I finished the child's washcloth and it was fun to knit but the pattern is really hard to see.
Can you guess what this is....? How about the three little pigs. I won't be making any more.
I did load up the corduroy quilt on the frame. I have flannel for the backing and did end up using batting to layer it. I like the weight of the full quilt and also the fact that the batting hides the seam allowances from showing too much when there is no batting.
I am quilting it with a whimsical dragonfly panto. The layers are not too thick for the topstitch needle but the thread is breaking because it will not feed off the spool right. I have tried turning it over and putting a mesh netting on it but it is still being a stinker.
On the spinning front, I spun up the
Fiber Binder Club's selection for this month-Lincoln fiber in such a rich dark black! I have never spun this kind before but it did remind me of Jacob fleece which I have spun.
40 Yards of fingering weight yarn for this little skein.
My info sheet for this month.......
And I used about half of the skein to knit up a swatch-I did this for each of the fibers I have spun so far; a really nice way to see how the yarn turns out. I have made all the swatches on number 5 needles across 20 stitches so I can compare them. I make a separate page for all the swatches. This Binder is really shaping up for a great fiber reference!
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I'm glad someone else found that patterns knitted into stockinette dishcloths are hard to see! I knitted several for Older Grandson last year and am not doing anymore for Younger Grandson!
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you tried the washcloth pattern first; now I won't bother!
ReplyDeleteI can imagine how wonderful that quilt would be to snuggle under on cold winter days...how nice.
That fiber binder is very cool!
I really like the swatches and making them all on the same size needle is a great idea. And that looks like is spun up great, too. I hope I can get mine spun this weekend. Still torn between knitting a swatch or doing an itty-bitty woven one using a cardboard "loom."
ReplyDeletethe washcloths remind me of shadow knitting - sometimes you have to know what's the pattern to see it:)) never mind, I am sure the kids will have fun with them... is that lincoln fibre the natural colour or dyed? I love naturally dark fleeces, but haven't found true blacks so far in wool (only in alpaca) - the darkest I've spun was black welsh....
ReplyDeleteand I found my "fibre book" again a few days ago - and spent a happy hour browsing again:)