melody yarns
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Appel Strudel pattern in Yarn Forward issue 7I would really like to make the Apple Studel top-down cardigan in issue 7 of Yarn Forward - the design on the front of the mag - but I have a question. Has anyone else noticed that the cardigan buttons the wrong way? Even the ones on Rav are buttoned the wrong way and it would drive me nuts if I knitted it like this...
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modelwidow
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I hadn't noticed but you are right - guess everyone just followed the pattern blindly, but with my experience of YF patterns that's not always a good idea  (anyone who knit the mystery blanket will agree with that).
I'm too lazy to get up and go and find the pattern to look but I'm sure a clever yarny person like you wouldn't have any problem in getting it to button the right way - and yes it would drive me batty - like the one pair of jeans I have that fasten the wrong way ( and no they aren't mens jeans before anyone asks )
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pictish
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It's a lovely pattern - tbh I'd forgotten all about it!!! Could you not just swap the bands over or is it all knitted as one? I don't think it would especially bother me as it is tho 
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melody yarns
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Well I've emailed YF to ask if there are any errata  but I suppose I could reverse the fronts couldn't I? It's knitted top down all in one though, so I'd have to think carefully as I knitted it 
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pictish
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You did that with the FLS didn't you so shouldn't be too hard!! You could make a note on the pattern so you don't forget.
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pictish
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| melody yarns wrote: | | Well I've emailed YF to ask if there are any errata but I suppose I could reverse the fronts couldn't I? It's knitted top down all in one though, so I'd have to think carefully as I knitted it |
Two people on rav have had problems with the sleeves I have to say looking at the projects on Rav I think the collar looks a bit strange
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Nevisknitter
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From the look of the projects in progress it looks like the bands are picked up and knitted on afterwards so it should be easy enough to work them the opposite way, though you migth need to swap the front and sleeve cable around, once you've worked a few rows the stitches will be all set up though.
Its annoying the amount of errors in YF, they cant even get the garments the right way round on the models, one front cover had the garment modelled inside out, another was worn back to front.
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KnittingLadybird
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Don't bother knitting button holes, go buy some press studs and you can always add fancy buttons to the right side....
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melody yarns
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Hmmmm I could knit the bands on different sides but by the look of the pattern one front is wider than the other making it asymmetric iyswim? But I could just swap the number of stitches over to compensate and move the cable panel. I hadn't noticed that the sleeves were different!
The collar IS odd isn't it? I noticed that in the pattern too - I'm going to knit the collar so that anyone can see the cables as it's being worn. As it stands the cables are on the underside of the collar, which just looks odd to me 
Crumbs with all thse fixits to do I could end up having to do a complete rewrite!!
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pictish
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I know I must admit I've been put off patterns from YF because of all the mistakes  and I have in fact stopped buying it.
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melody yarns
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I got this as a Karma swap I think but I'd had my eye on the Apple Strudel jacket. I tend not to buy magazines as a rule, as you know
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modelwidow
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| pictish wrote: | | I know I must admit I've been put off patterns from YF because of all the mistakes and I have in fact stopped buying it. |
I won't be renewing my sub this year either, I had such a nightmare with all the errors in the Mystery blanket, and am fed up with the poor proof reading and down right lies (mystery blanket was 30 squares from the outset, they only gave patterns for 4 months (6 at a time) and then said by popular demand they would provide patterns for another 6  ).
The photography is rubbish, and as Nevisknitter mentioned they have shown garments inside out and worn the wrong way round, there really is no excuse for it, DH is in magazine publishing so we know what's involved and they are just being sloppy.
Oh and I want to read about british things not american, that's why I buy a british mag yet since Shannon has taken over it's changing.
Oh dear, sorry melody  ranting thread hijack alert
I hope you get an answer to your email - but I wouldn't hold my breath, sounds like you with be making a 'melody strudel' instead.
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Jobo
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Oh no I couldnt cope with that collar - it looks quite odd
There are a couple of Chicknit patters which look quite similar - Twist and the Basic Chic Hoodie - which you do do with a collar instead of the hood 
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modelwidow
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Just a thought - wiould it be worth mailing the designer, if you don't hear back from YF? She's on Rav as 'Aileen' I believe.
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pictish
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I definitely trust Chicknits patterns more Jo!! I plan to do Twist with a collar
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Aknita
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One of the ladies at my knitting group has knitted this and I have to say it looks lovely on her. She's not on Ravelry so I can't show you a link.
I like Yarn Forward.
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seren
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just a thought - does it fasten the wrong way round or is the photo in the magazine flipped? very often photos are the wrong way round and no-one notices unless there are words in the pictures.
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melody yarns
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To be honest I'm not sure if it has been rotated ---- all the piccies on RAv show the cardigan as in the magazine. I think I need to read the instructions through carefully to find out.
I heard back from Kerrie at Yarn Forward who suggested knitting the buttonband on the other front which is a good suggestion, but I'm fairly sure that the fronts are a different width to each other. I'll have to check that too.
Thanks all - I'll let you know what happens!
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Fi
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Must admit I am thinking of not renewing my sub, not too impressed.
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ClaireUK
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Check this with Kerrie but I seem to remember that the version in the mag has narrower buttonbands than the photos cos Kerrie liked a wider ribbon with apples on so she made her version (which was used on the photos) with wider button bands to accomodate the wider ribbon.
I only remember cos I liked the ribbon and then someone queried the instructions......
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melody yarns
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Although Kerrie replied saying that I could work the bands on the opposite sides of the cardigan (which won't work because the cardigan is asymmetrical), a week later and I'm still waiting for a proper reply to my question about this! 
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pictish
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Now you are probably remembering why you don't buy knitting mags
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melody yarns
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S'funny cos someone from a subscription agency rang on my mobile last week to try to get me to take out a £3 for 3 issue subscription for a knitting magazine that I won't buy EVER because it's sold in a plastic bag. I did buy it the once as we went away in the caravan and I took it with me to read when I was there. Let's just say that having been in the subscription renewal business I know all the sales techniques and in the end the sales person hung up on me!! Just plain rude I'd say
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pictish
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I usually succumb but only if it's a really cheap knitting mag 
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melody yarns
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| pictish wrote: | | Now you are probably remembering why you don't buy knitting mags |
Indeed! In fact guess what?? Three weeks later and I'm still waiting for a reply to my original question!
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janice
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Have you tried sending the designer, Aileen, a message? It could be that no one has bothered to let on that there has been a query about her design I have just looked through the YarnForward group on Rav and there isn't any queries about the design, the 13 who have knitted it have obviously followed the pattern to the letter
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melody yarns
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I know Janice!! The fact that the cardie buttons the wrong way would bug me so much I couldn't wear it if I knitted it as is
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ClaireUK
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OK - would this work? Follow the instruction for each side like the pattern says, but finish with a knit instead of purl row (or vice versa)
Would that reverse the shaping without changeing the instructions?
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melody yarns
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I'm not sure Claire as I think the collar needs to be knitted the other way round as well so that the cabled side is on the outside and the two fronts need to be reversed in addition to the buttonbands being on the wrong sides
I did actually work out how things should sit by mocking up a little paper jacket a few weeks ago but I'm still waiting for my reply from Yarn Forward!!!
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janice
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TBH I'm like you, it would bug me no end to have the buttons on the wrong side which is why although I do like it, I haven't queued it Maybe someone should start a new post on Rav asking why the pretty cardigan has been designed for a man
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melody yarns
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G'wan Janice - I dare you!!
Seriously, when I work out how it should be done, I'll forward my version of the instructions to ya hon
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KnittingLadybird
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There is nothing wrong with having buttons on the other side...
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melody yarns
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Where's the love button????
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melody yarns
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Update to this.... I pm'd the designer directly on Rav and she has answered my question. Apparently some of the instructions were changed by YF without consulting the designer. It's lucky that I am able to access Ravelry though, because if I couldn't, I'd still be waiting for someone at the magazine to answer my question!
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ClaireUK
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Glad you got it sorted. Imagine being a designer and getting your instructions changed without being told!!!!
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seren
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 i'd be livid if i'd written the pattern!
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