wednesday rose

Wednesday came and I finished a knitted rose (the leaves are from squared pieces of cloth I had bought a long time ago). Again I used some old yarn (I undid some crocheted granny squares).

I found the pattern in a Clarín Tejido magazine (2011) but, as usually, I didn't follow the instructions exactly....

I used 4 mm needles (instead of 6mm)....and I didn't use any felting technique.

1. cast on 70 st. and knit 10 rows
2. decrease twice 6 stitches right and left
3. decrease twice 4 stitches right and left
4. finish!
5. curl up...sew and attach (sewing) the leaves
6. sew some pin or clip to turn the knitted rose into a lapel pin...or hair clip/pin
   

unknown yet

I got the yarn and a vague idea of what I wanted. As I knit this new jacket, new ideas come to my mind about the final shape, the kind of sleeves to knit, and so on.

I got the yarn at the same place of the pale yellow one in a previous post. Using this kind of stitch, the knitted cloth is very light and soft, very nice. I'm using 2,5mm knitting needles. I now prefer to use thinner needles....maybe since the result looks more elegant, and rather spring/summer-like. However, using a bigger-gauged needles with thin yarns has also very interesting results....looking a bit like Haapsalu shawls.

grey or silver, shiny summer

Sometimes I just do some windows shopping or have a look at the clothes at shops, to see if I find good inspiration for some knitting project. I once liked some kind of bolero I saw at Pull&Bear (Inditex). I tried it on (i didn't really like the colour) and decided to knit something based on its pattern. Instead of knitting just one peace, I knitted 2 rectangular pieces and then sewn it together following the original idea. I also decided to knit one of the edges differently (unlike the bolero I saw at the shop).

I got the yarn (I guess it's acrylic but it looks and feels very silky) at the local street market (thursdays). I used for the shoulders' part 4,5mm needles and for the back 3,5mm needles. The different gauge, as well as the different direction of the stitches makes a beautiful and interesting contrast.