...I flit from project to project.
I was happily working on some gift knitting and contemplating casting on some mindless knitting (a chenille throw) to keep near the television...but alas, I've been diverted like a butterfly to a lovely lacy flower...I'm test knitting Mariposa for Southwest Trading Company! (as of right now, the image on the main page for SWTC happens to be Mariposa). It's a lovely lacy flower wrap done in Bamboo yarn. Unfortunately for me, in order to save myself a long extraneous tail from long tail cast on, I tried single loop cast on for this project and the first row was proving to be a real pain in the you know what. After struggling to get halfway through the first row (309 stitches!!) I gave up, frogged it out and re-cast on using long tail. Sadly, things are progressing slowly - either I'm just a slow knitter or I just didn't have a good appreciation for how long it takes to make a lace object...ah well. I guess I'll re-evaluate this whole "test knitting" concept once I'm through with my first project.
Random fact for you readers: a Mariposa is a lovely tulip-like flower that grows in the southwestern United States and Mexico....mariposa also happens to be the Spanish word for butterfly.
Hi Stephanie,
ReplyDeleteI'd like more info on how one can become a test knitter. I'd appreciate any info you may have. I went on their site and downloaded their design guidelines and they mentioned something about a "knitting resume." I must confess, I have no idea what that is or how I'd construct one!
Anyway, I wasn't interested so much in designing something as test-knitting some of their patterns and would appreciate any info you feel like sharing. :-)
( pabilheira_at_yahoo_dot_com )
Thanks.