Hi Knitters,
Op. 5 is a headband which is stretchy and comfy to wear on your head. As a headband, it needs to be elastic. For that reason I tested several ways to cast on and off and finally decided to do it in the way that are especially useful for ribbing.
Size: 35.0cm X 7.5cm
Tools: US #7 double pointed needles
US #8 double pointed needles
Material: 100 yards Nation Bamboo Ewe color way Beach Glass
25g Debbie Bliss Donegal Luxury Tweed color way 360010
30cm Noro Cash Iroha color no. 117
Skill required: Cast On for ribbing, tubular bind off, yarn over, knit two together, SSK, knit, purl, make bobble.
Binding off is quite challenging. But if you know how to knit socks, it shouldn't be a problem.
Besides the choice of pattern, I would like to give Op. 5 a taste of youth and cuteness by choosing the right colors. Also I enhance the loveliness of this headband by knotting a string as a butterfly on top of the big bobble. What do you guys think?
Op. 5 now available on Ravelry and Etsy. May it be your choice as a last minute present or just a quick project for fun.
Thank you for all your support. I am going to make a glass of lemon tea to celebrate the accomplishment of this project with my friend Teddy Lemon. By the way,
WHO IS TEDDY LEMON?????
Hi Knitters,
The "awful" picture above is in fact the draft of Op. 4 scarf.
Yes, it is. I admit that I am never good at drawing.
I just bought the Rowan yarns from a local yarn store, then I didn't know what to do.
Hahaha...Then I decided to make a draft and test on the iPad app called SketchPro. It was fun.
Well, I did know that I wanna knit a scarf. Then I thought of making some bobbles. Yes, the dark dots you see represent bobbles. Then I wanna add some nice border. Cable knitting then came up to my mind. See the curves I drew..............
The result, as you can see here, is quite different. They are not even in scale. Ugly Duckling then became a Swan!!!
"I never dreamed of such happiness as this, while I was an ugly duckling."
I am surprised and very happy too. You may want to meet the swan here:
http://eatinglemonknitknitknit.blogspot.com/2012/12/op-4.html
P.S. I forgot to mention in previous blog that I knitted with my beloved Takumi Velvet needles.
Thank you very much and
HAPPY KNITTING
Hi Knitters,
Scarf named Op. 4 is finally done. Hohohohoho....
I'm just so happy that MISSION IS ACCOMPLISHED. Surely a lot has been learnt: photography, pattern writing, color matching, using props....etc etc. It was a time consuming project, but the result is, as you can see: A picture is worth a thousand words. Thrilled that I am for the great support from the public. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I'm eternally grateful for all the support from my family and friends. My cats were also very helpful for not sleeping on my lap while I was knitting and counting at all.
I purposely distinguished the two sets of patterns by using yarns of two different colors, kind of constrasting in the sense of the The outcome is satisfying. Surprisingly, the back sides of the two patterns look very pretty too, almost like reversible knitting, which was not in my plan at all.
The major technical challenges for this scarf are bobble making and cable knitting. They are in fact easy to learn and can be recognized apparently when mistake is made. Once you get used to it, they are just two sets of repeating 4-row and 12-row patterns. I may just use the pattern for two separate scarfs in the future.
If you like Op. 4 scarf, don't just look. Try to knit it yourself.
The pattern is now available in both Ravelry and Etsy.
Thank you again and
HAPPY KNITTING
