Thursday 28 July 2011

Round and round

I finally got around to finishing this off this morning - just had one small seam to sew at the edges of the border and darn in the ends, but it's been hanging about a while now.
Knitted in the round, in lambswool that I got from the Scrapstore, about 30'' or so across. When finished, it was washed, then dyed in one piece with nettles, using an alum mordant. The pattern is from Elizabeth Zimmerman's Knitter's Almanac, one of  my all-time favourite knitting books. There is one small patch where the dye is uneven , but that's the nature of handmade with love :)

2 comments:

Juliette said...

Amazing, you are so talented! I am completing my first sock on 5 needles and I am struggling. I am prone to not starting, or not finishing a project throught fear of failure. I must get to the end of that sock! (rubbish pattern is not helping). What keeps you going?

MrsL said...

Thankyou Juliette; I'm one of life's knitters and makes]rs, never without something ont he go. I just love creating, and usually give things away or I'd be snowed under lol

If you need help with the sock, please just ask or have a look here:
http://creativeliving.10.forumer.com/viewtopic.php?t=488

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