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Tir Chonaill - done!
Dec. 26th, 2012 11:52 pm Well. That was fun. And easier than I expected it to be. Once I got my left hand to play ball so I could knit the pattern colour continental style, that was it! It took a lot less time to knit the blanket than I expected, but that's the beauty of bulky yarns, I guess.
Cutting the steek was still nervewracking, though. Luckily, it held, and the sandwich does indeed hide the steek edges very nicely. I hope it will continue to hold. And I was reminded of just how much I hate doing i-cord cast off - it takes ages, and about half a ball of yarn... But hey, it looks good now that it's finished.
I have since done more colourwork in the form of a little teapot cozy (this pattern, if you are interested), which was also my first piece of work with Shetland wool (yes, the teapot gets the good yarn, so what?). And now I'm knitting Kate Davies's Mucklemuff.
Gone from "can't do colourwork, wouldn't do it properly" to "what else can I knit that is colourwork?"...
Cutting the steek was still nervewracking, though. Luckily, it held, and the sandwich does indeed hide the steek edges very nicely. I hope it will continue to hold. And I was reminded of just how much I hate doing i-cord cast off - it takes ages, and about half a ball of yarn... But hey, it looks good now that it's finished.
I have since done more colourwork in the form of a little teapot cozy (this pattern, if you are interested), which was also my first piece of work with Shetland wool (yes, the teapot gets the good yarn, so what?). And now I'm knitting Kate Davies's Mucklemuff.
Gone from "can't do colourwork, wouldn't do it properly" to "what else can I knit that is colourwork?"...
