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It's WIP Wednesday, and the Lace Backpack continues at a crawl. I've been working on this in conjunction with a super-secret magazine knit, and so this is the project that comes with me to craft nights etc, as well as on my Twitch stream, while the magazine project is 'private' knitting - that is, Zoom calls with no camera, or if I'm listening to podcasts, watching Youtube, or lurking on knitting Twitch.
So, I've continued working away. I'm almost through the plain backing of the pockets, and soon the entire backpack will be the lace pattern in the round (I'm leaving what will be the back of the side pockets in reverse stocking stitch). I'm hoping that when I go to pick up for the front of the pockets, I'll be able to make that look almost seamless. I realize I could have knit in the round and picked up stitches on the inside; but when I tried that, I could a line on the outside where I'd picked up stitches, and I just didn't like how it looked. I also could have planed for a sewn-in pocket, but I hate seaming, so I figured I'd try this method, instead!
Yarn is Tanis Fiber Arts PureWash Fingering, in a one-of-a-kind colourway called "Cloudy". I'm still alternating my skeins, so that the difference between two hand-dyed skeins isn't totally and utterly noticeable. The human eye can't always see the difference until the skeins beside each other, so unless your yarn has dye lots (and honestly, even then, to be safe), you should always alternate the last few rounds or rows of one skein with the start of the next skein.
Needles are my 4mm *Lykke Interchangable needles, and now I know for sure, I'm definitely getting used to the shorter tips. They still do make my hands cramp, but less so, though I'm glad I can switch out to my other projects at need. And they're actually really smooth to work with - I'm really enjoying the feeling of them as I work - I just still prefer my needle tips to be longer for my own knitting style.
Stitch markers are a *Sea Glass Set from *WineMakersSister's Etsy Shop, and I still love that these are wielded solid. The fact that these are wielded solid means there's no change of them catching on a yarn-over right next to the stitch marker, which I really like (because having a yarn-over snag on the jump-ring of a stitch marker is a pain!) The downside of them being totally solid is when I have to do a cable that crosses a stitch marker, I have to slip them back and forth!
And I'm still working on a better name than "Lace Backpack" So Patrons, can you help me name this pattern?
It's WIP Wednesday, and the Lace Backpack continues at a crawl. I've been working on this in conjunction with a super-secret magazine knit, and so this is the project that comes with me to craft nights etc, as well as on my Twitch stream, while the magazine project is 'private' knitting - that is, Zoom calls with no camera, or if I'm listening to podcasts, watching Youtube, or lurking on knitting Twitch.
So, I've continued working away. I'm almost through the plain backing of the pockets, and soon the entire backpack will be the lace pattern in the round (I'm leaving what will be the back of the side pockets in reverse stocking stitch). I'm hoping that when I go to pick up for the front of the pockets, I'll be able to make that look almost seamless. I realize I could have knit in the round and picked up stitches on the inside; but when I tried that, I could a line on the outside where I'd picked up stitches, and I just didn't like how it looked. I also could have planed for a sewn-in pocket, but I hate seaming, so I figured I'd try this method, instead!
Yarn is Tanis Fiber Arts PureWash Fingering, in a one-of-a-kind colourway called "Cloudy". I'm still alternating my skeins, so that the difference between two hand-dyed skeins isn't totally and utterly noticeable. The human eye can't always see the difference until the skeins beside each other, so unless your yarn has dye lots (and honestly, even then, to be safe), you should always alternate the last few rounds or rows of one skein with the start of the next skein.
Needles are my 4mm *Lykke Interchangable needles, and now I know for sure, I'm definitely getting used to the shorter tips. They still do make my hands cramp, but less so, though I'm glad I can switch out to my other projects at need. And they're actually really smooth to work with - I'm really enjoying the feeling of them as I work - I just still prefer my needle tips to be longer for my own knitting style.
Stitch markers are a *Sea Glass Set from *WineMakersSister's Etsy Shop, and I still love that these are wielded solid. The fact that these are wielded solid means there's no change of them catching on a yarn-over right next to the stitch marker, which I really like (because having a yarn-over snag on the jump-ring of a stitch marker is a pain!) The downside of them being totally solid is when I have to do a cable that crosses a stitch marker, I have to slip them back and forth!
And I'm still working on a better name than "Lace Backpack" So Patrons, can you help me name this pattern?
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