I'm slightly off my feet at the moment (I had x-rays today, the doctor thinks I may have broken something, now to wait for the results). I decided that I would allow myself to start something once I had worked a bit on other projects. The Three Tams Pattern had been on my queue for years and I think this variation was always going to be the one I was going to do. I pulled some of my stash Aran Yarns and found a cream ball of Noro Cash Iroha and a reddish ball of Noro Kureyon, and started working, two days ago...
Yeah, it's kinda addictive knitting, and I knit it two-handed, where you hold the yarn in each hand and throw with one hand and pick with the other. I made myself learn this technique when I was doing one of the Art of Knitting Throws. It's slow at first but you get used to it and it makes tensioning colour knitting a little easier for me.The lower picture is in-progress.
I'd knit it again...
Beautiful hat, I haven't tried two handed fair isle yet, I keep thinking I've spent too long hamming it with one hand that it would just be too awkward. Does it take long to get used to? Gorgeous colours too!
ReplyDeleteI learned how to do the two-handed knitting doing some of the squares for the Art of Knitting Throw. It takes some patience but once you get into the swing it makes it easy enough, if I haven't done it for a while it takes time to get back into the swing of it, but I find it great for two-colour knitting.
DeleteThis is a fabulous intricate fairisle pattern - lovely and challenging - I'd love to try it sometime so I'll bookmark it. I love Knitty, there are wonderful patterns on it. I am making a plain colour cotton jumper now and also self-stripy socks - you can see pix on my latest blogpost yesterday. I haven't been great with blog-hopping lately but since I made a conscious effort to post more regularly I will become more active in commenting - hope it's reciprocal! (I know we Tweet more often than blog!)
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Stunning! I still haven't tackled colourwork yet, it looks waaay too scary so I'm majorly impressed by your hat.
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