I'll be sure to post a picture of the finished project...maybe in the fall. Now that I have cabling experience I'm working on a new project. A cable jacket.
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Afghan Blocks
For the last few months I have been working on a knitting project. Surprise, surprise. I was inspired by an episode of DIY's Knitty Gritty. (Some of the stuff on there is rather weird but since I'm a visual learner I've learned a lot watching that show.) The show that inspired me was about Aran Knitting, which means cables!! I have wanted to do cables for a long time but was intimidated by them. After watching that show I felt I could do it. After searching for the right yarn to use (not wool, which is typically used) I began my project. The afghan is 20 12" squares. I have them all knitted and washed. Now I have to block all the squares and then I have the daunting task of sewing them all together in a pleasing way. (Which means I will stress over the arrangement for a while until someone talks me into doing it a certain way. Hopefully Jessica and Sue will help out with this.) I would love to pay someone to sew it together for me but I've already spent enough on the yarn. Here are pictures of the different stitches I used. (Please excuse the differing colors. It's the lighting and flash. They are all the same color, which is the color of the first one.)
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6 comments:
Wow! Those are amazing! I love the first one and last one and argyle one. Who knew that you could knit like that? When you have a big company someday, will you give me your autograph?
A big company, huh? I don't think that will ever happen, maybe in my dreams. I'm sure I'll never be famous, except among family and friends. How about an autograph on a hand made card? It won't be of any value though.
Kelly, those are awesome! I'm thoroughly impressed. How big is each block? That's going to be one amazing afghan- I can't wait to see the finished product. Way to go!!
Wow, these look incredible! You are so talented. Time to start making sweaters!
The jacket is basically a cardigan type sweater. I'm making good progress on the back. I'm so excited! I'm sure things will come up and I won't be able to consistently work on it. Although we do have a driving trip coming up. That should be about 11 hours of knitting. Thank goodness Mickey likes/has to drive.
wow! I think your work is perfect.
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