Another One Dives Into The Frog Pond….

The vest had to be frogged.  For those of you who don’t know what frogging is it is ripping something out or back.  “Rip it” sounds like “ribbit” hence the term frog.  Rhys went through a growth spurt.  I had left it wondering what to do and then today I had to face the facts and I frogged it.  I decided to try out a trial pattern maker I saw on someone else’s blog from Ravelry.  It is knitware. I must have got it just in time as when I went to get this link it says it is closed for a few days.  This program can be used for crochet patterns as well and I downloaded the free trial for sweaters.  As it is a trial is appears you cannot save the pattern you make up but have to print it off right away.  I filled in the size, gauge (my gauge), stitch type, styles for the sweater, neckline, and sleeves.  It made me a pattern.  The only minor glitch is that the ribbing it gave me was “single ribbing” which as a crocheter I thought would mean sc in bl ribbing but apparently not.  The ribbing is meant to be worked across the back which would normally be around the post ribbing which is done in dc.  I went for the sc in bl ribbing and made it slightly shorter than the width of the back.  I am making a cardigan hoody as this seems to be Rhys’s favourite style.  I am using the same yarn.  I am not sure if I have enough but we will see.  Hoods take up a lot of yarn.  Anyways, I am testing this pattern maker.  This may be exactly what I am looking for because kids patterns are harder to find.