Unwinding
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Sometimes you unsew, sometimes you unknit. This weekend it was time to unknit and unwind... literally.
The project:
Avril in April was a contiguous method hand-knit top completed last year, but worn only once. The sleeves and neckline were a bit too unflattering for me. The neckline came down too low, and the sleeves were weird and poofy. Cool contiguous technique though! The yarn used is a beautiful, bubble-gum/pepto/play-doh pink cashmere blend yarn. So, I didn't want to just trash or donate it. Despite the slightly pop-princess color, I truly love the yarn. I also have some in play-doh yellow which I used for the stripes. I think it could be something else that I'd wear more often. Yes. Time to unwind!
Every knitted stitch that was picked up needed to be unwound by hand with a hook or tapestry needle. That took some patience, but in the end there's this!
A bunch of little pink balls and one big hank. So, how do you re-use the yarn once it's all kinked up from knitting? Well, next, I'll secure the yarn off the winder. Then, I'll soak it and hang it to dry with a knitting machine weight on one end. When it's dry, I'll re-wind it into a yarn cake and knit it up!
The project:
Avril in April was a contiguous method hand-knit top completed last year, but worn only once. The sleeves and neckline were a bit too unflattering for me. The neckline came down too low, and the sleeves were weird and poofy. Cool contiguous technique though! The yarn used is a beautiful, bubble-gum/pepto/play-doh pink cashmere blend yarn. So, I didn't want to just trash or donate it. Despite the slightly pop-princess color, I truly love the yarn. I also have some in play-doh yellow which I used for the stripes. I think it could be something else that I'd wear more often. Yes. Time to unwind!
Unwinding takes time!!
Every knitted stitch that was picked up needed to be unwound by hand with a hook or tapestry needle. That took some patience, but in the end there's this!
A bunch of little pink balls and one big hank. So, how do you re-use the yarn once it's all kinked up from knitting? Well, next, I'll secure the yarn off the winder. Then, I'll soak it and hang it to dry with a knitting machine weight on one end. When it's dry, I'll re-wind it into a yarn cake and knit it up!