Leaves, Love And Leftie

Some tomatoes become ketchup. But mine became some tiny leaves on my latest scarf or shawlette. And where did those tomatoes come from? The color of the red orange yarn is actually called tomato. 

I am pleased with most of my projects but this is one of the best so far.

I can not say how pleased I am with the colors and the yarn. And that I knitted this with 2mm needles. A nice tight knit.

I must say I got a little tired of all the spit splicing - but it was so worth it. Maybe my cats food, hair ball control, would be advisable? LOL!!!

I would have had 86 ends to weave in if I have not taken the time to do that.

I only had two - one in each end. And ends tends to lose up over time. So I do not have to worry about that.

I had to get lace needles as there are a lot of wraps and turns with two wraps on the stitches when knitting the leaves. And the lace needle made the leaf knitting so much easier.

The design is great but I found it a bit unfinished on the bind off end. So I found a nice leaf and knitted two together in the round. I used a glass bead and sew it on my leftie.

And there it was - just as I wanted my leftie. The designer Martina Behm is so talented. A lof of knitting design in Norway is very traditional and the same all over again. Creative knitting is often missing - but with Ravelry a whole new world is open. Knitting never gets boring with Ravelry. Leftie is an example on that.

Don't fear failure so much that you refuse to try new things. 

The saddest summary of a life contains three descriptions: could have, might have, and should have

Louis E. Boone

The Stitch Story
Yarn: Madelinetosh Merino Light
Needles: 2mm
Other Materials: Knitted Leaf, Glass Bead
Pattern: Leftie
My Ravelry Page: Love And Tomatoes