The knitting was the easy part, the sewing and the stiching not so much. First I tried to use normal stitching floss for the letters, but this looked crap. Of course I had no wool in the correct color in my stash (and considering how much wool I have in my stash, this surprised even me), so I went and bought some more yarn. As I was able to return two balls of the original yarn that I didn't need, this wasn't so bad. However, my self-control was so weak that I bought more yarn for my next big project, a new cardigan (more of that one maybe next week)
(or, rather, if I have to drive all the way to the yarn store, I m ight as well buy more wool, right?)
I have a little in-between project going, from a wool I bought two years ago on the Isle of Skye in Scottland. 100% wool in natural white ... that's pretty much all I know about that wool.
It's perfect though for this project:
Wrist warmers (the link to the pattern is here; it's in German though...)
One wrist warmer is finished, the other is half way there.
Last week I've got back to the Castle Sampler. As I was a bit sick of all that border stitching, I've started with one of the figures in the lower part of the sampler.
See: Man in chair (without back stitches)
And see: Man in chair WITH back stitches
I might bitch and moan about doing bs, but in the end it's so much worth it.
1 comment:
The sweater turned out wonderful, sorry the stitching and lettering of it was such a pain. The wrist warmer looks beautiful too. As to Castle, boy does the backstitching make it pop. I hate backstitching as well, but like you really appreciate the affect that it provides.
Sue
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