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elizabeth_mn) wrote2009-07-04 08:37 am
elizabeth_mn) wrote2009-07-04 08:37 am
bits of knitting
I finished knitting a little apple and a pear. I re-did the leaf about 5 times because the one in the pattern just didn't look right to me. Now I'm starting to have doubts about embroidering little happy faces on them. They look so cute the way they are! Besides, I already embroidered the apple once and ripped it out because it looked so crappy. I really don't think I am any good at embroidering faces onto knitting. I always try to make nice round eyes and they aways end up long and oval somehow. My faces never look as cute as the ones in the patterns.
To avoid thinking about those, I started a new pair of mittens. I bought some beautiful, wacky-multi-colored merino a couple years ago on a whim and I think it's just enough for a pair of mittens. I'm knitting them at 6.5 sts/inch on a sz. 5. I've just done about half the cuff now, but I have some vague plans to include some cabling to the back of the hand.
To avoid thinking about those, I started a new pair of mittens. I bought some beautiful, wacky-multi-colored merino a couple years ago on a whim and I think it's just enough for a pair of mittens. I'm knitting them at 6.5 sts/inch on a sz. 5. I've just done about half the cuff now, but I have some vague plans to include some cabling to the back of the hand.