Don't Have A Cow!
Thinking about trying double knitting?
Good luck! It's tough and definitely not for beginners. I would have to say that I attempted to tackle my first double knitting project a little too early. I have been knitting for about 1.5 years and I've made several scarves (cause they're easy) and recently made a poncho for my sister which was entirely of my own design.
I got the foolosh idea to try double knitting because I'd been watching my favorite show on the DIY which is Knitty Gritty and they had done a few episodes with this method and I thought "What the heck! They make it look so easy. I'll give it a go." Wrong, wrong, wrong.
Not easy. Casting on is easy. Second row, HARD! I really wanted to give up. I recommend that anyone who wants to try double knitting for the first time, go with a very simple pattern, or no pattern at all.
I didn't give up though. I double knit my project. I stuck with it.
If you want to try out this pattern yourself, follow the link below. I kind of did enjoy working on this project and it taught me that I'm even more persistent than I realized.
http://www.countrydoubles.com/cowpattern.html
the pattern calls for black & white, but I used brown & cream
posted by mllnclly79 @ 10:22 AM
3 Comments:
Wow, I'm really impressed with that! I've been a knitter for about 3 years now, and I've made hats and tank tops and iPod cozys and such, but I am terrified of double knitting. Way to go!
Ewww.... I currently work at Kinkos where I experience the same thing daily. Nothing like Comic Sans in raised lettering! :)
The only guy that ever hit on me and gave me his card, not only had a really cool card, but turns out I've been dating him 10 months now. :)
What are you doing now? Designing knits for the rich and famous?
had to comment that, this go around, the word verification looked like hijinx. that's hilarious.
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