Sunday, March 29, 2009

Knitalong is started

You can still join in! Download the pattern in PDF form here.

We had our kickoff on Saturday, and six market bags are under way. We've got one person using Gedifra's Fiorista (doubled!) with an i-cord edge replacing the picot edge. The other yarns we're using are Schoeller & Stahl's Pantino (cotton), Tahki's Cotton Classic and Elsebeth Lavold's Hempathy.

Karen played Cat Bordhi's video on how to do Judy Becker's magic cast-on ("the bird is eating the vine..."). Watch it here if you've ever struggled with this technique, or if you just like watching knitting videos:



We'll be using this blog to keep everyone connected. If you're joining us, feel free to announce yourself in the comments. Also, you can send your pictures and updates to the blog directly at freshpurlsblog(...at...)gmail.com (substitute the correct "@" symbol).

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