I took the leap and went with the intarsia. I had already casted on and was pretty sure I would stick with it, but after talking to Kirk at the daycare skating party (it's nice to have another parent to talk knitting with at lessons and stuff), I was committed. If you saw what he was making, you would never complain about ends again. Stunning.
That being said, I've only done two rows. I needed to get the computer area in the basement set up so I could scan and enlarge the charts and that led to a lot of boxes being opened and well, time just got sucked away. But at least I can print again. Come to think of it, I never actually did get the chart scanned...
I did borrow this nifty crayola bag to keep it all together.
Good thing, because there are lots of ends.
By Saturday night my brain was too tired so I decided to tackle a tea cozy instead. I went for the traditional pattern with a not-so-traditional pairing of Knitpicks Merino style in Blueberry (rejected as the Lizard Ridge border) with a ball of Kureyon leftover from that same afghan--I guess I can call it my reject-Lizard tea cozy.
The pattern is really neat and creates a very dense fabric. But it is also stranded and garter stitch so it's going really slow. My alpaca hat will have to stand in for a tea cozy for a bit longer I'm afraid.
It must be a tea cosy kind of week! I made one too!
Posted by: amanda j | January 22, 2007 at 12:37 AM
The "Stitched Glass" is freaking amazing! Thanks for that link. And I love those old-school tea cosies. Was it the tea cosy weather that inspired you?
Posted by: alison | January 22, 2007 at 11:40 AM
That link is amazing. I only skimmed it but seems like a pretty cool guy. And he got a grant to knit!! How cool is that?!
Posted by: JoVE | January 22, 2007 at 05:19 PM
All I can say about the Stitched Glass Window project is "Wow!" I also like the way the colours are coming together in your tea cozy. very pretty!
Posted by: Carol | January 23, 2007 at 12:21 PM