A busy week-end

Well I have made some good progress this week-end.

I finished knitting the 2 pieces for Martini and sewed them together as per the pattern instructions. The next move was the i-cord and again I followed the instructions but after getting about half way round I just was not happy. I may have been pulling the yarn too tight but it just seemed to make the edge too tight and the poncho didn't hang right anymore so I pulled it all out. I then decided to crochet around the bottom but wasn't happy with that either - the even sadder thing was it must have taken me 2 hours to unpick the crochet.

So here is Martini less the i-cord.

Martini

Close up of the texture of Martini

I will try the i-cord again. Maybe with bigger double pointed needles it will be looser. I bought a pair of 6.5mm bamboo needles on Saturday in Newbury's only department store! They were half price as the store are having a big redevelopment clearance sale at the moment and when the newly furbished store opens they will no longer sell yarn and needles.

David cut them in half and has made me 2 pairs of 6.5mm bamboo double pointed needles. We had to visit Office World to buy a pencil sharpener to make the other end and it will be even smoother once it has been varnished - not bad for £1.75!

David's double pointed needles

Also this week-end I finished sewing up Picot from Rowan Denim People.

Picot

I wonder if the design was named after the edging.

Picot edging

I am joining Polly and Eva in the

Denim People Knit Along

Making decisions is not one of my strongest points but I need to make one here - what am I to knit? Bomber, Lush or one of the other designs. There are so many in this book to choose from.

We cast-on sometime during July so I am going to finish some of my other projects before I begin my denim project.

Guess what this is?

All the ends from the back of "Spaced Out"

My intarsia is not the tidiest of knitting. I haven't got the hang of bobbins yet. This is just to show you what I cut off of the back of the bag whilst sewing all the ends in.

Annasknits cushion is nearly finished - 8 more rows on the button band and then it can be sewn up and "stuffed". Look out here for a photo over the next few days.

Happy Knitting....