Man I Suck...

I suck at using colours. I prefer things in black and white. Black will always look nice with white.

I attempted at putting some colours together today. I decided to knit a swatch to see if the colours do work out. Well they didn't. It was so horrible that I had to stop right away and throw it out.

For those who don't believe me, here's a picture of it.

Finished Sample

I finished knitting the swatch for my Space Invaders mittens. It looks pretty good. Now I just have to figure out what kind of yarn and colours I want.

Mittens from Space!

I'm testing out a pattern of my own. The theme is Space Invaders. I knitted it with my Red Heart Super Saver and Bernat 100% acrylic yarn. The gauge is a bit bigger than the Lamb's Pride Super Wash. This is just a tester but if and when I do knit a pair of mittens out of these yarns, I'll make a smaller pattern with only 20 stitches instead of 24.

Here's a sampling of what it looks like.



I've also knitted up swatches with the acrylic yarns.

The first one is with Red Heart Super Saver.

Gauge: 4,5 st / inch (18 st / 4")
Needles: sz 9 (3,5mm)

This one is with Bernat 100% acrylic.

Gauge: 5 st/ inch (20 st / 4")
Needles: sz 9 (3,5mm)

not M.I.A.

It has been a long time since I last posted. But it's also been a long time since I last made something.

Today I decided to make a swatch. I've been wanting to give Hello Yarn's Squirrel and Oak Mittens. The Lamb's Pride Superwash is perfect. I'm using 3.5mm (US size 4) needles.

I plan on lining the mittens with some flannel because I can't wear wool and for extra warmth.

Enough time writing about it, time to start!

Needle: 3.5mm
Gauge: 6 st / inch (24 st / 4")
Yarn: Lambs Pride Super Wash

Lamb's Pride Superwash Worsted Swatch

So here's the swatch that I knitted.

Lamb's Pride Superwash on 5mm needles

I kept my swatch measurements in a wee notebook but guess where that is. That's right, it's in Canada. So I'm gonna make use of my blog. I'm gonna keep a log of my swatches. Let's see how long this will last. I know I suck. I make all these promises and I rarely follow through. Oh well.

I'll add a photo of the swatch later. I've got some bad lighting right now.

So, here we go. Lamb's Pride Superwash. 5mm needles. 4.5 st / inch.