{"id":43,"date":"2012-03-14T20:57:57","date_gmt":"2012-03-14T20:57:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/trundlebug.co.uk\/blog\/?p=43"},"modified":"2012-04-07T20:26:38","modified_gmt":"2012-04-07T20:26:38","slug":"elektra-part-the-second","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trundlebug.co.uk\/blog\/2012\/03\/14\/elektra-part-the-second\/","title":{"rendered":"Elektra – part the second"},"content":{"rendered":"

Since I last posted, I have mostly been knitting away on Elektra, which is now completed and sitting on the blocking board.<\/p>\n

The pattern starts with a cast-on of just over 100 stitches, increasing to a total of around 450 per row by the end. The yardage in the pattern was slightly more than in the skein I was using, and there was an option of doing one less repeat of chart B if there was any doubt of whether the yarn would be enough.<\/p>\n

The question became how to decide whether there would be enough yarn, since the decision needed to be made quite near the beginning of the pattern. I put together a spreadsheet with the stitch count for each row and worked out that at the point of decision I needed 72.76% of the yarn left to do the full number of repeats or 68.65% to do one repeat less. I knew the yarn was around 100g (probably a bit more, but I didn’t weigh it to begin with) and I had 78g left at that point – looked promising, so I did the extra repeat.<\/p>\n

The pattern was a real pleasure to knit – mostly garter stitch, but with enough lace sections in the main part to make it interesting, then a lace border.<\/p>\n

With four rows to go, it was looking a bit touch and go as to whether there would be enough yarn.
\n\"Before<\/a><\/p>\n

There wasn’t. Despite all the calculations, there were only 2 yards left when I got to the bind-off row, so I ended up with a contrast bind-off. <\/p>\n

I would have liked blue, but didn’t have quite the right one.
\n\"Possible<\/a><\/p>\n

The orange looked just fine.
\n\"Finished\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Lessons: <\/p>\n