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. . . yes, I cast something else on, even if I haven't gotten very far.
I'm working on a new pattern idea -- the Symbol Gloves. They're double-knit fingerless gloves with colourwork symbols around the cuff and top of hand -- and the idea is that the pattern will include options for several different symbols!
I've been thinking up a simple symbol library. So far, I've got ideas of: a Maple Leaf; the Welsh ddraig goch,(red dragon), a set of hearts, and a sketch of an interlocking geometric symbol.
But, all those symbol ideas don't mean very much if I don't get this cast on and sorted out! This is my very first foray into double-knitting, and it's definitely an adventure. It's not super-hard, so please, don't let me scare you away from double-knitting, but it's definitely quite different from normal knitting in the round.
Yarn is *Northbound Knitting Superwash Merino/Nylon Fingering, in "Littoria" and "Espresso". These are another set of gift-knitting, so the colours were requested by my giftee. Needles are a set of *HiyaHiya 2mm double-pointed needles (I know, 2mm is tiny, especially for double-knitting, but I didn't want a super thick fabric, either. It's an experiment!)
I'm following a couple of tutorials on double-knitting to help me through this, both are from The Yarn Loop. They show you how to cast on, and how to work in double knitting (and I will post these to my Fiber Arts Resources List, so you can find them there, too!
Well, I think that's it for this week's update! Until next post, folks, and thanks for reading!
. . . yes, I cast something else on, even if I haven't gotten very far.
I'm working on a new pattern idea -- the Symbol Gloves. They're double-knit fingerless gloves with colourwork symbols around the cuff and top of hand -- and the idea is that the pattern will include options for several different symbols!I've been thinking up a simple symbol library. So far, I've got ideas of: a Maple Leaf; the Welsh ddraig goch,(red dragon), a set of hearts, and a sketch of an interlocking geometric symbol.
But, all those symbol ideas don't mean very much if I don't get this cast on and sorted out! This is my very first foray into double-knitting, and it's definitely an adventure. It's not super-hard, so please, don't let me scare you away from double-knitting, but it's definitely quite different from normal knitting in the round.
Yarn is *Northbound Knitting Superwash Merino/Nylon Fingering, in "Littoria" and "Espresso". These are another set of gift-knitting, so the colours were requested by my giftee. Needles are a set of *HiyaHiya 2mm double-pointed needles (I know, 2mm is tiny, especially for double-knitting, but I didn't want a super thick fabric, either. It's an experiment!)
I'm following a couple of tutorials on double-knitting to help me through this, both are from The Yarn Loop. They show you how to cast on, and how to work in double knitting (and I will post these to my Fiber Arts Resources List, so you can find them there, too!
Well, I think that's it for this week's update! Until next post, folks, and thanks for reading!
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