I also knit

[lydy]

So, I wanted to teach myself to knit, again. Crocheting comes naturally, knitting I have to relearn if I leave it dormant for very long. I had another project that I wanted to do, but I needed to get my knitting skills back up to par. So I dug out my sampler pattern, and did many, many squares. It went very well, but of course, gauge was a problem. Instead of each square being about one foot square, they're more like 18 or 20 inches square. Oh, well. It was fun. It was much larger than I expected, and here it is with Nuit instead of Ninja:



Here are a couple of pictures that give a better impression of some of the actual knit-work. I really, really like cables, by the way. They're fun.





This is a practice piece, and I'm keeping it. In the first place, the roughness of my technique really shows in some places, and in the second place, it fits all right on my king size bed, so that's a plus.

Comments

[fgherman.livejournal.com]

That's just beautiful and Nuit is the perfect accessory.

[lydy.livejournal.com]

Nuit is always the perfect accessory, though I suspect that Lady Jane would not agree.

[bibliofile.livejournal.com]

Best of all possible accessories, cats are.

Nice work! And still functional too, yay.

[quility.livejournal.com]

Beautiful! And practical. What a wonderful hobby. I hope your hand is not hurting.

[gerisullivan.livejournal.com]

Yowser!

I am in awe.

[faunhaert.livejournal.com]

Nicely done.
funny how things can grow
try size smaller needle
and see if that helps with the gauge ?

You've done and impressive selection of stitches.
spoke a cat per square would be a interesting catcophony..
one at a time is better.

[minnehaha.livejournal.com]

Really lovely.

K.