For the first time in 3 months I don't have any knitting commissions outstanding. This means I can knit *gasp* whatever I want! I'm in heaven!
Yesterday my dad wasn't feeling well in the morning, so we went in to work a bit late. Wanna see what I did in the morning? I took out my bead and started to make some stitch markers! Yay! I want to make a whole bunch then send out some RAOKs 'cus I haven't sent that many yet. Here's what I did so far:
They're a bit hard to see, but I made an assorted bunch of knit-related terms. Since they're all similar, this whole lot will go to one lucky FiberRAOK member! :) I had so much fun making them! I wish I actually owned some myself, of any kind, since my current project is using 12 stitch markers and I'd love to put "jewlery" on instead of my little plastic rings. This Sunday I've asked Yannick to make some with me, since his brain works differently and I want to see what he'll come up with to do with the beads. I think I'll keep some of our efforts, and send out all the rest. Wanna see what I did last night? A SELFISH project! Yay! It's the DKNY-designed one-size-fits-all cardigan in the back of the big Vogue Knitting reference book, and it uses cables to make trees, flowers, a fence, etc... Here is a (horrible) pic of the pictures from the book: This shows the front (in my handly little plastic document holder).
This is a close-up of the little pic up there showing the back. You can't see it well, but trust me, it's cute. This is what I've done so far. It's the Left Front piece of the cardigan. After the ribbing you see some grass and a little meadow with flowers. :) I'm right at the point to start the different trees, which is why I decided stitch markers would help. There are no repeats, but I marked off my chart with similar divisions to break down the long row into more manageble sections. I also spent 3 hours coloring in each different key in the chart a different color with 24 colored pencils but that's not something we need to talk about. :) Now let's see if I can squeeze some knitting time into this morning before my dad calls to say "leave now!". |
I love the sweater from Vogue! I'd forgotten it was there - how neat! My daughter has been experimenting with intarsia but I'll have to show her this one-color-picture knit - she'll think its cool!