If you are of the prayin' sort...

[martelvonc]

Keep your fingers crossed, say a prayer, or sound a mantra but I am finally getting around to starting the small knitted medieval design purse kit that I bought from caemfind at the Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival last May. The colors are a dark green and an off white. I have of course lost the front card that had a photo of a finished purse for reference. It's somewhere in my paperwork. blech. I've never done two color knitting before.

I have to keep reminding myself...don't pull the traveling strands too tight! So far so good. The tube is appearing and it is not a mobius! Go me! I won't be carrying this project around as I have to concentrate so hard on the chart and the two strands of string I can't really take it as a casual project. I'm up to row 5 now in 1 1/2 hours of work.

I'm determined to do this. I want the little purse and so I shall have it! By Gum!

I'll post pictures when I get a few more rows done and there is something to see.

Update* this morning I was able to knit one row of 72 stitches in only 20 minutes!

Comments

[francesca-tessa.livejournal.com]

You have the disease....knitting-itis.
Welcome to my world.

[bronx-baroness.livejournal.com]

You're a much braver woman then I am! Two colors. Far beyond my abilities!

Good luck and I will think good thoughts for you.

[francesca-tessa.livejournal.com]

I love working in multiple colors.

Don't be afraid! If you are willing to knit anything regardless of how badly it comes out then you will get the hang of it.

It does not take as long as you think for it to become automatic pilot.

[caemfind.livejournal.com]

Cool! You're knitting my bag! I can send you another photo if you want. I could e-mail it to you except that I'm terribly awful at this technical stuff. (Don't laugh! I learned to type on a manual machine in high school!) So if you will give me your snail mail I'll get one to you.

If the kit proves too much you might just try it with larger yarn on larger needles and get used to it all that way. Someone in our Barony knitted a HUGE relic purse for someone else to use toting around a six pack. Or a larger version might make a neat pillow.

[celtwoman.livejournal.com]

Relax, stay loose, that's knitting....remember to breathe...there is plenty of yarn and your hands can relax. You're safe.

Let me know if I can be of help. I've been knitting since I was about seven, and I'm local.