I made a set of potholders for my mother-in-law for just a nice gift for letting us come and stay at their house for a week.
| Began | July 12, 2007 |
| Finished | January 1, 2007 |
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| Edited | July 12, 2007 |
| Pattern URL | Pot Holder / Hot Pad (knit) by 4601 |
| Made for | Lorna |
mod to use my leftover slate + new dragonfly? dragonfly + black border + red lace. slate and red alternate for stripe? beads on lace, borders. Tip: for the stitch markers during the stripes, put one type of markers for the first half of the shawl (I did m1r ala Cat Bordhi toe increases), and…
the cast on is tricky. I kept trying to rotate the work (ala a sock toe) instead of turn. envision making rainbow shaped arcs with the 5-stitch on each end as the tips of the rainbow. Worked on this for one evening, then knitting in, and then I decided I wanted to wear it the…
Adjusted to use two colors and did both colors on the edge for a fancy transition. Provisional cast on and kitchnered together. first try was too small, so that was saved for Liam’s baby.
For my trip to CA? Try to adjust to make in the round for less finishing work. Update 11/14: Swatched today and started in the round magic-loop-style. Update 11/21: worked in the round for the sleeves, went back to back and forth for the body, and then back to the round. I didn’t get quite…
Cast on at Purlescence the week of thanksgiving when I bought the yarn. Dubbed it “Neontastic” colors before the skein was even wound. Knit on the rest of the trip, with a few false starts on the patterning I wanted. Curved around a line for interest, reinforced the ball of the foot. Added Fish Lips…
KAL with karen (ballke) with my FruJu, pick another coordinating color for top.
