All my ends have been woven in and all the squares have been washed. Last night I happily sat down to start stitching them together. After about four hours of frustration, and several times of throwing two squares across the room, I remembered something that I'm sure my mother and my seventh grade Home Economics teacher know quite well. I'm terrible at sewing. It's gonna take a little long than I anticipated to get these squares sewn together in a way that looks decent. I don't even have two connected squares to show you.
I've also pulled a pair of socks out of hibernation to calm the frustration from sewing. My Berry Rose socks are Knitty's Blackrose Socks by Susie Avin in Dream in Color Everlasting Sock. When I saw this pattern I knew I had to do knit in a wine color. Just loving these, and glad that I have time for them again. If any knitters out there find a disturbance in the space-time continuum that allows for more knitting time, please let me know!
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You guys are teasing me with these blankets and afghans. Can't wait to see the finished product and that sock pattern is beautiful!!!!
ReplyDeleteGood luck with the sewing - not something I am any good at (so I'm doing a log cabin blanket - all picking up and no sewing!)
ReplyDeleteLove the colour of your sock :)
Goggle sewing garter stitch squares together and see if that helps. Good luck.
ReplyDeleteThat sock pattern is gorgeous, and seeing so many blanket progress posts today has me inclined to knit an afghan -- don't give up on the sewing, just break it up with things you're more apt to enjoy. Cheers!
ReplyDeleteThe sock looks beautiful! Good luck with the blanket :)
ReplyDeleteGorgeous socks! That deep wine colour really makes them dramatic.
ReplyDeleteThat wine color is just fabulous :-)
ReplyDeleteFinally I see the pattern and I think it is suitably eye-catching and lovely!
ReplyDeleteAgain, must say - I adore the purple! Wonderful.
the blanket looks great! sorry the seaming is frustrating you, but when it's done - man! you're going to have a gorgeous blanket on your hands!!
ReplyDeleteLove the socks. Added the pattern to my queue.
ReplyDeleteApt colour choice for the socks . I have a black rose bush in my garden and that yarn certainly does remind me of the blooms .
ReplyDeleteGood luck with the sewing together . I'm terrible at seaming , it's part of the process I dread ...
Instead of sewing them, why not crochet them together?
ReplyDeleteI love the blanket by the way, it is a beautiful present.
Those socks are gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteyou know, when you lay out the squares like that, i can see so many possibilities for blankie patterns!!! And i didnt know you started the blackrose socks! I cant wait to see the finished socks :)
ReplyDeleteI would also like to find that disturbance in the space-time continuum that allows for more knitting time! Seaming is possibly my least favorite part of finishing a knitted item--thus I go for seamless as much as possible. Glad to see in later posts, you solved your seaming problem. Thanks for your kind comment on my blog :).
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