Spring flowers from earlier in the year. I'm thinking about these colours for a cardigan. I never realised that cardigans were reputedly named after the Earl of Cardigan, after the open-fronted, buttoned, knitted waistcoats or vests worn by army officers.
It started so well - lovely pattern, beautiful yarn, perfect swatch. But I was over adventurous with a new technique - look what happened:
There were several problems: I was trying to learn too many new skills at the same time - using two yarns, managing tension and yarn dominance (the latter never got a look in, I have no idea which yarn was on the bottom and which was on the top). Add to this using circular needles and the magic loop method, especially with a very inflexible cable joining the needles, and last, but not least, rushing to meet a deadline! I abandoned the unrealistic expectation that I was going to have a finished item to reveal on Needlework Monday, and ordered myself a set of double-pointed needles. I need to do some more practice to get the skills under my belt, and then I will have another go at making these beautiful socks - yes that was the mystery item! Well done everyone who guessed correctly and thank you to everyone who joined in the fun. Everyone who commented went into the Wheel of Names and the following winners were chosen: @bearmol, @chacald.dcymt, @fiberfrau, @lauramica and @phoenixwren! Everyone gets an EDS Token! EDS tokens are a low-risk income token, ideal for people who want to save. There were 20,000 originally and they were all sold at 1 Hive each, with guaranteed earnings of 12% each year. You can now acquire EDS tokens through the EDS Miner token Saturday Savers Club Three things newbies should do in their first week and, for most things, forever afterwards!
Left: All looks well, doesn't it? Although you can see some problems with tension even in a carefully chosen "good bit". It did improve towards the top. Top right:You can see the struggles with tension on the wrong side. Bottom right:using the magic loop method was a major problem with multi-colour work.
Source Here they are: Painted Desert Socks by Tressa Weidenaar. Look at the desert, too.
I loved the colours, I would also like to see them in soft pinks and lilacs.
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