Back at It

Did I ever say that I love Project Run and Play?  Because I love it.  Sewing along is the perfect excuse to get creative.  And that signature style week forces me to use my knitting machine.  See, I always want to use it.  I have tons of ideas I want to try out.  But then, I get caught up in sewing things that I know I or the girls will wear and the knitting machine waits.

And Project Run and Play is coming.  As it happens, the first week is all about knits.  I figured I should make something then.  It’ll only be leg warmers but a small, easy project is perfect for getting back into it, don’t you think? So I got back into it yesterday.  I was planning on working on a design but my morning got caught up in fixing a hole in my sweater (more on that one Friday).  I only had one hour to work.  I found a couple patterns I liked in Design a Knit and used them to try out tensions and color combinations.

The diagonal was knit in tensions 3 and 4 (3 is tighter and definitely better).  But look at those loose stitches! It’s because of the long floats on the back.

This diamond-ish pattern only has 2 stitch floats and it looks much neater.  (Tensions 2 and 3 used here. 3 is best.) And actually, I love this pattern.  A lot.

I may actually end up using it but I’m afraid that introducing a third print in the outfit will be a bit much.  Likewise, I love that dark teal green but I think the brown-beige combo will be better.  I did manage the time to design a chevron pattern so I’ll try it out before I decide but that diamond pattern…

Wanna bet I’ll end up with a completely different stitch pattern? Something textural rather than colored?

About deuxsouriceaux

Creative mommy at home to two wonderful little girls, trying to juggle family, sewing, exercise, family, knitting, photography, and did I mention family?