31 January 2006

A Tiny Change of Plans

Well, knitting the squares is going well. I've done 40 of them so far and once the two that are on the needles are finished, I'm going to wash them. I figured that if I wash them in batches of 40, then I won't have too much to do.

The next batch of 40 will be knitted half-and-half colour squares. Cast on a colour, purl a row and on the next row introduce a colour on the last stitch (intarsia knitting technique). After that, increase the new colour by knitting one extra stitch of the second colour and decreasing the first colour by a stitch. Eventually, the square will be finished by casting off in the second colour.

Colours will be moderatly randomly picked. There are colour combinations I cannot abide, like red and green (any shades) or bright yellow and royal blue.
Other than that, if it looks ok, it gets knitted.

Wish me luck.

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