Tank Time Tank-Along

Chickami is done ! red and not as tight as i'd like , but we'll see what happends after blocking!
pics soon !

3 inches done so far

Hi , I am on the decrease rows of the chickami on the bottom , working my way up ! ..It is fun , i had to look up a few things before venturing to this section...having a ball!

I have finally started the Chickami ! It is red hot cotton ,100% cotton ......( I am a tad worried about shrinkage though ) I love it and am so glad to finally have time at night to knit this up.....YaY!

~Nasheikah

Updates!

Finally the TankAlonger list is updated. We have over 70 people! Holy smokes!

Please check your listing and make sure it's up to date. If not, send me your updated info ASAP so we can get it all in the right shape.

Anyone have pictures, news on their tanks to share?

Long Time, No Tank

June was a whirl. My personal life has been crazy, what with a new job, my sister in town for 2 and a half weeks and crazy personal relationship stuff. The result has been Tank Along neglect. I have at least a dozen people to add, updates to make and photos to post. Hopefully that will all happen by the end of next week. I appreciate your patience and understanding. And Goddess will be finished soon!

New TankAlongers Added

Finally had a chance to update the TankAlonger list. There are more updates to be done. Hopefully by the weekend. Anyone up for a roll call?

Apologies

There are at least three new tankalongers and I have yet to get their information up. I apologize. Work life spun out of control last night and I'm still trying to catch up. I'm leaving tomorrow morning for a week on Cape Cod attending a workshop. Updates may have to wait until my return. Happy knitting!

~Nathania

Holly's Progress

Here's progress on Holly's Honeymoon Tank.

A Question from Maddie

I am doing the Shapely Tank in some ribbon yarn... Filatura
DiCrosa "Elena"..and while it knits up beautifully it is getting very
twisty coming off the ball.... so much so that I have to stop pretty often
and "spin" out the tension. This is driving me crazy! I am sure there is
some sort of easy answer to this problem I just don't seem to know it. Any
help you can give is appreciated!

Maddie, tanking along

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I'll take a stab at answering since I'm coming up on a binary ribbon project and have had the same experience. 1. Working from a ball of ribbon yarn is a disaster. Out and out. Instead, I've done what Art Fibers does with all their yarns, wound it on a cylinder. Theirs are a cushy foam. At home when I have nothing quite so fancy, I use a cardboard toilet paper roll. This insures that the ribbon lies flat and feeds without twisting. 2. Instead of leaving the roll loose on your lap or beside you, get a standing toilet paper stand. One of those holders that doesn't attach to the wall but is freestanding. You can then put the roll on the stand and you don't have to worry about it rolling around getting tangled and the like. 3. If you're working back and forth rather than in the round, turn your work alternately clockwise and then counterclockwise (or vice versa), so that you don't end up with spiral twists in your yarn. For example, on finishing a knit row, always turn the work clockwise, on a purl row always turn counterclockwise. Hope that helps a little.

Other suggestions? Leave them in the comments.