Interconnection - errata

This post applies both to the single version of the Interconnection pattern and the version in both Knit Hats and Mützen Stricken, although for slightly different reasons.

The original instructions for setting up the stitches to create the button tab, and how to manage both the Provisional Cast-on and Graft around it, weren’t as clear as they could have been. I’m unsure how exactly the instructions were translated but I understand that the German version was difficult to follow.

In my want to improve on this when the pattern was dropped into the new layout, I failed to check the file revisions as far back as I should have, and ended up adding to the confusion rather than helping.

I’ve spent this morning going over this section of the pattern again and between us we’ve arrived at an improved, clearer and cleaner version!

After completing all the panels as instructed, remembering to omit the final row on the final panel, the final row will be a preparation row as follows:

Button Tab Prep Row: using larger needle and Standard Bind-off method, bind off 16 stitches. Break yarn and hold the remaining stitches for the graft.

Then pick up but do not knit 16 stitches from the back of the bind-off. Rejoin the working yarn to the wrong side of the work and the work button tab as directed.

Once the button tab is complete, pick up but do not knit 16 stitches from the back of the bind off at the base of the button tab. Place these stitches on the needle next to those held for grafting, as they’ll then be grafted along with the rest.

There’ll then be no need to treat the stitches released from the provisional cast-on differently, or any need to bind off any further stitches. The stitches under the button tab will include slipped stitches, as per the rest of the Hat, but you can get away with a regular Garter Stitch Graft for these as they’ll be hidden when you sew the buttons down.

The single pattern has been updated on all platforms - you can use your original download link to get the latest version, or access it within your Etsy or Ravelry account.

Slonnet - an update

The Slonnet pattern has been updated this morning.

The crown instructions have been updated to clarify that you’ll want to knit one quarter of the stitches before finishing.

This slouchy bonnet pattern has proved popular, and I hope this tweak in the instructions helps!

Filigree Slouch - errata

An error was recently found in the Filigree Slouch pattern. It was in the written instructions only, and in the 15in, 19in and 23in sizes only - all of the other instructions are correct.

The file has been updated on Etsy, Payhip, LoveCrafts and Ravelry - you should have received an update notice in your Ravelry library and for the other platforms you can go back to your original download link and get a new copy.

Where on Rnd 28 it said:
P2, T2B, P3, T2F, P14

it should say:

P2, T2B, P3, T2F, P13

The latest file revision is: WW351KFiligreeSlouch.3.pdf

Errors don’t crop up often in my patterns, at all, but now that my patterns are available on a growing number of platforms, including print once again, I’ve been trying to work out the best way to let everyone know. Especially as not all the platforms provide an option of letting customers know automatically.

Going forward I think blog posts are a good option - they’re public and I think it’ll be possible to link to errata posts from a product page on the new site.

I also think it’ll be really good to have a section in the newsletter for The Woolly Hat Society, too.

Not just for pattern errata but, say, I update one of the new downloadable tutorials then I’m going to need to find a way to let folks know that there’s even a revised file, let alone why - as they’re downloaded via a link within the patterns rather than directly from any one platform.

The new downloadable tutorials have all been through rigorous editing so I’m not expecting errata but there will no doubt be times when I want to extend a tutorial by adding in something extra that you can do with it, y’know? For instance I’ve just extended the new tutorial for Joining Live Stitches by adding in a section that shows how to increase within that technique. These tutorials aren’t live yet so this is just an example, but it’ll be cool to find a way to let folks know. And I think the newsletter is the best place for that - I can add a standard feature to the template.

With this latest revision you’ll see Filigree Slouch is in the shiny new layout! The download links are temporary, as going forward they’ll be hosted on the new site, and the files themselves aren’t the final versions as they’ll all be getting updated black and white photos. Yet the ISBN is in, as is the new printer friendly layout with separate pages for the charts.

I’m going to talk about this more at length in the near future, but the vast majority of my charted patterns will be fully charted - meaning the pattern can be worked independently from the chart page, and the chart itself gives a much clearer idea of the pattern as a whole. Doing this has been the bulk of the reformatting work but I’m really chuffed with how it all looks and the benefits it provides.

Knit Hats - Errata

It’s come to my attention that there’s an error in Knit Hats and possibly in Mützen Stricken.

On page 120 in the Grafting Garter Stitch instructions, steps 1 and 2 - for the selvedge stitches - it says to slip the stitch off the needle, whereas it should say to leave the stitch on the needle.