While at home, I tend to mostly
machine knit. There’s always a
hand-knitting project on the go, for knitting in front of the TV, and in the
car, waiting in lines, at the doctor’s office, at YRKG meetings, etc.
For our annual trip to Florida, I
enjoy picking a hand-knitting project to knit along the way, and also during
our stay, and the drive back. That’s a
fair amount of knitting time. I pick
multiple projects, so there is variety, and of course, so I don’t run out of
anything to knit.
Well, this year, was a little more
hectic than most, in December, and clearly, I did not read the materials very
well.
Project #1. Harvest Jewels,
in Knitters Magazine K104. I thought this was a top-down knit, with
fair-isle at the yolk, knit in the round.
Great project to try the Portuguese style of knitting, for the
colorwork. Well!!! Not a top-down, but I
can do this, knit it “upside down”. Oh yes!
And backwards, since the Portuguese style of knitting is easiest when doing the
purl stitch. This style of knitting
really reminds me most of machine knitting, as I am looking at the purl side as
I am working. Well, it’s started. I did decide ahead of time to use only one
yarn for the fair-isle, so that should make it a bit easier?!?!?
I’ll keep you posted.
