I have finished the back of my jumper. I am pretty pleased with myself.
I have taken photo's but it will be awhile before I can post them,as I
don't have a digital camera. Now to get started on the front.
Take care.
Val.

Okay, my insane commitment to knit TWO St. Brigid's for two of my
sisters (thank heavens the other two never got in on this!) is over,
finito, done, finished. It really was a lot of fun, and very
interesting to see the two different yarns work up. The lighter yarn,
still worsted, but a light worsted with mohair, went to Atlanta, and
the heavier Jaeger Shetland Aran is off to Denver tomorrow.

I think it'll be a while before I commit to doing two Starmores at the
same time again, but I did enjoy the effort. Pictures of both are
posted in my photo file here. There are two of each--either I got the
color right, or the cables showed well--but never both in one picture
for some reason.

Off to knit something simpler for the next couple of weeks.

Okay, my insane commitment to knit TWO St. Brigid's for two of my
sisters (thank heavens the other two never got in on this!) is over,
finito, done, finished. It really was a lot of fun, and very
interesting to see the two different yarns work up. The lighter yarn,
still worsted, but a light worsted with mohair, went to Atlanta, and
the heavier Jaeger Shetland Aran is off to Denver tomorrow.

I think it'll be a while before I commit to doing two Starmores at the
same time again, but I did enjoy the effort. Pictures of both are
posted in my photo file here. There are two of each--either I got the
color right, or the cables showed well--but never both in one picture
for some reason.

Off to knit something simpler for the next couple of weeks.

--Well done! What a great job you have done with these beautiful jumpers.
  Regards Val.
>

Beautiful work, Annie! I have the yarn, I have the pattern, but I still
haven't made a start. Your work is inspiring!

Liz

Hi,

I've also joined in the desperate hope that someone will be prepared
to share some info on this pattern with me. I can probably work out
the pattern from the pics, but some stitch count, sizing and yarn
info would really help. I am working on the Cromarty sweater from The
Celtic Collection, which is similar, but can not get hold of a copy
of Aran Knitting. I've search the catalogues of every library in the
UK and scoured the web for a sensibly priced copy, but I really don't
have the sort of money this book is demanding. If anyone can anyone
help, please contact me. Thanks

Ania

--- In st_brigid_kal@yahoogroups.com, "Heidi Wollum"
<heidi.wollum@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Piisku,
>
>
>
> The bad news is that this pattern is only available in Alice
Starmore's book
> Aran Knitting. The good news is that it is available in the library
for you.
>
>
>
>
> Go to your local library and ask for it. If the book isn't
available in any
> library in Finland, request that your librarian help you ordering
it from
> Denmark. That's what I did, and it cost me slightly over 1 Euro
(almost a
> dollar and a half). This is possible for all residents in
Scandinavia, so
> you shouldn't have any problems at all ordering it. Of course you
may have
> to wait a few months before you get it, but it's still the cheapest
way to
> get it.
>
>
>
> I'm really looking forward to see your progress here once you get
the book
> from the library.
>
>
>
> Heidi
>
> http://knitbyheidi.typepad.com/knit_by_heidi
>
>
>
>   _____
>
> Från: st_brigid_kal@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:st_brigid_kal@yahoogroups.com]
> För piisku_h
> Skickat: den 22 september 2006 08:04
> Till: st_brigid_kal@yahoogroups.com
> Ämne: [st_brigid_kal] Where to buy the pattern?
>
>
>
> Hi everyone! I´m a newbie here; got so attracted to this pattern
while
> reading Heidi´s blog and decided to suscribe here at once :)
> Now I´m wondering where to get this fabulous pattern? Is it only
> available in Alice´s book Aran Knitting which costs over 200£ or
could
> one be able to get it somewhere else? I´m very grateful for your
> help :)
>
> Piisku from Finland
>

Hi Annie,

They are truly beautiful!

However I must say that the blue one really caught my attention. The
stitch definition is perfect, and yet it looks so wonderfully soft
due to the mohair content in the yarn. It feels like you cannot look
at it without wanting to put in on immediately.

The close up on the other one's neckline is very good. Making a
neckline like that looking good is not an easy task, however you
made a really good job on that one, it looks great!

Progress on my St Brigid on slow. After finishing one side of the
front  neckline I realised that I had to redo it, since the
shortcuts that I had been doing with the pattern due to the V-neck
made it look terrible. Having redone it, I'm still not happy with
it, thinking that it is to narrow over the shoulders. I'll probably
end up ripping the back as well as the front back to where I started
the decreases for the sleeves and then recalculate the pattern in
order to make it 1-1½ inch wider over the shoulders, and then
hopefully I'll end up with something that I like:-)

Heidi
http://knitbhyheidi.typepad.com/knit_by_heidi

--- In st_brigid_kal@yahoogroups.com, "anniedriscollbmc75"
<anniedriscoll@...> wrote:
>
> Okay, my insane commitment to knit TWO St. Brigid's for two of my
> sisters (thank heavens the other two never got in on this!) is
over,
> finito, done, finished. It really was a lot of fun, and very
> interesting to see the two different yarns work up. The lighter
yarn,
> still worsted, but a light worsted with mohair, went to Atlanta,
and
> the heavier Jaeger Shetland Aran is off to Denver tomorrow.
>
> I think it'll be a while before I commit to doing two Starmores at
the
> same time again, but I did enjoy the effort. Pictures of both are
> posted in my photo file here. There are two of each--either I got
the
> color right, or the cables showed well--but never both in one
picture
> for some reason.
>
> Off to knit something simpler for the next couple of weeks.
>

Hi Ania,

The UK is a member of the Commonwealth (I probably spelled that
wrong), would it be possible for you to go to your local library and
ask them if it is possible to for you to order the book from another
country within the Commonwealth? Or possibly in another European
contry? I know that there is one copy of the book in a Danish library.
Or if you can't do that at your local library is there a university
near you that allow non-students to borrow books in their library, or
to use them in order to borrow books from elsewhere?

In my country (Sweden) I can borrow books from all over Scandinvavia
in my local library for a small fee, and at the university library I
can borrow books from all over Europe without any cost at all, due to
the fact that I'm a student there. This servece at the university
library is extended to everyone who lives in this town, however if
you're not a student, or employee at the university you will have to
pay for the postage.

Good luck to you

Heidi



--- In st_brigid_kal@yahoogroups.com, "Ania" <ania.marczyk@...> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I've also joined in the desperate hope that someone will be prepared
> to share some info on this pattern with me. I can probably work out
> the pattern from the pics, but some stitch count, sizing and yarn
> info would really help. I am working on the Cromarty sweater from
The
> Celtic Collection, which is similar, but can not get hold of a copy
> of Aran Knitting. I've search the catalogues of every library in the
> UK and scoured the web for a sensibly priced copy,

-----Original Message-----
From: st_brigid_kal@yahoogroups.com [mailto:st_brigid_kal@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of heidi
Sent: Monday, January 15, 2007 8:15 AM
To: st_brigid_kal@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [st_brigid_kal] Re: They're done!!

Hi Annie,

They are truly beautiful!

However I must say that the blue one really caught my attention. The
stitch definition is perfect, and yet it looks so wonderfully soft
due to the mohair content in the yarn. It feels like you cannot look
at it without wanting to put in on immediately.

The close up on the other one's neckline is very good. Making a
neckline like that looking good is not an easy task, however you
made a really good job on that one, it looks great!

Progress on my St Brigid on slow. After finishing one side of the
front neckline I realised that I had to redo it, since the
shortcuts that I had been doing with the pattern due to the V-neck
made it look terrible. Having redone it, I'm still not happy with
it, thinking that it is to narrow over the shoulders. I'll probably
end up ripping the back as well as the front back to where I started
the decreases for the sleeves and then recalculate the pattern in
order to make it 1-1½ inch wider over the shoulders, and then
hopefully I'll end up with something that I like:-)

Heidi
http://knitbhyheidi.typepad.com/knit_by_heidi

--- In st_brigid_kal@yahoogroups.com, "anniedriscollbmc75"
<anniedriscoll@...> wrote:
>
> Okay, my insane commitment to knit TWO St. Brigid's for two of my
> sisters (thank heavens the other two never got in on this!) is
over,
> finito, done, finished. It really was a lot of fun, and very
> interesting to see the two different yarns work up. The lighter
yarn,
> still worsted, but a light worsted with mohair, went to Atlanta,
and
> the heavier Jaeger Shetland Aran is off to Denver tomorrow.
>
> I think it'll be a while before I commit to doing two Starmores at
the
> same time again, but I did enjoy the effort. Pictures of both are
> posted in my photo file here. There are two of each--either I got
the
> color right, or the cables showed well--but never both in one
picture
> for some reason.
>
> Off to knit something simpler for the next couple of weeks.
>

I found the book in the library yesterday and I'm planning on starting
the Saint Brigid on 1 February, the feast day of Saint Brigid.  Now I
need to find wool and get organised.

I'm very glad to have this group to see photos of other people's
progress and also variations etc.

Cheers
Brigid

Has anyone knitted AS's Dunadd wrap?  If so, do you have any tips for
me?  Do you know if the pattern is available in any of her books?  I
see that it is on her website www.virtualyarns.com in kit form.
Many Thanks,
Renee from VA

Excellent, Brigid. It seems so fitting (with your name, too!) that
you're starting this on St. Brigid's Day. It's a great project, very
absorbing. Just ask if you have any questions.

Hi Annie

Thanks for the offer.  I'm interested in the database of yardage and
needle size used.  (Of course your photos are what really inspired me
to seek out the pattern.)

Where it says "yardage or skeins" no one has mentioned the weight or
yardage of the hanks/balls/skeins.  Also, I guess I'll have to read
through the old messages to see what size garments were made.

I'm from New Zealand, where it should be summer just now. I'm hoping
that the project will be absorbing and interesting enough for me to
finish this year.

Brigid

Hi Brigid--

Thanks to your reminder, I updated the database for my two St. B's,
including yardage and size info. I had to squeeze it all into
the 'skeins' category--there just aren't categories in the database for
that info. Also, I couldn't figure out how to delete my old (now non-
necessary record) without the yardage/size info. If you have any other
questions, please let me know.

Annie
> Thanks for the offer.  I'm interested in the database of yardage and
> needle size used.  (Of course your photos are what really inspired me
> to seek out the pattern.)
>
> Where it says "yardage or skeins" no one has mentioned the weight or
> yardage of the hanks/balls/skeins.  Also, I guess I'll have to read
> through the old messages to see what size garments were made.

Thanks Annie and Amy

This group is a great help.  Today's the day I start, but I'll
probably need a swatch or two.

Brigid

Banned the emailer and deleted the junk.  Have a good day.

I finally got a copy of Aran Knitting (had to drive 45 minutes each
way to a library that had it) and now I am agonizing over yarn
choices. I have some Classic Elite Skye Tweed - has anyone used that
yarn? It seems to be stiff in comparison to Cascade 220 or Plymouth
Galway (I've swatched with all three yarns).

I really like the look and drape of Cascade 220 or Plymouth Galway,
but I'm really concerned about felting. I made a pair of wool pants
out of Cascade Tweed for my son and just the seatbelt on his crotch
seriously felted them - other pants I've knit in yarns such as Peace
Fleece haven't had such problems.

What about Jamieson's Soft Shetland (or whatever's it's called now)?
Does it hold up well over time?

Considering all the work that will go into knitting this sweater, I'm
afraid of knitting it in something that won't hold up.

Thoughts anyone?

Tana

You can check my blog for ramblings about this sweater as well:
www.tanapageler.com/life

Hi everyone,

I'm a Southern Ontario knitter working on St Brigid for the second
time ... or is it the first?

I was lucky enough to nab a copy of Aran Knitting a few years ago when
a Toronto online store was selling its last copies.  I ordered the
Hebridean 3-ply in Red Deer from Virtual Yarns, and Jade S. helped me
pick out the colour on the basis of a photo I sent of me and my
daughter (then 6 months).

I worked on it for a while, finishing the back and part of the front,
and then life went crazy for a while and St Brigid went into a bag in
the back room.

Where it got eaten by moths.

So ... I have frogged the moth-eaten pieces and will wash them
tomorrow.  They are so dusty!!  I had to take allergy pills to stop
the runny nose.  Meanwhile I have started swatching (again) and have
reached 1/2 stitch wider than recommended gauge on 3.75mm bamboo
circulars.  I think this will be alright, and my row gauge is a bit
short, so blocking should cure this small discrepancy.

Looking forward to learning from and sharing with all of you!
cheers
Erika
http://pianoknits.blogspot.com/

Any thoughts on whether or not I should moderate new members?  Is this
a tolerable level of spam?

Katy

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I've stopped humming and ahhing, decided on the colour and make of yarn
and have started St. Brigid.  As with many others I'm starting with a
sleeve to familiarise myself with the pattern.  I would welcome any
advice on the best way to read and organise the charts.  I've written
down the number sequence of each chart row, but wondered if there was a
tried and tested way of looking at the charts whilst knitting. I'm
going to copy the charts in various sizes and formats and see what I
come up with in the meantime.
Johanne, London


P.S progress can be followed here: http://www.joandshea.blogspot.com/

--- In st_brigid_kal@yahoogroups.com, "jmayersgaskin"
<j.mayersgaskin@...> wrote:
Hi--

I never did manage to memorize the St. B charts, although they got VERY
familiar by the time I finished. I made two St. B's for two of my
sisters last year, and still love the pattern. For the charts, I
enlarge them on my copier, and slipped the enlarged copies into a
plastic sleeve which pretty much lived on my lap while I was knitting.
Instead of using paper to keep track of the rows, I used one of those
barrel shaped row counters that hang on your needles. I placed mine in
a few stitches from the edge, so it stayed in place on my circs. Then I
used the first digit of the counter to indicate the row, and the second
to indicate the row for increases, so that one just kept going 1, 2, 3
for instance at the point where you are now. And yes, I know there are
more than 10 rows for the first digit, but that much I could tell by
looking at the knitting. So that's how I did it.

Also, it took an embarrassingly long time before I realized that the
tww 'side cables' on the front were pretty much the left and right
halves of the center cable. Life got much easier then. :)

Good luck--you'll enjoy yourself with this one. I'll be interested to
hear if you ever manage to really memorize the pattern. I normally have
no trouble with that but St. B was a stronger woman than I--she won!!

Photos to prove I managed this are in the photos section under Annie.

Have fun.

Annie
>
> I've stopped humming and ahhing, decided on the colour and make of
yarn
> and have started St. Brigid.  As with many others I'm starting with a
> sleeve to familiarise myself with the pattern.  I would welcome any
> advice on the best way to read and organise the charts.  I've written
> down the number sequence of each chart row, but wondered if there was
a
> tried and tested way of looking at the charts whilst knitting. I'm
> going to copy the charts in various sizes and formats and see what I
> come up with in the meantime.
> Johanne, London
>
>
> P.S progress can be followed here: http://www.joandshea.blogspot.com/
>