Friday, October 03, 2008
BRONZE NIGHT: The experiment
Bronze Night Front
Bronze Night will probably not see the light of day, pattern-wise. I knit this up as an experiment in multidirectional knitting, something I've a little smitten with at the moment, but I'm not entirely happy with the result. The idea of a side-knit ribbed lower piece upon which stitches are picked up along the cast-off top and worked in a concoction of stitches isn't anything new for me. You'll see me play with this in the Autumn Woods evocative workshop tunic vest but here I cropped it a bit so that the ribbing came up over the chest instead of ending at the waist.
Bronze Night Back
I might try to re-do it because I really love the yarn combo. Recognize any of the yarn babies nesting in there? That's Tili Tomas's beaded silk in 'Salt&pepper' along the bottom and a big, luxe, hank of Great Adriondack's Surprise in Bronzite forming the lead role in the bodice. Liberal doses of supporting players are blended in, of course. But it needs re-working. I want the waist more defined, the overall look more fitted, and the bodice loose and blousey (please do not squint over at my house with the icicle lights still hanging in what is obviously a summer shot. Those are FAIRY lights, see? We all know that fairies are not seasonal creatures and that I am not one of those people who leave their decorations up all summer long.....I prefer to leave them up years at a time....)
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Posted by Jane on 10/03 at 08:37 AM
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Saturday, September 27, 2008
One day while I was kniddling…
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Autumn's bag
For me the problem is portability. Seeing as I am about to become highly portable myself in the coming months, I need projects that will travel well and behave themselves in airports—no hefting about multitudinous bags of yarn or attempting to stuff said yarn into tiny carryon bags. No frustrating entanglements or the unauthorized encounters with security personel either. I also yearned for a relatively quick knit, one with near immediate satisfaction along with ample opportunity for embellishment.
Really, had I been more on the ball I would have realized sooner that bag was the perfect solution. Not just any bag, of course, but something ornamental and perfect for gift-giving with a flap just begging for a gorgeous button or clever closure. So, I kniddled ('kniddle' : to fiddle while knitting) until I worked out a deviously simple stitch combo providing a sturdy fabric that looked somewhat mosaic-like. Here's my first take.
I've yet to make the strap. That's next as is the making of two other different designs, one in undersea colors and the other probably of the brass genre.
If I had a daughter, I'd make her one of these for a holiday gift but any friend should be happy to receive one (if not, scratch them from your list). They'd make lovely jewery bags, too. Now, I'm thinking maybe a needle bag, perhaps a tote. And, why not reuse yarn from defunct projects? Actually, frogged yarn often comes with an inherent kinkiness perfect for projects requiring a sturdy hand. We like kinky right? Or, at east, the right kind of kinky. In any case, these could get habit-forming: quick, portable, inexpensive and rather pleasing to the eye though not quite the glory of Liz's Knit a Beach Bag...
Posted by Jane on 09/27 at 03:48 PM
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