Flowers and Birds
Two of my friends recently bought a house and moved in. You know what that means. House warming presents. As in 'What the ?! could they possibly need that will cost me less than $20 and won't clash with their color schemes?'I'd covered their first move with that vase you keep spoons in and their second move with liquor. So, what do you give the people who have everything?
Hand knitted washcloths! So they can feel even more guilty about never using what you gave them because you made it. The pattern is taken from Weekend Knitting by Melanie Falick and was featured in the Winter 2003 Interweave Knits (where I got it).
It's made with the leftover sugar 'n' creme cotton from my Vanilla Swirl. There was enough leftovers for five dishcloths and a remnant ball that went to one of the movers who knits and makes cat toys and such.
And I will never, EVER knit with Sugar 'n' Creme cotton again.
Not that I have anything against Sugar 'n' Creme. It just KILLS MY WRISTS. DEAD. DEAD. After working on these things for a week, I had to take a week off from knitting because my hand was aching so much.
Speaking of sore wrists, I finished my kestrel bag, but I have to finish my duplicate stitching and then felt it.
It's amazing how much definition the pattern takes on with the swift application of yarn. I kind of regret using a thick 'n' thin yarn for the white, but it was my first spinning attempt and I had to do SOMETHING with it. For the actual belly of the bird, it looks frickin awesome. For the rest of the beast, not so much. But I'm not ripping back and I'm actually really happy with how it's looking.
Except the puckering. Have you noticed the puckering? There's puckering. Like, just ate two unsweetened lemons straight puckering. Basically, my fair isle is rusty and I made my floats waay too short. It probably didn't help anything using three main colors instead of two. (I floated the offwhite, white and various greens) It has saved me a LOT, and I mean A LOT, of duplicate stitch, but still. It's a pain.
I have three more kestrels and four wing interiors, then I have to cut floats and then I can FINALLY FELT THIS THING! And then attach handles and a lining. I would really like this to be finished before I get back to DC.
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