summatus mentis

So I was bored, and tonight was my break from studying for finals, since my next one isn’t until thursday. Thus, I needed something to do, and I had this really weird yarn intended for felting (makes the knitting look like felt, instead of yarn). So I took this yarn, and decided to start knitting it like you would a scarf (straight needles instead of circulars, which are used for hats and things). I used large needles, so I didn’t know how long it’d get. As it turns out, 1 and a half skeins of yarn is just enough for:

The lighting in this picture isn’t great, but the neck warmer is!!!

Also, on the peace sign hat I messed up on, there’s this technique called ‘blocking’ that I tried. Blocking consists of getting the knitting wet, and stretching the wet part out, so it makes the yarn stretch. Then you let it dry, and the knitting dries stretched, and makes things better. See below.

OLD

NEW

So ends my knitting adventures, for now anyway.

So I’ve been working on a knitting project for some time (because I can’t knit constantly). This project was interesting, because there was some color work (or a way to put designs into your knitting, it’s kinda cool), but it was hard to get right, and I screwed it up.

As you can see, the sections around the peace signs and around the design going to the top get pulled in tighter than the rest of the knitting. This is becuase you have to carry the yarn that you’re doing the color work with (in this case, a dark green) behind the rest of the knitting, but I pulled it too tightly, so it pulled everything in. I’m not entirely sure how to fix this yet, but I’ll play with it, I guess.