purple purple purple this past week.
purple sky, purple petals, purple mountains, purple stones, purple spikes. that was just of the natural world...purple wool made it onto & (thankfully then) off the needles.
knitting in the form of fingerless mitts inspired by these.
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what i knit (in cascade 220 superwash merino on US2 circular needles):
top down. co 36 stitches join for working in the round (i did magic loop).
work stockinette stitch 20 rounds.
make thumb:
at the end of 20 turn work and purl row 21.
turn and knit/purl for a total of 8 rows.
at the end of row 28 ( a knit row) rejoin for working in the round and begin round 29.
work in stockinette stitch to desired length & bind off loosely.
weave in ends.
love all this purple. that amethyst pebble is great.
ReplyDeleteyou've inspired me again! this time to try my hand at magic loop! :)
ReplyDeletelove that purple! and this winter will knit myself some of these mittens :-)
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