In my laziness, I haven't updated my blog because I haven't taken pictures of my latest knitting projects. Shame on me! So off my duff, here we go!
As usual, I am still making chemo hats, but my progress has slowed. The extreme heat we are currently enduring does not make good knitting weather! Not for a warm hat, anyways. I do have about 9 or 10 finished. As I've probably mentioned before, I like to wait until I have a dozen, then I photograph them & post the pictures here. So that may be awhile. I've also had a second glimpse at my failed booga bag. It may not be as hopeless as I originally thought. It just didn't do what I wanted, but it could be salvaged. I think I will revisit it & see what I can do soon! I will even post pics, why not?!
Summer is not one of my best knitting times. I honestly don't knit much, but I usually do something. My latest thing has been with beads. Summer & beads DO go well together, in my book! So, anyway, I got a bug to do something with beads. Some time ago, I ordered a beaded bracelet kit from Patternworks. Lovely matte finish black & white beads, along with a gold thread. Perfect for what my "bug"!
On a recent vacation, I gave it a shot. I have knit with beads before, see my entry http://journals.aol.com/spunknit/InnaneKnittingBabble/entries/1162 about my beaded purse for my wedding. It is really easy, & goes along quickly, even on size 0000 steel needles! So I threaded up the beads & got started.
What a pain in the tookus! The thread is not soft, it is scratchy & rough. The pattern requires tight knitting, which also made it uncomfortable. The stitch makes the knitted piece spiral, so sometimes I ended up with more beads than I needed. Frustrating! I do like the way it looked, so I perservered. I still need to join the ends together, which has also been frustrating. It just doesn't look right, so I've done it about 5 or 6 times already, & ripped it out each time.
All in all, I like the look. The kit came with enough for 3 bracelets or one long necklace. I wish now I had done the necklace, because I would have probably finished it just to get it done. I'm not sure I will knit the remaining 2 bracelets, just because I didn't enjoy it like I thought I would.
Anyways, I have pictures of the finished, but unjoined item above! Enjoy!
