knitting update
Nov. 20th, 2013 10:14 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
naushikaI've been kinda busy the last several days. Not really busy I guess. Just busy not being on the computer. I'm so behind on dreamwidth and stuff though which makes me feel guilty. Oops. >.< I've been watching so much tv though. I need to do a tv update soon! (Short version: Agents of SHIELD continues to be awesome, and I'm in LOVE with Almost Human!)
I bought some double pointed needles off ebay and when they got here I started on a new fingerless mitt pattern. Specifically this one! Because they are the MITTS OF MY HEART and I must have them. It took me two days and the entire first season of Arrow to carry me through but I finished the first one!
I haven't put the button on yet cause I'm gonna wait til I finish the other one and then do the finishing touches at the same time. But I have these big shiny blue buttons I may use. But I also have some pretty wooden ones. IDK. DECISIONS.
It's not perfect - you can see many imperfections, lol. I did make a lot of mistakes as I went and had to undo and re-do many stitches. But I'm so so proud of myself for doing this! Things I did for the first time:
- knitting in the round on dpns
- cable cast on
- knitting a thumbhole space with waste yarn & picking up the stitches later (that was harrowing)
- knitting a thumb!
Just look at this:
I FELT LIKE A KNITTING WIZARD! XD
I spent a long time in the extreme beginner phase of knitting (years!) and I've done many scarves and hats and honestly at times I would think "this is so boring and monotonous" and I'd often have to push myself to finish things, and that's part of what held me back from trying more complicated patterns. But doing this project has shown me that the real fun in knitting lies in more advanced projects (not that this is at all 'advanced'.. more like.. 'a bit above novice'). Knitting cables is fun! Knitting in the round on dpns is SUPER fun! Complicated patterns are interesting and more exciting to me. :D At no point was I ever bored when working on this. SUCH FUN. I'm not finished with the second one yet, but, sooooon.
I bought some double pointed needles off ebay and when they got here I started on a new fingerless mitt pattern. Specifically this one! Because they are the MITTS OF MY HEART and I must have them. It took me two days and the entire first season of Arrow to carry me through but I finished the first one!
I haven't put the button on yet cause I'm gonna wait til I finish the other one and then do the finishing touches at the same time. But I have these big shiny blue buttons I may use. But I also have some pretty wooden ones. IDK. DECISIONS.
It's not perfect - you can see many imperfections, lol. I did make a lot of mistakes as I went and had to undo and re-do many stitches. But I'm so so proud of myself for doing this! Things I did for the first time:
- knitting in the round on dpns
- cable cast on
- knitting a thumbhole space with waste yarn & picking up the stitches later (that was harrowing)
- knitting a thumb!
Just look at this:
I FELT LIKE A KNITTING WIZARD! XD
I spent a long time in the extreme beginner phase of knitting (years!) and I've done many scarves and hats and honestly at times I would think "this is so boring and monotonous" and I'd often have to push myself to finish things, and that's part of what held me back from trying more complicated patterns. But doing this project has shown me that the real fun in knitting lies in more advanced projects (not that this is at all 'advanced'.. more like.. 'a bit above novice'). Knitting cables is fun! Knitting in the round on dpns is SUPER fun! Complicated patterns are interesting and more exciting to me. :D At no point was I ever bored when working on this. SUCH FUN. I'm not finished with the second one yet, but, sooooon.
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Date: 2013-11-21 01:42 pm (UTC)KNITTING CABLES IS MY FAVORITE!
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Date: 2013-11-22 12:12 am (UTC)CABLES ARE SO FUN! :D
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Date: 2013-11-21 08:49 pm (UTC)you are a knitting WIZARD
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Date: 2013-11-22 12:13 am (UTC)I KNOW RIGHT? XD
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Date: 2013-11-22 01:20 pm (UTC)awesome job
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