First finished object of 2011!
I cast on this little neckpiece yesterday morning (January 1), and I just finished weaving in the ends. I think I love it!
It's made in one piece - cast on a bunch of stitches, knit 10 rows, cast off most of the stitches, knit to the end of the row, cast on a bunch of stitches - repeat this 7 times, weave in the ends, and it's done.
The pattern is by Kirsten Johnstone, and is available here on ravelry. If there ever was a good reason to get a free ravelry account, this would be it!
I used one 125 gram skein of Butterfly Super 10 and had leftovers, so my best guess to yardage is approximately 210 metres.
I experimented with different stretchy cast on and bind offs. I found that Jeny's Stretchy bind off worked the best, only I used a crochet hook instead of a knitting needle (it's a whole lot faster!). For the cast on, I tried several - I did a long tail cast on, a backward loop (as recommended in the pattern), then I was fooling around with the backward loop cast on, and came up with a cross between the German Twisted Cast on and the backward loop. It's fast, very stretchy, and very very tidy. It would make a great cast on for top down socks, it's that stretchy. Come into the shop and I will be glad to show you how! In the meantime, I will attempt to take appropriate photos to show how it's done. Maybe Mr Knits will help me out on this project today. He's burning a pizza in the oven right now, so it may not be the best time to ask!
The pattern is by Kirsten Johnstone, and is available here on ravelry. If there ever was a good reason to get a free ravelry account, this would be it!
I used one 125 gram skein of Butterfly Super 10 and had leftovers, so my best guess to yardage is approximately 210 metres.
I experimented with different stretchy cast on and bind offs. I found that Jeny's Stretchy bind off worked the best, only I used a crochet hook instead of a knitting needle (it's a whole lot faster!). For the cast on, I tried several - I did a long tail cast on, a backward loop (as recommended in the pattern), then I was fooling around with the backward loop cast on, and came up with a cross between the German Twisted Cast on and the backward loop. It's fast, very stretchy, and very very tidy. It would make a great cast on for top down socks, it's that stretchy. Come into the shop and I will be glad to show you how! In the meantime, I will attempt to take appropriate photos to show how it's done. Maybe Mr Knits will help me out on this project today. He's burning a pizza in the oven right now, so it may not be the best time to ask!
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