Knitting in the box or cat in a box?
No lets stick to the knitting!
It has been a while since my last post. I have been knitting a lot..however I have not been knitting on any one thing. I have been averaging a new project a night for the last three nights.
I started Thermal and have knit one inch so far. Exciting I know that is why there is no photo.
Something that I thought would never be my style has become my life. Because of this and this I find that I MUST knit mitered squares and what better to use for squares than Noro. So I have started both projects.
This is beginning of the mitered squares felted bag. 
I am using Kuryon in colour 178 and was not sure about the colour when I bought it but I was intrigued to see how it would turn out. I think when you buy Noro you have to spread the ball out like the petals of a flower to see all of the colours in it. Even then it is always a pleasant surprise.
An even nicer surprise then is the Silk Garden, of which I have purchased a ton to make a mitered squares blanket. I have colours 221 and 47.
I know that I am going to hate squares when I'm done and may never to them again after I'm finished but right now....I'm hooked. I may have to get in touch with Monika for tips and motivation to keep going.
6 comments:
Funny....I started knitting mitered squares yesterday. It's how I've decided to use up my leftover yarn bits.
I've run into a bit of trouble though...my mitered squares aren't very...well...square. They look more like an ice cream cone.
Any tips?
~Angela
When I cast on for the blanket last night my square wasn't very square. I had tried to do it in stockinette stitch and that made the difference. Are you knitting every row?
I mean that the stockinette was making the shape funny. Knitting every row fixed the problem for me. I read my comment and didn't think it was very clear.
That must be it.
I was trying to get that flat (stockinette) look.
Hmm.
I'll have to adjust.
~Angela
PS. Thanks for the tip.
I was far too stuck on the stockinette idea, so I played around until it worked.
For interest's sake:
1st row - k2tog (x4) in the middle
Purl all even #'ed rows
3rd row - k2tog (x2) in the middle
~Angela
cool. Thanks for letting me know. I'm not turning back now though.
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