Comments on: Tree of Life Knit-Along: #1

By: Lion Brand Notebook

Lion Brand Notebook — Thu, 15 May 2008 22:07:49 +0000

[...] so excited that over 25,000 of you have read about our first knit-along of the Tree of Life Afghan and that over 200 of you have commented. Since many people have [...]

By: Tonie

Tonie — Thu, 15 May 2008 22:00:58 +0000

I love this blanket - Last week my daughter found out she is pregnant, so I’ve got to the beg. of Jan to complete!!! I have never tried anything this experienced before. Can’t wait for Saturday to go and buy the yarn. I’m in England, it looks as though some of the wording is slightly different to what we use over here, but it just adds to the joy of achievement when finished.

By: Delia Flores

Delia Flores — Thu, 15 May 2008 21:05:51 +0000

How long should my circular needle be? I need to buy a set and the yarn too. I am going to use the Vanna yarn instead of wool.

By: Kara

Kara — Thu, 15 May 2008 17:23:04 +0000

Hi everyone! I hope it’s not too late to jump in. I heard about this KAL on Ravelry through the YarnCraft group. I’m actually already working the first “flower garden” section and I love the way it’s turning out. This KAL will give me the motivation I need to finish by August… yay!

By: Patricia Gerhardt

Patricia Gerhardt — Thu, 15 May 2008 03:07:29 +0000

Thanks so much for listening to the comments and making this pattern available for free. I will be knitting the afghan for my nephew’s wedding in December. So, I have plenty of time, but having others to knit with will make it go quickly, I’m sure.

By: Brooke

Brooke — Thu, 15 May 2008 01:39:48 +0000

I love Ana’s idea about zoom pictures. I know it wold help me a lot as I go along too.

Zontee says: Hi Brooke, ditto on the Flickr group response I just posted on Ana’s comment. Hope that helps and that you’ll add photos as you are working too!

By: Carolyn B. Morehead

Carolyn B. Morehead — Wed, 14 May 2008 23:36:12 +0000

Beautiful pattern!

By: Carol

Carol — Wed, 14 May 2008 21:42:30 +0000

Hi Zontee, I am so excitied about this Knit Along project — how fun!!! This is a real challenge and I’m so looking forward to it. I just spent the last couple of hours reading through the pattern to be sure I could do it — I think I can. I have a question that I know I should be able to figure out but I can’t seem to do so. In the very beginning of the pattern, after casting on, the instructions say to Knit 1 row and then Purl one row — then it says to start Row 1 (WS). After I Purl a row, I’m on the right side. What am I missing? Thank you.

Zontee says: Hi Carol, you’re actually starting on the “wrong side” by knitting the first row (WS), purling the second row (RS), and starting row 1 (WS). If you look at the photo of the item, you will see that the purl ridges face outward (towards the “right side”) on the twin trees motif. This pattern (like most cable patterns) uses reverse stockinette as the background for the motif.

By: Brooke

Brooke — Wed, 14 May 2008 21:33:16 +0000

ok. I read the response to #78 about the pattern for the first 15 rows. Does the k4 at the beginning of the reapeat go for all of the rows in the tree of life? Or do you alter it as you m1 stiches in the repeats? I guess what I am asking is : is the number of stiches going to increase from 180? Probably a silly question but for some reason I am having ahard time with reading this pattern.

Liz says: Yes – as you work the twin tree motif, you do work the K4 before each repeat and at the end of the row, and your stitch count will increase from 180 to 204 between rows 17 to 22, and then decrease to 180 again between rows 42 to 56.

Due to the cabling, the fabric will contract (get narrower), and so you will increase the stitch count to compensate and make the piece look the same width the whole way through.

By: Amanda

Amanda — Wed, 14 May 2008 18:52:55 +0000

In response to #207–Ana, I’m so glad I’m not the only “weird” knitter. I started knitting when I was 13 and knit left-handed, bracing the right needle against my thigh to anchor my work and having the left needle as the working needle. For that reason, I’m fast with straight needles and very slow with circular needles. I’ve never seen any circular needles with really long needle portions, but if anyone else has, I would also be interested in hearing where to find them. I’m just having to persevere with mainstream circular needles.