauged hat that I was in a hurry to finish.<BR/>You must be a better Zen than you thought if all you want Viggo to do for you is carry your yarn bags.<BR/>I, however, am not Zen at all. Dibs.<BR/>Michelene<BR/>PS The press had some power outage issues at Obama's speech yesterday.<BR/>Are you sure Dolores is in Wisconsin, and not in Springfield?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-52779789606554085162008-08-24T07:09:00.000-04:002008-08-24T07:09:00.000-04:00ha! I have performed (what seem to me at least!) ...ha! I have performed (what seem to me at least!) strange and repeated rip gyrations on my first sweater, Twist. Of course I have to pick cables on the sweater when I've never done them before and it only takes a second of inattention...<BR/><BR/>I'm not so good at ripping back the socks yet..it's so much easier to toss them aside for the moment and start another!Lishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17090945358613341446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-15353898241292677862008-08-23T23:59:00.000-04:002008-08-23T23:59:00.000-04:00Ooh, I covet that hat. Awesome colors, and you ju...Ooh, I covet that hat. Awesome colors, and you just can't beat handspun.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-74279243902459392272008-08-23T21:56:00.000-04:002008-08-23T21:56:00.000-04:00Is there room for one more in the frog pond? I've ...Is there room for one more in the frog pond? I've got this sleeve cap I've just ripped for the 2nd (or is it the 3rd?) time ... thanks for the giggles!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-8587424457682442072008-08-23T21:00:00.001-04:002008-08-23T21:00:00.001-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Katherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13509858690867207452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-42377046636131858542008-08-23T21:00:00.000-04:002008-08-23T21:00:00.000-04:00I can't think of the last time I knit something st...I can't think of the last time I knit something straight through with no ripping. Well, maybe a sock or two. But anything at all complex is knitted at least twice over, lace, three times. I'm getting better at letting down just a section of lace, but it's often impossible. <BR/><BR/>And I'm not big on lifelines which has been my downfall a couple of times.<BR/><BR/>And take heart--it's not that difficult to get the stitches back on the needles, just takes some practice you'd rather not have.Katherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13509858690867207452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-13973979351068039162008-08-23T20:17:00.000-04:002008-08-23T20:17:00.000-04:00Ha! The joy of frogging!As I've become a better k...Ha! The joy of frogging!<BR/><BR/>As I've become a better knitter (everything is relative!) I am much more willing to frog, tink, rip and otherwise desecrate my work to get it right!<BR/><BR/>But I am also able to work out what really needs frogging! - I was knitting a bag which was to be felted and agonised momentarily about a twisted stitch some way back - then I realised 'This is going to be felted - no stitch definition - who will ever know or see?' I left the stitch and although I examined the felting - couldn't find it at all!TinkingBellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05424679933020998879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-34666344196317745042008-08-23T19:37:00.000-04:002008-08-23T19:37:00.000-04:00I like the "Turn a square hat also -looks like you...I like the "Turn a square hat also -looks like yours will be great <BR/><BR/>When I started to read about the mis cabled sock, I thought you were going to say that you duplicate stitched the mistake, as so eloquently described by the Yarn Harlot a while back. I'm impressed that you ripped.....<BR/>Margie in MarylandAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-57381228962376852672008-08-23T19:09:00.000-04:002008-08-23T19:09:00.000-04:00I think part of becoming an expert knitter must in...I think part of becoming an expert knitter must involve being able to admit when 1100 yards of yarn need to be unravelled. le sigh.<BR/><BR/>But I take heart when I read something like Meg Swansen's <I>Knitting</I> and she tells of ripping back! It's not just me, yay!Alwenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03200150883889857882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-79445256451358364452008-08-23T18:23:00.000-04:002008-08-23T18:23:00.000-04:00I cant imagine not ripping out. Though I usually d...I cant imagine not ripping out. Though I usually do it two years later. After I've tossed the offending object into a storage container to let it "age properly" for a while. Once it's done and I am not as attached to it, then i happily rip away. The bonus? Ooohhhh lookie! New yarn!!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00206194738249434280noreply@blogger.com