Wednesday, March 7, 2012

WIP Wednesday 4 (it's about time!)

So it has been a super long time since I've been able to post here, but luckily I'm on spring break this week and I have some time to blog!

As for WIPs I only have one. I am working on some spiral rib legwarmers for my friend. They are coming along nicely but I'm not enjoying the knitting as much as I would like. The pattern requires me to count rows and pay attention and so that makes it hard for me to knit while watching tv. I am using cascade 220 in a charcoal grey color and I am almost done the first legwarmer. I plan to finish them over the rest of my break since my friend has been waiting a long time for these (woops).

Here are some pictures:



The top picture makes it look like the legwarmer is wide at the bottom and decreasing in size towards the top but I think that's just from trying on. The bottom picture attempts to show a close up of the pattern. Another thing slowing me down on these is the fact that I have to use DPNs. It is good for me to be learning and I enjoy learning the technique, but it is much slower than using circulars.

That's all for now, check out Tami's blog for more WIPs!!

4 comments:

  1. DPNs are slower than circs for sure, but they definitely come in handy some times. Love the pattern on your legwarmers, but sorry they require so much concentration. Maybe #2 will be more TV-friendly.

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    1. I sure hope so! Luckily I will be in a car for at least 8 hours this coming weekend so I should be able to get some knitting done on them then!

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  2. Sorry to hear it's taking so much attention - that would definitely slow me down!

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  3. I made those last year. They did require more attention than I usually want to spare for my "traveling project," but once they were done I LOOOOOVED them. Still do. ^_^
    They occasionally need a good re-block, and I've had to put some elastic in at the top, but they are darn cozy.

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