Well, at this point, I've knitted over 120 squares.
I've also done a rough estimate of how many squares I'll need given that I want a blanket measuring 125cm x 200cm.
580.
Five Hundred and Eighty Squares.
Well. I'm not sure I'll do them all. I'm not sure I won't, but from my track record about projects, the future looks set to see me get within sight of finishing them all and they end up getting put in a bag to end up slowly rotting in the pit/box of Unfinished Projects.
Not because I get fed up of knitting, but because I can't face finishing off the project - the thought of sewing or crocheting all those squares together will make me blanch.
But I don't know - there's this small determined lizard in the back of my brain gritting it's teeth and willing me on to complete all the squares and finish the project.
I hope it wins.
Until the next entry.
28 February 2006
10 February 2006
New Knitting
Not in the sense I have started a new project, but that the blanket project (small square knitting)is getting a little dull.
So I decided to try out some textured knitting.
I've done small squares of alternate stocking stitch and reverse stocking stitch (5 stitches for each small square) on a square - lovely. I've done a couple of those so far.
Then I did seed (moss) stitch - it required that I drop the cast on to 18 stitches, but it turned out fine. I've done a couple of those as well.
I then tried doing seed stitch rib (I don't have the pattern as the book is downstairs) - that was nice, as the pattern is reverseable. Only one of those so far, but I'll be doing more.
I have tried doing a "easy" cable pattern (indented diamonds), but it occasionally required twisted cabling and regular cabling on the same row, and with frustration and dropped stitches, that got frogged. I will try it again later in the month, even if only to conquer it.
I also did a alternate to the diagonal half colour intarsia square and for that, I cast on 20 stitches, and purled the first row. (square was done using st. stitch)
(note - colours are single skeins of embroidery floss doubled in half, casting on with the loose ends - the loop will be used in case of the floss running short)
On the next (knit) row, I knitted the first stitch using the alternate colour (AC) and knit the rest of the row using the first colour (FC).
The next row (purl), after slipping the first stitch, I purled with the FC until one stitch before the AC, then purled the remaining stitches.
The rows after that, I slipped the first stitch, and knitted or purled the row increasing the AC until I was left with one remaining stitch of the FC (this would be the 20th row).
On the last row, instead of slipping the first stitch, I purled the whole row in the AC, and then cast off knitwise with it.
There occasionally were problems with the FC being short on the very last stitch, but that was solved by wrapping the end of the floss loop (doubled skein) around the inserted needle and then purling that into the last stitch, I then knit into the loop with the first stitch of the next row with the AC, thereby locking it into place. It does look a little odd, but it works.
Bye for now.
So I decided to try out some textured knitting.
I've done small squares of alternate stocking stitch and reverse stocking stitch (5 stitches for each small square) on a square - lovely. I've done a couple of those so far.
Then I did seed (moss) stitch - it required that I drop the cast on to 18 stitches, but it turned out fine. I've done a couple of those as well.
I then tried doing seed stitch rib (I don't have the pattern as the book is downstairs) - that was nice, as the pattern is reverseable. Only one of those so far, but I'll be doing more.
I have tried doing a "easy" cable pattern (indented diamonds), but it occasionally required twisted cabling and regular cabling on the same row, and with frustration and dropped stitches, that got frogged. I will try it again later in the month, even if only to conquer it.
I also did a alternate to the diagonal half colour intarsia square and for that, I cast on 20 stitches, and purled the first row. (square was done using st. stitch)
(note - colours are single skeins of embroidery floss doubled in half, casting on with the loose ends - the loop will be used in case of the floss running short)
On the next (knit) row, I knitted the first stitch using the alternate colour (AC) and knit the rest of the row using the first colour (FC).
The next row (purl), after slipping the first stitch, I purled with the FC until one stitch before the AC, then purled the remaining stitches.
The rows after that, I slipped the first stitch, and knitted or purled the row increasing the AC until I was left with one remaining stitch of the FC (this would be the 20th row).
On the last row, instead of slipping the first stitch, I purled the whole row in the AC, and then cast off knitwise with it.
There occasionally were problems with the FC being short on the very last stitch, but that was solved by wrapping the end of the floss loop (doubled skein) around the inserted needle and then purling that into the last stitch, I then knit into the loop with the first stitch of the next row with the AC, thereby locking it into place. It does look a little odd, but it works.
Bye for now.
02 February 2006
Camera gone
My Father has gone on a trip, taking the only Digital Camera with him.
This unfortunatly means that there will be no photos until he returns.
So be it.
This unfortunatly means that there will be no photos until he returns.
So be it.
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