The Joy Of Finishing

Sharing my finished objects and tackling stranded colorwork...

Nov 10, 2024

INSIDE: The reveal of my finished Pants and scarf, grafting stitches on the purl side and sorting out the tension of floats in a colorwork cushion cover design…

Today’s a special weekend… Because not only do you get Fiber Friday, you also get Sunday Scroll! I had a little mishap where my system didn’t deliver Fiber Friday on its regularly scheduled day, so you’re getting it today as a bonus.

Happy reading, and enjoy your Sunday!

I’m so excited to be wearing my Chanterelle Pants!

My mind was buzzing with all the new skills I gained during that sewing project. It truly was a labor of love. It took many, many hours!

The sense of achievement is wonderful and some days I’m wearing an outfit that’s all made by me! My favorite combination is my Flow Tee (organic cotton), my Hermoine’s Socks (merino/nylon) and the Chanterelle pants (linen/cotton).

Another FO (Finished Object) is my Summer Stream Scarf by Asami Kawa where I used up my leftover Palette yarn (100% Peruvian wool) by Knit Picks.

With insufficient yarn, I managed a short scarf instead.

The Palette yarn blocks beautifully and the pretty leaf lace shines!

I learned how to graft the two pieces together using the grafting stitch on the purl side. The first attempt I tried grafting on the knit side and it didn’t look right, so I pulled it out.

The join on the wrong side of the fabric is noticeable, but the front is seamless.

In my efforts to use up leftover yarn, I’m knitting a cushion cover using a Norwegian star motif chart.

I’m using the Knit Picks Mighty Stitch yarn from my Mosaic baby blanket.

Getting the tension of my floats has been a journey! I hold the yarns in both hands and pick the stitches (continental style) with my left hand and use the English style to knit the stitches with my right hand.

I’m still a beginner at continental style, so it’s taken a while to get into a rhythm and get the tension right.

I also had an idea to break up the chart repeat with a band of white like the bottom of the design. Why did I think this was a good idea? It looked terrible!

So I added an afterthought life line to the last row of the first chart repeat and ripped back. One benefit of knitting is that you can undo stitches.

Then I continued with the second chart repeat and it looks ten times better!