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Knitting x3
Jan. 11th, 2019 10:04 pm☆ I finished that colourwork cowl I was working on. :D I'll try to get a photo some time soon. If I were to start it again, there are a few things I might do differently, but overall I'm pretty happy with it. It's a good one if you want a quick and striking project, though I couldn't call it brainless television-knitting, as I didn't find the chart particularly easy to memorize. Might be good for working on while listening to podcasts and such, though. I had more yarn left over than expected, so I'm thinking about maybe doing a narrower one in inverse colours, or something.
☆ Unsure when I'll be able to get around to blocking that cowl, mind... I usually would pin it to my bed, but I don't think it would dry quickly enough in winter. And I know that some people like to use those large foam play mat... things, but I don't have the storage space for that sort of thing. Hmm. I wonder if it would work if I pinned it to a thick, folded towel? Or... maybe I could pin it to the ironing board. I'd like to do it some time this winter, rather than wait until summer, because it's so gloriously thick and warm and cozy.
☆ Now, I've started a shawl; the pattern is Rosewater. I'm using one of the two skeins by Kaleidoscope Dyeworks that I have left. They shut down a few years ago, which is a damn shame, because I really liked their stuff, and it felt good to support a small dyer located so close to me. Anyway, it's a natural base with bright sprinkles of colour, and... er. Well. This is probably one of those ones that looks better on the skein than it does in knitted form. Or, well, it'd look very nice as a contrast to black, but I have zero desire to buy more yarn. So. We'll see how this goes. xD At the very least, it makes sense to try some new techniques with a colour that I'm not particularly attached to. This project starts with a garter tab, which I've never done before, and when I read the instructions, it initially seemed very "you do what?", haaa. But it's one of those things that makes perfect sense when you actually do it. Also, I haven't done many works that involve lace (I started one, but hadn't finished it), so this might be... interesting.
☆ Unsure when I'll be able to get around to blocking that cowl, mind... I usually would pin it to my bed, but I don't think it would dry quickly enough in winter. And I know that some people like to use those large foam play mat... things, but I don't have the storage space for that sort of thing. Hmm. I wonder if it would work if I pinned it to a thick, folded towel? Or... maybe I could pin it to the ironing board. I'd like to do it some time this winter, rather than wait until summer, because it's so gloriously thick and warm and cozy.
☆ Now, I've started a shawl; the pattern is Rosewater. I'm using one of the two skeins by Kaleidoscope Dyeworks that I have left. They shut down a few years ago, which is a damn shame, because I really liked their stuff, and it felt good to support a small dyer located so close to me. Anyway, it's a natural base with bright sprinkles of colour, and... er. Well. This is probably one of those ones that looks better on the skein than it does in knitted form. Or, well, it'd look very nice as a contrast to black, but I have zero desire to buy more yarn. So. We'll see how this goes. xD At the very least, it makes sense to try some new techniques with a colour that I'm not particularly attached to. This project starts with a garter tab, which I've never done before, and when I read the instructions, it initially seemed very "you do what?", haaa. But it's one of those things that makes perfect sense when you actually do it. Also, I haven't done many works that involve lace (I started one, but hadn't finished it), so this might be... interesting.
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