Today, I embarked on several new knitting ideas. Christmas is coming, after all! (really, knitters think like this. Maybe other crafty types too. Good stuff takes time.)
I decide, this bag pattern is nice, but why don't I change this and this and do this a bit fancier?!? Bex is proud of me doing this, I'm sure. A plain garter-stitch bag bottom? Nah, let's do seed stitch! Why? Because I haven't done it before.
It looked lovely to start out...
... then I read the instructions again, specifically the part that reads "with two strands held together" ! I had only one ball, the rest of this yarn was stuck in hanks, which you can't knit from. I have a ball winder, but not the other tool that goes hand-in-hand with turning hanks into balls: a swift.
(there's the ball winder. And my Adipose toys! Aren't they cute, for fat?)
And anyone who knows Malabrigo knows that this yarn can be a bit difficult. Still, I wanted to get this project started, so I set to work turning this...
... into one of these:
For some reason, the ball made at the shop pooches out in the middle, and mine is concave. That bit of knitting had to be frogged, but I'm quickly making progress on it once again! Now, do you think the seed-stitch texture will even be visible once it's felted? Hope so.
Oh, did you notice my thumb in that picture? Painted! Woo!
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