This evening I am knitting. Sitting knitting and sometimes standing knitting or watching TV knitting. But not blogging knitting. That’s a stitch too far for my limited knitting skills. I am knitting a pot holder, made up of small mitred squares. It will be similar to these ones that I made earlier in the year.
I use hand washable New Zealand wool, knit squares, crochet a border, then wash the pot holder in very, very hot water so that the wool felts. Great fun and very easy.
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I bet NZ wool is wonderful to work with. I knit too and know the pleasures of using local yarns, especially when felting. Your squares are beautiful.
Thank you. We do have some lovely wool. I always want to buy more than I could possibly knit.
I know what you mean – I always have too much wool in my stash and too many projects on the go 🙂
They are too beautiful to use!! It is a piece of art!!
Thank you. I am always surprised by how beautifully they come out of the wash. The real beauty is in how functional they are.
You are amazing!!!! 😀
I’m afraid mine wouldn’t be square – I seem to recall a nasty habit of losing or gaining stitches at inopportune times. I’ll leave the knitting to you! 🙂
Mine aren’t really square either; the wool washing sort of pulls them in to shape.
Very nice work :)! I can’t knit at all. Just learning to crochet now 😉
Well done you. I find crochet much harder than knitting. But it is good exercise for fingers and brain.
Knitting looks harder to me… but then again, I don’t really know what I am doing with either! lol