I did tech support for 18 years and although I’m now in implementation I still do a lot of support. I guess there is really no getting away from it. That being said I feel like I should give myself some kind of support title in regards to patterns I try because I almost always make some changes to improve it (in my opinion).
For example, there is nothing wrong with the braided cowl pattern. However, I feel that if you chain 10 instead of 13, and DC 20 into it instead of 23, it fixes a few things.
- the center hole isn’t as big so you can use reasonable sized buttons like 1” with no problem
- the center hole isn’t as big so when you braid the loops together, they fit more snugly and don’t flare up at the edges as much.
- 20 dc into a 10 chain leaves less spread between the stitches to make a more consistent full loop.
Just my thoughts. I tried it on a cowl and I thought it came out better that way. And this was after I tried this cowl using a thick homespun yarn, a solid 4 Caron One Pound yarn, and a 3 Lion Brand mandala yarn.
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July 29, 2020
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Amy
I did tech support for 18 years and although I’m now in implementation I still do a lot of support. I guess there is really no getting away from it. That being said I feel like I should give myself some kind of support title in regards to patterns I try because I almost always make some changes to improve it (in my opinion).
For example, there is nothing wrong with the braided cowl pattern. However, I feel that if you chain 10 instead of 13, and DC 20 into it instead of 23, it fixes a few things.
Just my thoughts. I tried it on a cowl and I thought it came out better that way. And this was after I tried this cowl using a thick homespun yarn, a solid 4 Caron One Pound yarn, and a 3 Lion Brand mandala yarn.