Thursday, April 12, 2007

Knitting in the box

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.
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6 comments:

  1. Angela10:13 p.m.

    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

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  2. Sarah10:17 p.m.

    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?

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  3. Sarah10:18 p.m.

    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.

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  4. Angela10:56 p.m.

    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.

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  5. Angela3:01 p.m.

    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

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  6. Sarah4:59 p.m.

    cool. Thanks for letting me know. I'm not turning back now though.

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