Also, Claudia shared her SGS Scarf progress! I'm so excited about this. Claudia, thanks for giving it a try! It looks awesome so far!
So, on to today's post!
Colorwork freaks me out. I LOVE it (as evidenced by my growing pinterest board), but I find it really daunting. Last year in late October, I decided to cast on for a much-loved pattern, Opus Spicatum. I tried two colorwork tools to see what worked for me, this metal one, and this plastic one. But because of my knitting style (not really correct, but a version of English style), neither of these tools really worked, and I left my progress here:
Yeah. For pretty much an entire year, that's how it looked.
But then, while I was on my little vacation, I knew I'd be finished with the SGS Scarf pretty quickly, so I grabbed this to work on. I'm so glad I did, because I was able to finish it.
I don't know if it was the time away from it, or the fact that I got more comfortable with holding the two colors of yarn (with no tool, just held them both in my left hand), but something clicked!
I used two lovely shades of RYC Cashsoft Aran, and size 7 needles for the brim/size 9 for the body. Followed the pattern exactly!
Now, I'm trying to decide what colorwork project to knit next!
I'm entering this into Celebrate Color.
A great hat! Congrats on your first colourwork!
ReplyDeleteyay for colorwork! it's one of my favorite things to do. the charts are so addictive. i don't know if you've tried it but i like to hold one strand in each hand. i find it a lot easier than trying to wrestle 2 in one. your hat is very cute and i love your color choices. now i want to go make something stranded for myself. :-)
ReplyDeletehooray, great hat! i love colorwork because it motivates me to want to see more of how it turns out. it knits up much quicker than knitting with one color for me.
ReplyDeleteColor work is a challenge for me because I'm a tight knitter. Funny you should post about it because it's something I've thought of trying again. This zig zag hat would be perfect. Sent you a friend invite on Ravelry.
ReplyDeleteOoooh, so pretty!
ReplyDeleteOh, I have such a soft spot for colorwork.
ReplyDeleteThe color combo is so darling. You, my dear, are totally a hat person.
ReplyDeleteOoh, what a fantastic hat!! Looks like your colourwork turned out perfectly. And it's so addictive, isn't it?
ReplyDeleteI was wondering about the number of cast ons, but I thought I'd flubbed up being a newbie knitter. I made a square-ish size piece, but I don't like the yarn I used so I didn't continue beyond small washcloth size.
ReplyDeleteI will try again with a better yarn soon. :)
Love the hat!
i had to laugh out loud: i thought it was just me as a very unexperienced knitter to need an even amount of stiches - because all you "real" knitters would do something mysterious to the first stich on the needle.. :-)
ReplyDeletethe hat looks great and i have not the slightest idea how you did that with the two colors.. amazing and wonderful!!
it is so pretty! maybe you should make one for me! ;)
ReplyDeleteThat hat looks awesome! I've only just dipped my toe into colorwork (a pair of mittens) but there are so many great patterns out there that I'd love to knit
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ReplyDeleteOooh I like the hat! Looks great in those two colours. I don't know why, but I've never been able to knit with two colours without making holes where I join. There must be some trick that I never learned. I haven't attempted it since I made a teddy-bear sweater as a teenager (blue with a white snowflake - and I only remembered this because I saw it yesterday on one of my daughter's bears).
ReplyDeleteAnd, sorry, I had to delete the last comment b/c my daughter was signed on my computer so the comment came up under her name.
Beautiful!!
ReplyDeleteWhat! Jacey! It's so awesome! I'm dying to try colorwork so bad!!! this hat is SO cute!!!!
ReplyDeleteLovely! Color work is so much fun - I'm glad you've jumped on that bandwagon. I've never mastered getting the correct tension holding both yarns in one hand. I just hold one I each hand and the knitting seems to speed along pretty well.
ReplyDeleteHere's hoping it gets cold enough in Texas for you to wear the hat!
I think you did an amazing job!
ReplyDeleteI was scared of it too so started with a hat that my friend helped me work through. I used the two-handed method but I have a ways to go before my tension is perfected that way! After that, I knit my mom some mittens and loved every minute of it. I haven't done anymore but I think next year I'd like to cast on a sweater with at least a panel or yoke of colorwork. So fun! Looking forward to seeing you master this technique!