Current WIP count: 6
I need to stop saying that things will be simple or won’t take me long.
Here are just a few of my attempts at the soles for these baby bootees
I tried to just follow this pattern from Bonita Patterns, my usual, and the soles turned out absolutely perfect! But it turns out the lilac ‘dk’ yarn is about half the thickness of the grey ‘dk’. No idea which is correct, I just know that the two of them weren’t working together that way.
Then I tried some darker purple yarn with a different pattern. I like the sole, but the yarn didn’t feel that nice and it just didn’t go as well with the grey.
Then I tried doubling up the lilac with that rounded sole. Gorgeous, but preemie size.
So I tweaked the pattern a little to make it bigger, and I finally have a workable sole that looks okay with a grey upper.
Phew!
I’ve also worked a few more rows on my rainbow Tunisian jumper, I’m now up to the red and orange colour combo. Just red and burgundy to go and that’ll be my first ever sleeve finished.
So that’s my week so far. Anyone else having yarn trouble? Got some WIPs to share? Let me know in the comments!
Hannah
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You’ll get there:) Everything always seems easier to me than it is. I’m knitting 800 yards of lace weight into a shawl. What was I think? It’s going to take longer than a week:)
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Oh wow, that will take a while! But I bet it’ll be gorgeous when you’re finished 🙂
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Yup I regularly have trouble with yarn. I’ve started doing the pencil trick before I start to check that they’re all about the same
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What’s the pencil trick?
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Oh it’s wrapping the yarn around- wraps per inch- that way I can know if they’re the same.
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That’s what makes it fun. 🙂
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Nuh uh I like making things, not making and undoing and making and undoing them twenty times :p
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Tweaking the pattern is the way to go! Don’t forget what you did to make it work!
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I definitely would, so I always write it down. The trick is writing it so me in 6 months time can come back and still understand what it says!
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I write things down and forget where I wrote them, sometimes!
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Oh, I’m glad I’m not the only one who does this! “Easy! It’ll be done in an hour!” NOPE! 😂 At least it worked out in the end!
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Argh I was ready to throw the whole lot out the window! But yes I got there, before my blood pressure got too high 😉
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