ConnieLene – KnitDesigner

I have begun my new ball covers – well I have begun sorting my yarns, checking for the various textures, thickness of the yarn, deciding if 2 or 3 threads are required to knit the same tension as other yarns and so on.

Did you know there are hundreds of white and hundreds of black. I don’t have hundreds of each (I wish I did) – but I am matching yarns – short leftover lengths and assessing them against each other and seeing if any are the same colour and type. Trouble is that I have not labelled these pieces – so have to look at each one, and decide – so that when I knit them up – I will not knit 2 yarns the same, next to each other.

As one of these ball covers will be white, I want the many whites to show as different whites up close – although the overall effect will be white. I expect the same with the black yarns.

The end view I hope will be that nothing is very clear, that is nothing is simply black or white.

You might ask – why don’t I label these short lengths of yarn – the answer of course is that there are too many. Usually when I knit with many yarns, I also knit with many colours, so I have never got into the habit of labelling my leftovers. I have never knitted with many whites or with many blacks in one piece.

I still have to measure the ball so that we do not have to go out in the freezing cold each eveningto check the progress and sizing of the knitting as we did with the first one.

It is -4c right now, the sun is shinning and there is no or little wind so no excuses – must go measure.

The knitted scarf is still on the tree.

The knitted ball cover for “The Frozen Ball of Haarlem” seems to be lost for ever. I have bought a small ball and will knit a replica cover for it – just so I do not forget.

Is this really Knit Graffiti it is quite a lot of fun, a bit challenging, and here in the Netherlands it is freezing