dicey pants knit along

[clothusingmama]

Is there any real interest in a dicey pants knit along?? I am into the legs of my current project and with an auto cross on Sunday, I will likely finish them this weekend. Gotta love that knitting, oh I mean watching hubby race his car, time :brow . I think dicey pants will be my next project anyway, but it would be much more fun to do it as a group :pink

Anyone. . .anyone :bigups:

edited to change title :pink

[cassdarrow]

Yeah, I'll do it, but I need to dye up a wee bit more yarn.

[dandelions2]

I'll do it too. I've done two so far and love them! They go so much quicker (seem to anyways.) lol

[Perogi]

I'm in! I'm in!!
But I have to get yarn, choose colours and we're away next week.
But I'm definitely in!

[cassdarrow]

I am going to have to order more yarn to do this. Does anyone want me to split hanks to dye for them? I know that sounds a little (??) spam-my, but I'm just thinking it would maybe help someone to have four 2 ounce minihanks for this as opposed to bigger batches? That's what I plan to do for myself anyway.

[clothusingmama]

Is there anyone who would like to head this up, I have never done it before or I would :pink I am so excited, this will be fun :banana

[pamelamama]

i suggest you change the title of the post to diceypants knit along, so people know its not a gallery thread :thumb

[clothusingmama]

Changed, thanks Pamela :mwah

[CraftyMommaOf2]

I'll have to dye up some yarn, but I have it all here. I've never done any either so I'd be afriad to head it. Cass or Patti?

[cassdarrow]

Well, since I am the original dicey mama, I suppose I can do it, LOL!

[averymybaby]

I am going to have to order more yarn to do this. Does anyone want me to split hanks to dye for them? I know that sounds a little (??) spam-my, but I'm just thinking it would maybe help someone to have four 2 ounce minihanks for this as opposed to bigger batches? That's what I plan to do for myself anyway.

well, yeah, that would be me :D I would like to try to join the knit-a-long but I don't have much in the way of solids here. :brow

[blueskymama]

I'm interested too. But have to finish the longies on the needles and a pair of mittens. When are you ladies thinking about starting? And are we going to have a master dice roller or are we rolling our own dice? :)

[CraftyMommaOf2]

Oh, def roll our own so they're all different! Too fun!

[Perogi]

Yeah, for sure roll our own. I'm so excited, I've been thinking about colour combos all day! I think I will make these my first pair of newborn longies. So I'm thinking orange and yellow - what's a good third colour??

[cassdarrow]

Let's aim for starting in a week ir two. That shoud give everyone time to get the yarn together. How fast do we want to go?

Julia, is eco okay? What colors do you want?

[radish]

oooh i wanna join in. and yup ill need more yarn! :)

[twouglyducks]

I can't join b/c I have too many other things on my plate right now, but Perogi (can't think of your real name), I think red or purple would go well with orange and yellow, depending on the shades, if that makes sense. :) I have a soaker from Renate in red/orange/yellow stripes and I love it. :D

[clothusingmama]

Yeah, for sure roll our own. I'm so excited, I've been thinking about colour combos all day! I think I will make these my first pair of newborn longies. So I'm thinking orange and yellow - what's a good third colour??

I have been thinking about colors all day too, I can't wait :pink I think red would be good with orange and yellow, but I like that sort of thing. I currently have a pair of wonderpants that are pink, purple, blue, and lime on the needle so ya know :brow

[cassdarrow]

Yeah, for sure roll our own. I'm so excited, I've been thinking about colour combos all day! I think I will make these my first pair of newborn longies. So I'm thinking orange and yellow - what's a good third colour??


oooh, green!

[cassdarrow]

I think I may do something a wee bit different. I may make these an "all the yarn I've loved before" pair of pants. Whaddya think? Too over the top?

[clothusingmama]

I think I may do something a wee bit different. I may make these an "all the yarn I've loved before" pair of pants. Whaddya think? Too over the top?

I think that is a great idea and if I had a stash of loved leftover yarn balls I would do the same. What a great way to use them up :pink I guess I will just have to work on having some leftovers :banana

[CraftyMommaOf2]

Perogi: go for green! i love orange, yellow and green together.

I need to decide my colors too. Hmmm...

[drea2447]

I'm in too. I just need to finish my hybrid soaker. I have 3 hanks of Blue face here that I'm going to dye up. Not sure what colors. This is going to be fun!

[Perogi]

I've been thinking of both green and red and liking the sound of green better. All nice bright colours. Do you think orange/yellow/green is sufficiently gender neutral? I really like the sound of yellow/blue/green but I think it would be too boyish.

[jessanddanny]

Ok, I'd LOVE to do this...what exactly ARE dicey pants?

Jessica

[averymybaby]

Let's aim for starting in a week ir two. That shoud give everyone time to get the yarn together. How fast do we want to go?

Julia, is eco okay? What colors do you want?


It's OK if you still have it in mind (if you don't want to use your old yarns up) :D I'm fine with whatever, and i have no idea what colors yet :faint

as for how fast - could we maybe take a couple of weeks at least? :D

[clothusingmama]

Ok, I'd LOVE to do this...what exactly ARE dicey pants?

Jessica

http://woolywonder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=2191&highlight=dicey

Here is a pair posted on this board. You roll a die to see what color and how many rows of that color to knit. There are some **ahem** who have symmetry issues and have to do both legs the same. That looks pretty cool too :pink Just use whatever pants pattern you like.

[jessanddanny]

Ooooo....awesome!! I am SO going to do this knit-along! How many colors do people use, then?

[cassdarrow]

I used 4 for my original pants.

[averymybaby]

i just realized i don't have a die in my house, i don't think :bag

[Perogi]

Uh oh, I need 4 colours??? I thought it was just three... :chin

[clothusingmama]

i just realized i don't have a die in my house, i don't think :bag

Nothing in the board game cabinet?? They come in tons of games or are cheap at Wal-Mart :pink If you have a game store around you there are big buckets of them there and you can get them with different number of sides. You can buy just 1 that way too. Or at least you can here, hmmmmm.

[dandelions2]

We used to play D&D all the time so we have all sorts of dice up the wazoo. lol

I've made two pair, both ended up with 4 colors. Although one was only gonna have two, but I didn't have enough yarn and it was too expensive to buy more so I added two other colors. I need to post pics - they turned out nice.

[mamapez]

Who needs real dice? Go here: http://www.mste.uiuc.edu/activity/webdice.html

[CraftyMommaOf2]

You can have however many colors you want, I would think! Cass, it doesn't really matter how many does it? I'm thinking I'll go with 3 or 4.
Perogi: I think yellow, orange and green is fantastic for a gn!

[cassdarrow]

Actually, no it doesn't matter. But how cool would it be to have as many colors as you have die sides? When I did the original pants, I had to ignore a lot of dice rolls for color, becuase there was no 5 or 6. Now, I could have pulled off more colors becuase I was using eco, in the natural shades. But I think you could go with 6 colors in real colors, if you were careful--perhaps just 2 or three colors, but a couple shades of each of those??

I just have so many ideas swimming around in my head.

[drea2447]

I'm gonna do pink, and a couple different shades of brown. Maybe. Too many choices this early and not enough coffee yet...

[dandelions2]

Actually, no it doesn't matter. But how cool would it be to have as many colors as you have die sides? When I did the original pants, I had to ignore a lot of dice rolls for color, becuase there was no 5 or 6. Now, I could have pulled off more colors becuase I was using eco, in the natural shades. But I think you could go with 6 colors in real colors, if you were careful--perhaps just 2 or three colors, but a couple shades of each of those??

I just have so many ideas swimming around in my head.

Well, if you have two colors you can flip a coin. If you do three, and you have a six sided die, you can assign two numbers to each color.

[cassdarrow]

Patti, that would totally work! I am now raring to go, LOL!

For those who need me to dye yarn for you, I have added 2 ounce minihanks of eco to the dye options. I will be placing an order late this afternoon, cause, as usual, I am out, LOL! But she ships quickly, so it will be here by the end of the week.

[pmcgary]

We used to play D&D all the time so we have all sorts of dice up the wazoo. lol


Hubby games here.
I used the dice for my halloween/Tiger/Tigger pants....in the body to set up the pattern of rows. (Didn't like it for the legs and decided to just stop colors when the mood hit me!) This is the only time that Dh has shown an interest in my knitting. I started out trying it with a 20 sider - ended up with two six siders and adding the rolls together.

[pmcgary]

I should have explained that for my pants I used the dice with two colors....to determine the number of rows....I think I did 5 sets of numbers. The color sequencing was the same. THis idea came from teh knitty.com tulip socks that have a repeat pattern that looks random but isn't...A big thank you to whomever made that suggestion. (Sorry I can't recall who at the moment.)

[averymybaby]

Actually, no it doesn't matter. But how cool would it be to have as many colors as you have die sides? When I did the original pants, I had to ignore a lot of dice rolls for color, becuase there was no 5 or 6. Now, I could have pulled off more colors becuase I was using eco, in the natural shades. But I think you could go with 6 colors in real colors, if you were careful--perhaps just 2 or three colors, but a couple shades of each of those??

I just have so many ideas swimming around in my head.


:chin I'm so confused now, LOL :LOL Someone will explain this later, right? For those of us who don't quite grasp the concept when it gets more complicated? :LOL

ETA I love that web die!! Totally cool!

[cassdarrow]

Here are the original dicey pants, made by moi:
http://www.holysheepyarns.com/gallery/cass/cassdiceyset.JPG

You need some colors of yarn. I used four here. Then you roll dice to determine what color to use, and how many rows to do in that color.

[mamapez]

The web dice allows you to pick how many sides (colors) you want. Assign colors numbers 1 to x (how ever many colors you are using) and voila! No more unused numbers. :pink

[CraftyMommaOf2]

I think I would like to do either 3 or 4 shades of the same color. :chin

[drea2447]

OK. I'm definitely decided. I'm going to use my blue faceed and do 2 shades of pink, brown,and natural. Does that sound gross? I have this vision in my head. By the way, I want to also do a beret. I'm a total copycat, Cass! Does anyone know where to find a free pattern?

[ravingcutie]

No that sounds pretty!

No idea about the beret, though. Google is my best friend.

[averymybaby]

i'm going out of town tomorrow for a week :bag... think I can still play? :D

[cassdarrow]

sure!

[blueskymama]

I need some help with colors. I'm thinking about using my peace fleece and I have Chickie Masla (yellow) and Mir-Atlantis Periwinkle (purple) left. And maybe a small amount of Georgia Rose. I can't decide what other colors to get. Any suggestions?

[averymybaby]

Cass - you still around? :pink

I need help picking colors too.. anyone want to help? I'd need something GN. And I'm not afraid of color. But I'm clueless with stripes. We have enough yellow, I think. Maybe some greens? What goes with green? Anyone? Beuller?

[cassdarrow]

green, red, blue, purple if you can hang with that

[CraftyMommaOf2]

:shocked: Now that's color! :LOL

[cassdarrow]

Now, Julia said she was NOT afraid of color! :LOL

[CraftyMommaOf2]

:lmdo I hope not!

[clothusingmama]

Hello ladies, I am really struggling here with the yarn dyeing for this project. I have the yarn but just can't seem to convince myself to dye solid colors. I know the color interest will come from the stripes but I really struggle with just sticking a nice blank slate into a pot of color and calling it good. Would it be to much to do a gradient dye job on each color? Something like this http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=36599&item=8138054 242&rd=1
Not that mine would come out that well but you get the idea. Also, do we have a start date? This is going to be so fun. It will be way cool to see everyones pants :pink

[cassdarrow]

I really like solids for stripes, myself. I was thinking to start around the 15th, if everyone will be ready.

[Lavenderlane]

I want to join in- this would be a good use for all that left-over PF that I'm not sure what to do with!! :devil

[CraftyMommaOf2]

My yarn should be here by then. :thumb

[clothusingmama]

The 15th sounds great :bigups: I will start dyeing this tonight and tomorrow so I can have it dry, wound and ready. :banana this is the most exciting thing I have knit yet :pink

[jessanddanny]

I should be ready to start, too. As long as my yarn is here by then!

[cassdarrow]

Jessica, I am working on it. It's a more interesting process than I though to get four different blues that are not too similar but that also don't clash, LOL!

Never fear, more dye and more yarn are ont eh way!

[averymybaby]

i'm back!!! can't wait to start on these. they'll be my ongoing background project. I picked up a ton of PF on vacay to use for the stripes. shades of green! :pink

[jessanddanny]

Thanks, Cass! If you're having problems w/the blues, you can throw a black in there instead of one of the blues. That way I'd have 3 blues and a black.

[cassdarrow]

Black? Black? DId you say BLACK????
Bwahahahahhaha--NOT

[jessanddanny]

ok ok ok...my bad! Don't spank me! :moon

[drea2447]

Got my yarn from Cass today. I am so ready to start knitting these. Cass did a beautiful job. She hit the nail on the head with the colors I wanted! This is the first time I've ever felt Cascade Ecological and now I need more. This yarn is awesome!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v456/drea2447/100_03731.jpg

[drea2447]

Sorry for the humongous picture.

[blueskymama]

I can't decide on the third color, please help. I have PF chickie masala and the mir-atlantis periwinkle. I'm thinking about adding a green - reminds me of our potato vine growing outside. But which green? The shaba or the hemlock? I really need to order today or tomorrow... Or do you have another color suggestion?

[averymybaby]

I can't decide on the third color, please help. I have PF chickie masala and the mir-atlantis periwinkle. I'm thinking about adding a green - reminds me of our potato vine growing outside. But which green? The shaba or the hemlock? I really need to order today or tomorrow... Or do you have another color suggestion?


oooh i'd do hemlock with those other 2. very nice combo :nod

[mommomrebecca]

Definitely hemlock :nod

[meco]

I know this a dumb question---but what are dicey pants?

[clothusingmama]

I know this a dumb question---but what are dicey pants?

Its not dumb, just start this thread from the beginning and you will :eyes

[averymybaby]

I got excited KA dyeing some yarn for custom pants and threw in some of my natural Cascade for the dicey pants! I was going to use the PF but I think I like this combo better:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v165/julialroberts/76379c5b.jpg

whaddaya think? It's almost 2 oz each since the Cascade skeins are only 3.75 each. Think that's enough?

[blueskymama]

Those colors look great together.

[CraftyMommaOf2]

I got my yarn yesterday! *&%^*& mailman put it in my neighbor's mail! Suppose I shoulda taken a pic, huh? I'll post one later. ;)

[dandelions2]

I got impatient and started yesterday. :moon ;)

[averymybaby]

I'm with you, Patti - itchin' to start :D.. I like to have at least one project for my own kid going at all times ;)

[CheekyMamaof2]

ohhhh how much fun is this!!! Yay for dicey pants. :)

I dont have time for pants right now, but i can whip up a dicey hat :D

[Nada]

Is it too late to join? What do I need to do if it's not too late?

Nada

[mamapez]

Is it too late to join? What do I need to do if it's not too late?

Nada

It is never too late!!! Everyone is currently gathering yarn and supplies. The plan is to cast on and knit starting on Monday. Some have even started early :nono ...Patti!

[cassdarrow]

Jump in Nada~!!

[averymybaby]

dumb question... do you roll the die for the waistband color?

[cassdarrow]

I do!

[dandelions2]

dumb question... do you roll the die for the waistband color?

Yep!

[CraftyMommaOf2]

My waist is gonna be natural so I won't roll till the first row after :bag

[dandelions2]

I roll for everything - even the drawstring.

[CraftyMommaOf2]

Oh, hadn't thought about rolling for the drawstring! I wanted the waist to be merino is the only reason for choosing it instead of rolling. I'm using the highland wool from elann for the rest.

[radish]

I think I am in! I have Chickie Masla, Salmon, Orange and Glatnost Gold in Peace Fleece. My pants will be FIREY!!! I am so excited!

Quick ?
How do you do short rows with stripes? Are they wider in back or do you make up the difference in front??

[mamapez]

I think I am in! I have Chickie Masla, Salmon, Orange and Glatnost Gold in Peace Fleece. My pants will be FIREY!!! I am so excited!

Quick ?
How do you do short rows with stripes? Are they wider in back or do you make up the difference in front??

That sounds gorgeous!

For the striped pants I did (they weren't dicey, just even stripes), they were even stripes in the front and even, but wider than the front, in the back. I made sure there were the same number of short rows in each stripe, to make sure the back would still look even. HTH :)

[blueskymama]

I think I am in! I have Chickie Masla, Salmon, Orange and Glatnost Gold in Peace Fleece. My pants will be FIREY!!! I am so excited!
That sounds :thumb! I wanted to do pair like that but I only have chickie masala and purple, so I got green to go with it. I would love to see yours when its done, so maybe I can make a pair with those colors.

[averymybaby]

ok, still wondering about the short rows with stripes - I sort of get it, but not really. am i going to just have to dive in and do it?

[cassdarrow]

I do SR differently than most, mine are all in one place, and I just put them where they go, so one stripe is quite a bit wider in the back than the front. The pics I posted today on the Short Row thread are dicey shorts, but not for the knit along. For the KAA, I'll be doing three shades of rose in eco, for my babe. SHe's getting them for Christmas, with a dress, socks and prefold to match.

[averymybaby]

I do SR differently than most, mine are all in one place, and I just put them where they go, so one stripe is quite a bit wider in the back than the front. The pics I posted today on the Short Row thread are dicey shorts, but not for the knit along. For the KAA, I'll be doing three shades of rose in eco, for my babe. SHe's getting them for Christmas, with a dress, socks and prefold to match.



oooooooh cass! that sounds loverly :D

I think if I can do it like I see it in my head, the stripes that contain short rows will just be a bit wider in back. And i'll have to be careful not to place them near the beginning or end of a stripe.

[clothusingmama]

Well it is officially the 15th all across the US, can I cast on yet :pink

:lol: I am ready to :knit

[CraftyMommaOf2]

I think it's safe to go ahead! :LOL

[drea2447]

I'm ready. I have my dice ready and just finished winding my beautiful yarn from Cass into balls. I just need to assign numbers to my colors and do the very end of a hat that I'm working on. I will be casting on today for sure. Hooray for Dicey Pants!!

[Nada]

:(

I don't think I'll be able to knit along... I have too many things on the go...

How long do you think it'll take you all to finish your pants?

Nada

[jessanddanny]

Hopefully I can get started tonight IF my yarn arrives today. I'll have to knit a swatch and then do some measurements, but, as soon as I'm done with that, I'll be a knitting FREAK!!

[dandelions2]

I'm on my third crotch increase row. :pink

[cassdarrow]

I'll be starting today! Jessica, your ysarn should be there!

[jessanddanny]

I'm stalking the mailman right now! She's usually here between now and 4pm...so, hopefully by the time Seth's sleeping tonight I"ll be started!!

[averymybaby]

I doubt I'll be able to actually cast on today, I've got a custom pair to finish up for someone else, but I want to at least assign colors to the virtual die and roll for the waistband! I've got 4 colors, does that mean I should just use 4 numbers?

[mamapez]

I'm still working on my gauge swatch, aka French Market Bag from knitty. ;) So far it looks like I'm pretty close to gauge! :cheer

[CraftyMommaOf2]

I'm working on a pair of pants for my store so I probably won't c/o until tomorrow at the latest. I might not be able to wait that long! Dh knows I'm doing my first stocking friday so I already told him I will probably do nothing but knit this week. :LOL But, he's cool with that. :)

[amyrobynne]

Nada, I think I'm going to make a pair in December after Katie's next PF coop yarn arrives. If you're going to wait that long, I'll be there.

You gals better post lots of photos--I'm so curious to see how they all turn out! I told my husband about the dicey pants concept and he insists I make a pair for our son instead of selling them. 3 months ago, he didn't like the concept of longies, and now he's asking for them :)

[blueskymama]

I'm waiting for a skein of yarn. But can probably start later today with the yarn that I have here.

[jessanddanny]

My mailman is at our neighborhood mail box center! He better have my yarn or there will be the wrath of Jessica!!!

[jessanddanny]

YAY!!!!!!!!!! The mailman was spared the wrath...my yarn is here!!! WOW CASS!!! :mwah This is so soft and fluffy and the colors will be SO PERFECT for Seth! Now I'm off to do my swatch and get it started! YIPPEE!!!

[averymybaby]

YAY jessica! :D

OK, so I need two dice.. one to roll for the color, and one to roll for the rows, right? And you just ignore and roll again if you get a 5 but you only have 4 colors, right? That virtual die thing is wierd if I only put in 4 sides (I have 4 colors) so i might have to hunt for a real die.

[CraftyMommaOf2]

Put 8 sides and give each color two numbers. :pink

[Nada]

Question for you mamas!

I was planning on selling my knit-along pants. Do you think we should be mention that it was Cass idea? I think I'd be more comfortable with that - she did come up with the idea...

Nada

[CraftyMommaOf2]

I am going to sell mine and I plan on saying Cass is the mastahmind and linking to her. As long as she says that's ok. Cass?

[clothusingmama]

Are we supposed to stay with the group when knitting these pants? Is there a fist goal or time we should be in a certain place? Do we have a projected finish date? Ok so I sound like a game of 20 questions but this is my first knit along and don't know how they work.

[cassdarrow]

I am sure none of my sister knitting wahms would take another's idea and sell it as their own. It never ocurred to me that any of these pants would be sold, LOL! I did not think the concept would be such a hit. However, I am thrilled to be wrong on that, and as long as proper credit is given, I don't have an issue.

All I have managed to o so far is roll for my patterning. I don't even have the yarn would yet. I hop eto get to that today, but I am backed up, as usual.

Since so many are planning on selling, and I already have a project OTN for my baby, I may just make a pair for the store.

It might be better to just plan an "unveiling date", since we are all at different stages. Could we all be done by the 26th?

[jessanddanny]

I think I can be done by the 26th...that gives me the whole Thanksgiving day to weave my ends in.

I did my swatch last night and almost all of the waistband is done...

[mamapez]

Ha ha ha! In my dreams I could be done by the 26th. You master knitting mamas are too fast for me!

I would love to see your 26th unveiling. It will motivate me to finish (I'll be lucky to be through the body).

[averymybaby]

I'm not sure about the 26th but i'll for sure try! Cass did you roll all your numbers already?

[cassdarrow]

yes, I did that last night!

[dandelions2]

I roll as I go. Roll to find out the color and number of rounds. Do that. Once done, I roll for the next color and round number and so on.

[Lavenderlane]

I'm ready!! I'm using PF in Chickie Masla, Hemlock, Glasnost Gold, and Navy (can't remember the name for it- solid navy with no underlying color).

I did the waistband in navy and am getting ready to start in on the increases. I need to find some dice. :chin

This is sooo fun!!! I'm planning on selling mine too.

It will be interesting to see how everyone's turns out.

[averymybaby]

i want to start sooo bad but here i sit kak, just starting the second leg of some custom pants i have to finish first :faint :goodgrief

[CraftyMommaOf2]

:knit

[jessanddanny]

Ok--I'm done w/the waistband and the first band of rolled color, but, I'm wondering if all of you take the roll for the # of rows LITERALLY, or if you take that number and multiply it by anything. I was thinking if you roll say, a 4, and you knit just 4 rolls, well...you get A LOT of ends to weave in when you're done. That's fine w/me, I'm just wondering what all of you are doing. THANKS IN ADVANCE!

[dandelions2]

Yep, I take what I roll - 1-6 rows since I'm using a D6.

[amyrobynne]

Is everybody making a waistband a solid color? Would it be total overkill to roll for rows of waistband and to use different colors for the different strands of the drawstring (I do braids)?

[cassdarrow]

I finally got started. When I rolled I was going to use roses for Abby, but I changed my my min. I am doing a pair in 2 solid blues and Bailey. I am doubling the Bailey, becuase variegated yarn needs a littel more space to settle down, but the other two, I am doing exactly what the die said.

[cassdarrow]

Oh, one more thing! Danica, I read your post before you edited it. Thank you!

[averymybaby]

i get to start today! :devil

[CraftyMommaOf2]

Cass, did you get my pm? :pink

[cassdarrow]

uum, no, but I'll go pick it up now. I did not get a notice.

[cassdarrow]

Actually, no there is not one there. Resend?

[CraftyMommaOf2]

i'll redo it now :LOL

[dandelions2]

I had finished the crotch increases on mine...then realized that my gauge was off by a half stitch so my pants were 1" too wide in the hips. Doh! It might have been ok, but I :pezfrog anyways and started over at the waistband. I'm almost at 7 1/2" now and about to start the increases on the next round. :faint

[mamapez]

Instead of waiting for the White Buffalo, I went ahead and cast on with peace fleece and switched to making the FCC Sporty Pants instead of the Wooly Wonder Pants. :D
I am using Galooboy Blue, Ukranian Red, Soyuz Apollo Teal, and Chickie Masla. I rolled 6 rows of blue first. :pink

[drea2447]

I just finished my decreases and am working on my first leg. There are a couple spots in the hips that I'm not loving, due to the short rows, but now I know exactly how to do the new pair that I'm going to do as soon as I finish these. (sorry for the extremely long run on sentence)

[dandelions2]

Here's a pic of mine so far: www.xanga.com/dandeliondreamers

[CraftyMommaOf2]

Oh Patti! I love the colors!!! I had a 60s-ish skirt in those colors. :love it!

[averymybaby]

Here's where I got today!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v165/julialroberts/fbde2858.jpg

So forgive my ignorance, but you CAN do a one-row stripe with a jogless jog? Cos I'd been ignoring 1's if I rolled them. Someone enlighten me? :)

[CraftyMommaOf2]

Don't think you can do a jogless with only one row.

[cassdarrow]

I can't use the colors I was planning to use, so I am going to have to re-think this. I'll be restarting maybe tomorrow.

[jessanddanny]

stupid :pezfrog ...I had to frog 4" of the body...looked like doggy doo-doo WAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!

[mommomrebecca]

What yarn are you using Julia? I love those colors!

[drea2447]

Here's my progress so far....
One legged pants
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v456/drea2447/100_03841.jpg
All these ends are gonna be a total pain to weave. Maybe I'll just leave them and call it a design feature.

[Sheena]

You guys rock!

I am LOVING everyone's colors! Seriously, everyone has the best colorways!

[Sheena]

Oh, and why are they called "dicey"???

[averymybaby]

What yarn are you using Julia? I love those colors!

Cascade 220 Kool Aid dyed :D

Lt Green - Arctic Green Apple
Dk Green - Watermelon Kiwi? can't remember the name of it
Lt Green - Changing Cherry
Dk Green - Berry blue with some watermelon kiwi to make it more aqua-y

:D

I'm having the same issue on the hips with the short rows - when you're doing the stripes like this and have to do the jogless jog thing, the last two stitches of your old color aren't connected by that little tail so you have to work with them while they're sort of floating. It's going to be a little hairy to weave in the ends and fake-connect those two stitches back so there isn't a tiny gap between them. But definitely do-able. :brow

I'm loving this method, Cass! Makes everything go by much faster :D

[mamapez]

Well, I got the waistband done, but I screwed something up along the way. I'm trying to figure out where I went wrong, and then I'll be back in business.

[norcalmommy]

These all look so nice! :wowza What a great idea and great way to make the knitting go quickly. UNfortunately can't join you this time...too many things I'm working on at the moment :pink

[averymybaby]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v165/julialroberts/e7114260.jpg

[Susan_WW]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v165/julialroberts/e7114260.jpg

Pretty colors! I really wish I had the time to knit along with everyone! It looks like everyone is having such a great time. Well, I'm with you in spirit :pink

[pamelamama]

keep those pix coming!! :lurk

[Sheena]

Julia!!!

Those are GORGEOUS!!! You always have the best colorways.

Urge to buy Wonderpants pattern rising...

[jessanddanny]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v97/jessanddanny/diceypants.jpg

since I took the picture I'm now halfway done w/one leg, too!

[norcalmommy]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v97/jessanddanny/diceypants.jpg

since I took the picture I'm now halfway done w/one leg, too!
Beautiful! :wowza :wowza :wowza :wowza :wowza :wowza

[jessanddanny]

Thanks! I keep rolling darn 6's for rows and 3 and 4's for color...those are the dark ones. I really like it, though! Plus, less ends to weave in! I wove all the body ends before I started the legs so I wouldn't get discouraged at the end!

[jessanddanny]

How's everyone doing on their pants? I finished mine this morning and they're being "tested out" right now! Seth is sound asleep just loving them! As I was starting to put them on him he was ALL SMILES! He kept patting them and going "NUMMMMM"...so cute!!! I can't wait to hear how everyone's pants are going.

BTW: I only finished them today since I spent 5 hours in a car being the passenger yesterday while Dan bought a snowmobile...guess I don't have to justify my new swift and all the yarn coming, huh???

[marnie]

so beautiful everyone! don't forget the important last step of the knit along.... mail your completed projects to me!

[dandelions2]

I put mine aside...waiting for my 12" circs to come in. :brow

[twouglyducks]

Here's my progress so far....
One legged pants
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v456/drea2447/100_03841.jpg
All these ends are gonna be a total pain to weave. Maybe I'll just leave them and call it a design feature.

Oh, LOOOOOVE these colors!!! I absolutely love pinks and brown. :D

[drea2447]

Thanks. I'm finished, well, I still have to weave in ends and make a drawstring. I want to finish the the FCC Raglan I'm working on first.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v456/drea2447/yarn007.jpg

I'm really happy with how they turned out.

[mamapez]

Oh pretty! Man you guys are speedy. I'm only on the third short row...and I thought I was flying. :LOL

[clothusingmama]

so beautiful everyone! don't forget the important last step of the knit along.... mail your completed projects to me!

:noball

[clothusingmama]

Here is a link to mine so far. My baby has been super sick so I haven't had as much time to work on them as I would like :violin I am doing the legs in different colors but the same number of rows per stripe. Well except where I started magic looping, I goofed there :hmph: I am also using a die with 12 sides :pink

http://www.picturetrail.com/gallery/view?p=999&gid=5574893&uid=2779167&members=1

[CraftyMommaOf2]

holy neon colors! :LOL love it!!

[JustLookin]

Here is a link to mine so far. My baby has been super sick so I haven't had as much time to work on them as I would like :violin I am doing the legs in different colors but the same number of rows per stripe. Well except where I started magic looping, I goofed there :hmph: I am also using a die with 12 sides :pink

http://www.picturetrail.com/gallery/view?p=999&gid=5574893&uid=2779167&members=1

ok WOW, for some reason I am loving those pants!

[clothusingmama]

Well Friday has passed and my pants still look the same as they did in the pic. I didn't get a chance to knit over Thanksgiving. Does anyone have finished pics to share? I am hoping to get these done soon, I want to knit some mocs :pink

[mamapez]

I'm ready to start the crotch...that is as far as I've gotten. :(

[blueskymama]

:emb I just started. Trying to figure out what to do with the short rows. I'm using LTK's longies pattern.

[cassdarrow]

Sad to say, especially since I am SUPPOSED to be heading this up, that, ummmmm, errr, well, it's like this--I haven't restarted mine.

[JustLookin]

since y'all are late getting going because of the holidays and such I am SOOO tempted to join... but I have no yarn for it, LOL

[averymybaby]

Sara do you have any left you can dye up? :D

I restarted a bit of the second leg last night. I'm itching to finish too! This week for sure. :D

[jessanddanny]

Mine are done and were worn on Thanksgiving! Everyone just loved them! Here's the cutie pie!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v97/jessanddanny/sethmodelingdiceys2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v97/jessanddanny/sethmodelingdiceys.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v97/jessanddanny/diceypants2.jpg

[drea2447]

What a cutie. Your pants turned out great! I'm a slacker, still have ends to weave....

[twouglyducks]

Andrea I am in love with those pants!!!! Totally. I so hope I have a girl, just to use those colors together. :LOL

Tami, I'm loving the neon pants!!

[jessanddanny]

I just dread weaving ends too, so, I make myself weave as I go...once the body was done, I wove all of those ends, and after each leg I did those. Otherwise I would STILL be putting off weaving them!

[clothusingmama]

Those blue and grey pants are sooo cute and the model is :wowza

Thanks for the nice words about my neon pants, they are in my lap now. I must finish them. Hopefully I will be to the tail weaving part by tonight. . .that is my goal :pink

[pamelamama]

lovely!

[averymybaby]

i finished mine tonight! saying it out loud must have made me want to finish. ;) I finished the second leg last night and about 2/3 of the weaving, and just finished the second leg weaving now. I wish I could have tried them on her but she was already in the bath :crud:... pics to come! :D

[Susan_WW]

Jessica, I love your pants! And your model is a cutie pie too :pink

[averymybaby]

OK Photobucket is being a PITA this morning but let me at least get the links in here.

Before weaving:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v165/julialroberts/5058ffb7.jpg

After weaving, all done!:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v165/julialroberts/4d95933c.jpg

And, on the :moon this morning!:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v165/julialroberts/cbfefc77.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v165/julialroberts/56b6a534.jpg


this was a lot of fun! :pink

[Susan_WW]

OMG Avery is just toooooo cute! And I still love your pants :love

[Susan_WW]

:D

[jessanddanny]

Thanks for all the nice comments, everyone!! I think Seth is a cutie-patootie, too! I just love looking at everyone else's pants on their kids! WHAT FUN!!!

[drea2447]

I love your pants Julia! The colors turned out beautiful and Avery is a doll. My dd is sitting on my lap cooing at her picture. I guess she thinks she's a cutie too!

[KaliD]

These all look so great! So much inspiration, such beautiful knitting, and absolutely georgeous models!

I wish there was a photo gallery that showed them all off together (like some knit-along websites I've seen). *hint, hint* :love

[clothusingmama]

Whooo Hoooo, I finished my dicey pants :pink I like them and the fit is perfect. I am so excited, I cant wait to get them washed, lanolized, and on her little rump. Here are some pics, including one of all those tails. I like the neon dye, it is so fun.

http://www.picturetrail.com/gallery/view?p=999&gid=5574893&uid=2779167&members=1

[CraftyMommaOf2]

8) need my shades to view those neon pants! :LOL love em!!

[averymybaby]

Whooo Hoooo, I finished my dicey pants :pink I like them and the fit is perfect. I am so excited, I cant wait to get them washed, lanolized, and on her little rump. Here are some pics, including one of all those tails. I like the neon dye, it is so fun.

http://www.picturetrail.com/gallery/view?p=999&gid=5574893&uid=2779167&members=1


:faint :faint :faint I love the neon pants!!!! :pink

And thanks to everyone for the compliments on mine... this was so fun!

[Susan_WW]

Cute neon pants Tami! I really like the colors :D

[drea2447]

I love your neon pants! The colors are so bright and beautiful!

[clothusingmama]

Awwww, thanks ladies. 8) shades for sure with these pants, there is nothing mellow about them :pink

[Lavenderlane]

I finally finished my pants!!! I love them except my jogless jogs aren't very pretty. Whoever does a "Jogless Jog Tutorial" just like Laura's "Cuff Finishing Tutorial" http://woolywonder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=2706 would be my best friend forever!! :brow

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v402/iltec/IMG_0532.jpg

[averymybaby]

I love those colors Sarah! Did you dye it up? What's the yarn?

Kudos to you for being able to figure out Laura's tutorial. I still can't get it :eyesroll:

[Lavenderlane]

The yarn is Peace Fleece- Glasnost Gold, Hemlock, Chickie Masla and Patience Blue. I love PF!!!!!!!

[mamapez]

Beautiful! :D

[CraftyMommaOf2]

Sarah! Those are beautiful!!! Ds has a shirt with those colors in it. I love that combo. :love

[clothusingmama]

Kudos to you for being able to figure out Laura's tutorial. I still can't get it :eyesroll:

I LOVE that tutorial. I have it printed out and it is now a permanent part of my knitting notebook. It is well worth figuring out :bigups:

I finally finished my pants!!! I love them except my jogless jogs aren't very pretty. Whoever does a "Jogless Jog Tutorial" just like Laura's "Cuff Finishing Tutorial" http://woolywonder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=2706 would be my best friend forever!! :brow

I love your pants and totally agree on the tutorial. My ummmmm, jogs are jogging :lol: