I have done only one project so far and I wanted to do another. With my trip to the coast this weekend (I'm actually leaving tonight after work since book club is next weekend instead) I thought it'd be nice to have a knitting project to work on.
I made my first ever anything on my trip to Croatia. You can see me here starting it (well you can't really see but this is a picture from the night we stayed in the lobby of SeaTac and that's when I started it)
There are other knitters on the trip, I'm the one on the far right.
And then here I am at one of the airports on the way back almost done:
http://www.goingthere.net/gallery/Travel/IMG_4338
I wanted something to go with it. Everyone knits scarves. I don't want another scarf. I have a beautiful one that my aunt knitted for me. So I'm making wristwarmers instead. You can see the ones I'm going to make here:
http://knitty.com/ISSUEsummer06/PATTfetching.html
The trip to the yarn store cost me a pretty penny, only because I dont' have the right needles yet. So I know if I continue it won't be so costly. It was $19.95 (out of my $30 set aside for 'personal') for double pointed needles, tapestry needle, cable needle, and yarn. We'll see how it turns out! I know I'll have trouble when it comes to the thumbs but that's ok. I have two great friends who knit beautifully that can help me out once I get there.
Of course, I realized last night that I'd messed up somewhere. I was using the tail from the start as a guide for counting rounds. Since I'm using four needles instead of three it actually works out ok because the last needle is the only one that I complete a set of stiches on. But, I got halfway through my third round and there was the little tail. Umm. So I think I'm going to take it out an redo it.
September 22nd, 2006 at 04:00 pm 1158937249
September 22nd, 2006 at 04:06 pm 1158937569
I want to experiment with this pattern to see if I can come up with an edge that doesn't flair out but hugs into my hand. Not wild about the ones in the pictures.....
Happy knitting!