Well, I may be out of the running from the get go, as I have no picture of my first finished project. I'm not even sure I can remember what it was! It might have been a dish cloth, but I seriously don't remember.
My most recent finished object (or twelve) would definitely be a dish cloth. How have I improved? Well, I am a lot faster now and confidant in the knowledge that no matter what, it can be fixed if there is a mistake. Yes, occasionally I loose some yarn in the process, but I seem to be able to figure out most all of my knitting issues. The one that I am still having issues with? Figuring out if I have gauge or not. I started the Fake Isle Hat for DTE last night. Did I gauge swatch first? No. It is in the round, and I have learned from previous experience that you can't make a flat, back and forth gauge swath and have it then translate to an "in the round" project. So, I am going to knit the whole hat, measure the outcome, and see if it is "gauge." I already know if it is smaller than gauge, I will be making a second one; the large size sample at Yarn Harbor just fit her. If this one fits, very cool, if it doesn't, I guess I'll have to make a new one in a different size needle, or add a pattern repeat.
Why all the dish cloths? Well, exchanges, presents, and instant gratification. I am not the most patient person in the world (one of the big reasons why I knit in the first place) and when I make a dish cloth I have something done. Unlike the ten to twelve feet of scarf I keep working on along with those dish cloths! Yes, I have made something besides Ball Bands, but I gave them all away!
4 comments:
Those ballband cloths are so pretty! I've never done one of those. The whole "carrying one strand and knitting with another" always scares me. LOL
I love the ballbands and I finally sat down on Saturday and figured out how to knit them - for some reason I kept reversing the yf and yb and I had a line of colour where I didn't need one.
I came to your blog a few times to see the one you had posted a picture of to see if I had got it right....thanks for inspiring me.
I think it turned out pretty good - I'm a little unsure of running the colour along the side - do you just carry it up the work along the side?
One of the reasons I love to do dishcloths is because of that instant gratification and they travel so well and can be knit anywhere.
The ballbands are beautiful! And that its a great picture to show off the variations in colour. Thanks for stopping by my blog - glad to remind you of pleasant holidays past!
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