…who’s got the button?
I cut the buttons off of a pale green dress my daughter wore in middle school (many years ago) thinking they would be perfect for the Peony Twist Cardi I’m working on.
I didn’t realize they have a greenish tint to them and they just aren’t the right button for this cardi.
Back to square one.
Pictures tomorrow, buttons or not.
Jude is my sister and we exchanged several emails last night. I was feeling a bit, a lot, no, huge amounts of down last night and she lifted my spirits.
That’s what sisters (and brothers) are for.
Thanks, Jude. You are the best sister!
Before turning off my computer, I checked my blog and discovered: My Dots and Stripes Purse pattern made it to knittingpatterncentral.com!
It’s listed in the new pattern section and the Bags, Totes, and Purses section.
Dots and stripes
Wow!
That helped a little, too.
I have been working sporatically on the Herringbone Neck Warmer for too long. Of course I was knitting the peony Twist Cardi at the same time (which needs the ends woven in and buttons.)
Anyway Mr. Aitch performed in a concert last night and I went to listen. He had to be there early so I took my neck warmer with me to knit before the concert started.
Herringbone Neck Warmer progress
Several people have commented about how difficult this stitch pattern is to fix if you miss a stitch or worse, drop a stitch.
Well, it happened that I dropped a stitch. I tried to fix it but I could not figure out how. So I had to unknit it stitch by stitch back to the missing stitch.
And I did it. Fortunately it was only one row. Just in time for the concert to start.
Several bloggers mentioned last week about wanting to try stranded or Fairisle knitting.
Dots and stripes
I have a small project that would be a great introduction to stranded knitting.
Check it out there to the right on my Pattern page. You can get more details from Ravelry.
I was inspired by the color work of Kristin Nicholas and the Traveler’s Pocket by Nancy Bush. In fact I used the same motif in part of my color work and the same braided strap as in the Traveler’s Pocket.
The pattern is available in pdf.
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