Wednesday, 3 April 2013

Practice makes Perfect?//WIP Wednesday

I would love to say that I have worked tiredlessly on all of my projects this week, but that's just not true - I have done a little bit of work on most of my projects but not enough to share them all with you so I'll just share my practice pieces with you!!!
 
Firstly my lovely MIL bought me some Debbie Bliss cotton DK yarn for Easter; I really wanted some cotton to get started on amigurumi - did it work? Not so much; I did some practicing on a tiny piglet but amigurumi is small, the stitches are small and it's hard work - I will be persevering, but maybe on the weekend when the children are with their dad!! These are the pretty yarns and the super cute bag my lovely wife bought for me (UK people - the bag is from Primark):
One of the projects I have done quite a bit of work on this week is my fair isle practice piece, which will be a felted needle case. I'm over halfway done with this now; just 30 more rows to go. I'm really gaining speed and confidence with this piece; my tension is getting more even - it's hard to get tension when you're knitting both english and continental in one piece!!! Anyway here it is:
 What have you been working on this week? As usual I'm playing along with Tami and Ginny - go check out their blogs and see what everyone else is working on.
V xo
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12 comments:

  1. Heather3 April 2013 at 13:11

    That cotton looks delicious!

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  2. Jazz3 April 2013 at 18:37

    Loely yarn colors! Your project looks amazing.

    Here's my WIP: http://mibruno.com/en-proceso-83/

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  3. Minding My Own Stitches3 April 2013 at 18:51

    Lovely spring colours in that yarn. Can't wait to see what you make. My amigurumi are never very small or complicated - too fiddly for me!

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  4. pisky cove blog3 April 2013 at 19:46

    Love the cotton and the fairisle looks brill!

    www.piskycoveblog.com

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  5. Amy4 April 2013 at 13:07

    love your colorwork

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  6. arwen_tiw10 April 2013 at 15:33

    Ooh pretty colours! :)

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  7. a soulful life10 April 2013 at 17:19

    Your fairisle is wonderful. The colours are perfect!

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  8. Unknown10 April 2013 at 19:02

    The needle case looks interesting - I'd love to do more fairisle, but the tension can be tricky!

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  9. Kerry Cogan10 April 2013 at 21:13

    Wow, your colorwork is amazing! I've always wanted to try my hand at a fairisle pattern, but it's so daunting! Beautiful knitting.

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  10. Kristi10 April 2013 at 21:56

    great color combo!

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  11. Tanya11 April 2013 at 01:29

    i like amigurumi but what i dont like is that it takes 100% of your concnetration. so anything I make takes forever. great project bag!

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  12. Erica Saint11 April 2013 at 12:24

    Your fair isle looks great! Lovely colors.

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