Knitting practice

[nina_ds]

So, several people have asked about my knitting - which I'm just learning to do, so be gentle! I started in May, I think. I'm making 100% cotton wash/dishcloths because they help me practice my technique and are useful when done.

After a few very lame starts, I've now finished three that aren't completely hopeless.

Comments

[amberfocus]

Pretty good for not being at it that long.

[nina_ds]

Thanks. I feel like I hit a new gear with the Christmas tree one (these are in order of my doing them) because I didn't make any mistakes I couldn't fix. Actually, you can see me getting better from bottom to top of the flames cloth! I just tried a little laceweight thread with tiny size 2 knitting needles, just to see if I could, and since I'm way more experienced at crochet, that seemed somehow easier, despite the size.

[melissima]

ooh they're lovely! Very nice work.

Also, I covet your autumnal yarn. Leaf lace in all its variations is my favorite knitted trick.

I'm currently swatching for a shrug, trying to find a leaf lace stitch that will show up on black yarn. I may be on a fool's quest, but I'm enjoying the trip, anyway. :D

[nina_ds]

The autumnal yarn is just plain ol' Lily Sugar'n'Cream self-striping "Natural" (I'm not sure how that apricot tint qualifies as "natural", but there you go). I found someplace that had Sugar'n'Cream on for sale for $1 a skein and basically bought them out of everything but yellow, which I don't like. Bernat Handicrafter also has a couple of similar shades, including one with added green, which is called "Tumbleweed", I think. Jo-Ann's is having an on-line yarn sale this week, and I'm going to stock up on some of those colours I can't get locally.

For me, it's peacock feathers. I don't know where it comes from, but I've got peacock Tiffany lamps in my house, and the shawl I'm coveting is a peacock feather pattern.

[melissima]

Sugar and cream is really good for kitchen applications. My very first knitted potholders and dishcloths from decades ago still grace (sort of ;-) ) my dad's kitchen. Once I have a kitchen of my own again I am sorely tempted to knit some Dalek and Tardis dishcloths like penguingal.

I haven't made anything else out of sugar and cream yet, but I may. I recently had to give up and admit that I'm allergic to wool, so no lovely Malabrigo for me. :(

For me, it's peacock feathers. I don't know where it comes from, but I've got peacock Tiffany lamps in my house, and the shawl I'm coveting is a peacock feather pattern.

Ooh, that sounds lovely.

I had a total obsession with crocheted pineapple lace for a while, but the leaf thing is lifelong. Maple leaves are my manifesting symbol.

[nina_ds]

I'm allergic to wool, too, although I can take mohair in small doses.

This is the shawl I want so badly (will have to do it in cotton thread, not wool!), but I'm just about as smitten with paisley shawl. I found a place in Canada that has good prices, and I'm tempted just to go ahead and by them so that I have them when I'm good enough.

I crochet a lot of pineapples. They're so useful in crochet!

[evil_girraffe]

Very pretty! :)

[nina_ds]

Thank you!

[nakeisha]

Wow.

That's more than just a bit good, that's very impressive. You've only just started and you're doing patterns like this already.

Go you.

*Is very impressed*

[nina_ds]

Ooh, love your icon! Autumn is definitely my favourite time of year. Unlike most people, summer is actually my least favourite in terms of weather.

I like doing patterns, otherwise I'd go nuts from the boredom.

[nakeisha]

I thought it was fitting for your post *g* It's one of my many snaggled ones.

I am not a summer lover either. I prefer winter to autumn, just.

You're doing it very well.

[aingeal8c]

Those are lovely.

Really nice patterns *is impressed*

[nina_ds]

Thanks!