I spent most of yesterday knitting, not that you’d know it. It was one of those days where I got side-tracked.
All right, you can stop snickering now :)
What sidetracked me was Kim Salazar’s post on String or Nothing and the notion of filet knitting. Filet crochet is simple, consisting only of double crochet stitches and chains (see the gorgeous example in Kim’s post). Rendering this in knitting is a whole other thing because the two crafts are worked entirely differently. It’s a fascinating concept and one I pursued all day yesterday with little success except for the pile of abandoned swatches that grew steadily on the table beside me. Still…
I did finish the crocheted washcloth.
Son of Warshcloth
It started with two circular rounds of half-double crochet which then got squared. It was interesting to see that the yarn’s short color changes only covered a stitch or so and gave the finished cloth something of a tweedy look. Rather nice, I think!
Then there came the start of the little stranded bag.
Please don’t stare at my bottom!
I wanted to try the next stranding experiment on a smaller scale. I have a pattern in mind for this, but I have to work out the number of needles first. I don’t have a circular short enough to manage this on and I find it very uncomfortable to have the work on four needles. The current plan is to bite the bullet and work a few rounds as is - until the corners have been smoothed out and then to move the work onto three needles and proceed that way. This is fingering yarn on size 2 (US) needles.
I also got the slippers started.
Bazic Slipper
The Bazic Wool is really nice to work with - incredibly springy! The ball band suggests a size 9 needle - which I tried. That really didn’t work too well so I frogged and tried it again on size 8s. That was better. These slippers will be really nice to wear and probably warmer than any slippers I have ever had before.
I also finished this.
Crocheted Bag
This one is small too - about two inches in diameter and about four inches tall. It’s made with Takhi Cotton Classic that I’d had ageing in the stash for about a year. What nice yarn this is to work with! And what gorgeous, saturated colors! It’s really slick though, and might be better worked with wood than metal.
Filet knitting…Hmmmm….
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What cute stuff! Love the little bag. Now - you have to promise not to do anything earth-shattering while I’m gone - I wouldn’t want to miss anything important!
Filet knitting…interesting concept. But I think I’ll let you work out the kinks first. Hehehe
Oh cool - seems like things are under control as far as your being able to post goes.
You know my track record - what do you think the chances are that I’ll get something wonderful done before next Tuesday?
