February 9, 2007

Miscellanous tips and info

Here's a neat tip for an invisible or provisional cast on. Obvious, if you really think about it, but I guess I never thought about it and wrestled with the crochet hook and the needle!

And here's an idea for a quicky cat bed!

Here's a gorgeous sweater...but I'm hoping the chest measurement is for just the front and not the whole "round the chest" measurement!

Hmmm, what a nice compilation of misc knitting information from Morehouse Farms.

Thanks for the suggestions on the shawl... Michelle, I think a reverse stockinette st border would then curl in on itself the "other way." Hmmm, I guess I either rip it all out and try different techniques, or just rip it out......

I finished a dish cloth last night...and then took a technique I saw on Knitty Gritty (and after reading through it at the link I did it wrong) of double knitting. Here's what I did. I CO and even number of sts, then put half of them on one needle and half on another. Taking a third needle I picked up one from each needle alternating to put all the sts back on the third needle. Then I knit the first st, slipped the second and continued like that across. Then turning I knitted the slipped sts and slipped the knitted sts of the row before. The pic above is what I've gotten done so far.

It definitely is double knitting, but as I only have an inch done, I can't see what the inside looks like. The outside looks like reverse stockinette st, but....who knows? Let you know when I separate them to cast off. I know that I'm knitting "inside out" and will turn in "outside in" when it's finished. Playing with yarn and sticks is so much fun!