I had my eye on this pattern ages ago when I was living in Flagstaff and bought the yarn there. Weirdly the instructions for the cast on convinced me that I didn't know how to do it, and that held me back for a solid year before I discovered the cast on she meant is the normal one I always do.
It is a free pattern on Ravelry. (here)
I finally started knitting them over Christmas. But the yarn was too pretty and I didn't think it suited them so I frogged. (You can see that one over on Ravelry if you are curious.)
Only after a bit did I realise my endless stash of Outlaw Vanitas DK was here to save the day. It suited them perfectly. The first legwarmer took a long time and I kept losing grasp of the pattern. Because it's full of holes anyway you really can't tell if they are in the right place, and that realisation was what kept me going. I knew I'd love them even if they weren't perfect, and that's a good motivation.
I knitted them one set of repeats shorter than the pattern recommended as I figured that was about how I wanted them.
The second legwarmer went really fast!
I used the needles recommended by the pattern and was happy with the results; the whole matter took about 1.25 skeins of the endless yarn.
I have recently decided to knit more. Partly because my lifestyle is likely to be increasingly unstable for awhile and I can't take sewing with me, but also because I have a new Life Goal which is to make the Rose Cardigan. Naturally, I have built up a 10 project queue of the Things to Learn before I am ready to tackle the cardi. Yes I know I could just dive in and go for it but I feel like my knitting tolerance is low and my frustration builds really easily when things don't work out. I've tried really hard in the past year to build up my skills in slow steps so I'll keep doing that.
It is a free pattern on Ravelry. (here)
I finally started knitting them over Christmas. But the yarn was too pretty and I didn't think it suited them so I frogged. (You can see that one over on Ravelry if you are curious.)
Only after a bit did I realise my endless stash of Outlaw Vanitas DK was here to save the day. It suited them perfectly. The first legwarmer took a long time and I kept losing grasp of the pattern. Because it's full of holes anyway you really can't tell if they are in the right place, and that realisation was what kept me going. I knew I'd love them even if they weren't perfect, and that's a good motivation.
I knitted them one set of repeats shorter than the pattern recommended as I figured that was about how I wanted them.
The second legwarmer went really fast!
I used the needles recommended by the pattern and was happy with the results; the whole matter took about 1.25 skeins of the endless yarn.
I have recently decided to knit more. Partly because my lifestyle is likely to be increasingly unstable for awhile and I can't take sewing with me, but also because I have a new Life Goal which is to make the Rose Cardigan. Naturally, I have built up a 10 project queue of the Things to Learn before I am ready to tackle the cardi. Yes I know I could just dive in and go for it but I feel like my knitting tolerance is low and my frustration builds really easily when things don't work out. I've tried really hard in the past year to build up my skills in slow steps so I'll keep doing that.
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