{"id":238,"date":"2007-01-29T10:44:53","date_gmt":"2007-01-29T10:44:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/twillpower.com\/?p=238"},"modified":"2014-03-25T13:30:51","modified_gmt":"2014-03-25T18:30:51","slug":"afghan-panel-hemp-mat-slippers-shrug","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/?p=238","title":{"rendered":"Afghan panel, hemp mat, slippers, shrug"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I\u00a0finally finished one panel of my afghan. I’ve been using the purple loom, and I’ve discovered that making an afghan is a true\u00a0test in endurance. My hat goes off to all you afghan-makers out there! This is one big project. I’m using Red Heart Super Saver (because it’s cheap), and I do a zig-zag wrap using the whole loom. The panel I finished\u00a0is divided into five “squares” of thirty-three rows apiece (plus one row where the old color stops and the new color start). I alternated colors (blue, brown\/multicolor, cream, multicolor\/brown, blue). The next panel will probably be different colors (brown, cream, multicolor, cream, brown), and the final panel will probably be the same as the first. B says it should be five panels wide, but I think it’ll be mid-summer before it gets finished if I add two more.<\/p>\n

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Once my purple loom was free, I tried to knit a rug\/mat out of this hemp twine I bought a few weeks back from a groovy bead shop. It smells like patchouli! I used a figure-eight wrap and it ended up\u00a0a perfect square. Not quite a rug, not a placemat. What is it? My wrist hurt after knitting this, and my KK pick was bent,\u00a0and I’ll send out a warning. Pick a thinner hemp if you plan on doing this. I think it would make a great outdoor welcome mat if the gauge was a little thinner, and I had twice as much. The double-knit end result from the purple loom is really cool.<\/p>\n

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My shrug. Oh, the poor thing! I stopped after I finished the main section. All I have left is the arms, but I just… don’t… like… it… There, I said it. It’s too green and hairy. I’m letting this sit for the time being because I may come up with another use for it, or I may decide I really, really want a green and hairy shrug after all. We’ll see.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Over the weekend, I made yet another pair of slippers for myself. Yes, this is the third pair I’ve made for myself, the fifth pair total. However, this time, I used the toe-up pattern that’s in the “files” section of the\u00a0Knifty\u00a0Knitter’s yahoo group. I used the blue loom and it was really easy. I like the toe-up slipper because there’s no seam at all in the toe area. It’s fun. You start off by creating the toe (the\u00a0blue loom uses pegs 1-12) and\u00a0then decreasing and then increasing. (It’s all in the pattern). Then, here’s the fun part, you pull those original stitches over to pegs 13-24. The toe looks like a flat\u00a0circle at this point. Then you start the foot, and as you add row after\u00a0row, you can see the toe\u00a0emerge. Rowena<\/a>\u00a0also does a version of a toe-up sock, and she has pictures on her blog.<\/p>\n

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The first time I tried this, I was using a flat stitch, and I just couldn’t pull the stitches across to the other side, because the stitch was too tight. This time I used the regular e-wrap stitch, and it worked really well. I used Bernat’s Denimstyle yarn, which was okay for this project but not great. It’s part cotton and really doesn’t have any elasticity to it. It’d be great for a sweater or a scarf. Another first for me–I used two colors. Red (batik) for the toe\/heel, and white (canvas) for the foot\/ankle\/cuff. I think they’re cute and super soft, and they’re the perfect thing to wear to bed if your feet are cold.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Next project:\u00a0A bag. Yes, once more I’m going to try to make a bag.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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