Yay, it's Monday - my favorite Steemit-day of the week! I love logging on to #needleworkmonday and seeing all the lovely projects you girls (and boys?) are working on.
I was a little bored a while back, not having any projects going on. I'm not a very experienced knitter, only recently having re-learnt a skill I know I learned in school as a kid. So I brought out a couple of yarns I purchased a while back. I just loved the colour, I didn't have any particular plans in store for them. But here I was, empty-handed and longing for a project, so the yarns would have to do. I found a recipe on YouTube (sorry D-tubers!) that seemed easy enough for my level, and set off knitting. It was the wrong yarn and the wrong sized knitting needles for the recipe, but I thought what the heck - it's just for a little fun.
I love the colour of the yarn
The recipe I went for was for a shawl, and I'm pretty happy how it turned out.
finished shawl
However, those a little experienced may have noticed I said I had a couple of yarns. Not really enough to make a big shawl to myself - I simply ran out of yarn! I could of course have gone to the store to buy another, but having two girls I thought this would be perfect for them. I felt the shawl was a little dull for two little girls, so I decided to pimp it up a little. I love learning new skills, and I recently learnt to crochet little flowers - as you can see in my previous post about how to make a double sided sun-hat.
new tools
one little flower...
... turned into many little flowers!
tea is of course mandatory!
shawl decorated with flowers
here's me trying the shawl on like a scarf
I hope you liked my attempt at knitting and thanks a lot for stopping by!
-lil-mich :)
Here are some more posts you may enjoy:
How to make a double-sided sun hat from second-hand fabrics
Re-upholstering a chair for the Live Sustainably contest
Re-upholstering the Marianne chair