Rats! and Yay!

[dreamflower]

Rats! I have absolutely no-one to blame but myself, but I just realized I left it too late to go to The Last Ship before it closed to save my reviews, and to re-post my non-LOTR fics elsewhere. I kept meaning to do it, and thought about it yesterday, but then I got side-tracked... (Not that they aren't elsewhere, but the Yuletide ones are *only* at Yuletide now, and the Dom RPF is only on my LJ now. It's just a few stories, but I'll want another home for them somewhere.) And I am sorry to lose the reviews. But I kept putting it off, and now it's too late. *sigh*

And--

Yay!! After several failed attempts over the years, I have *finally* learned how to do double knitting! I am still very slow at it, using continental style with my left hand, and the English style with my right hand-- but I made a successful sample swatch that was white on one side, grey on the other, and stockinette on both sides!!

Next, I am going to try to make this potholder, only in blue and yellow, to go with my kitchen.

Comments

[pearltook1]

Sorry about the mess up with your stories. :-(

:-O The double knitting sounds incredibly hard to do. Congrats on learning how to do it. I looked at the pattern and the end result is so nice looking! Good luck making your potholder. :-)

[dreamflower]

It *is* kind of hard-- the lady I watched on one tutorial did it all with both hands continental, and I just couldn't do it that way. But another tutorial showed it using both the continental and English method, and since that's the way I do Fair Isle, I figured I could manage that!

[pearltook1]

ACH! You do Fair Isle too! :-O You are a lot more advanced of a knitter than I am. I tried Fair Isle and about went nuts, but then after reading what you've said, I don'think I was doing it right.

I've tried Continental and really had trouble with it. I kept reading how it was supposed to be more relaxed for your hands, but to me, holding my thumb and index finger like that was not at all relaxed. LOL

Please post some photos when you get your pot holder finished! :-)

Hugs!

[dreamflower]

It took me a while to get the knack of continental, but then one day I saw someone demonstrate it on Knitty Gritty, and suddenly it just clicked for me. I soon found it easier and faster than throwing, though I do still use both.

I've never done anything complicated with Fair Isle-- not more than two colors, anyhow. I prefer the slip-stitch method for two colors now anyway.