Ta-dah! Here is the afghan I made on size 50 needles! It was a wedding present for Amanda and A.C., who got hitched this past saturday. :-) The wedding was a lot of fun, as was my trip to Colorado Springs and Denver. I got to see some really good friends from college, which made me super happy. 
Above is a picture with no flash because its easier to see the stitch pattern. Its pretty much a moss rib. The pattern is one of the free patterns specifically for Speed Stix on the Lion Brand website. I used 4 yarns held together: blue, maroon, green, and cream. Each one had a different texture as well. :-) I love texture.
Here is a picture with the flash so you can see the colors a bit better. I really enjoyed making the blanket, but it did take me quite a while to adjust to holding those giant needles. I really like how it looks and feels when its done though, so I do see other speed stix afghans in my future.
Above is a picture with no flash because its easier to see the stitch pattern. Its pretty much a moss rib. The pattern is one of the free patterns specifically for Speed Stix on the Lion Brand website. I used 4 yarns held together: blue, maroon, green, and cream. Each one had a different texture as well. :-) I love texture.
Here is a picture with the flash so you can see the colors a bit better. I really enjoyed making the blanket, but it did take me quite a while to adjust to holding those giant needles. I really like how it looks and feels when its done though, so I do see other speed stix afghans in my future.Now, I knit what for the bride? Oh yeah, undies. :-P
As some of you know, this was not my first undies knitting experiment. The first one was the thong from the stitch n bitch calendar. I'm not fond of the design, it comes out kind of big and clunky. Odd, for a thong. Definitely not compatible with today's low-rise jeans world. But this pair of undies it much nicer looking. I just used the bikini bottoms pattern from Sexy Little Knits. For the bikini it calls foer suede, but for the undies I used microfiber. Totally soft.
Here's the back of the undies. And there is elastic crocheted around all of the edges. I gave them to Amanda the morning of the wedding and they got many a giggle. They were really fast to knit up and I think maybe making myself an actual bikini would not be an imposible undertaking. We shall see.
As some of you know, this was not my first undies knitting experiment. The first one was the thong from the stitch n bitch calendar. I'm not fond of the design, it comes out kind of big and clunky. Odd, for a thong. Definitely not compatible with today's low-rise jeans world. But this pair of undies it much nicer looking. I just used the bikini bottoms pattern from Sexy Little Knits. For the bikini it calls foer suede, but for the undies I used microfiber. Totally soft.
Here's the back of the undies. And there is elastic crocheted around all of the edges. I gave them to Amanda the morning of the wedding and they got many a giggle. They were really fast to knit up and I think maybe making myself an actual bikini would not be an imposible undertaking. We shall see.Well, enough typing about knitting, I'm off to knit!
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I'm charging the camera battery, so I may get something posted one day. I'm half done with my exchange (not-so)skinny scarf. Oh yah!
nice undies!