Hypnotic Nocturnal OCD Knitting and more...

Monday, August 28, 2006

FO's and quasi-FO's

Progress occurred last night! Presenting 2 shell modules for the Hyphen-Boy Modular Felted Backpack, each module requiring 10-15 minutes each, proving to be the perfect project for watching tv, waiting in lines, commuting in a car/ bus/ train, an ideal project anytime anywhere. Knitting modules is easy on the brain and addictive in the hand.

Here are close up photos, including one with a phone handset for size reference. The phone measures 6.5" long, not including the nubby black antenna on top. Not only is this picture taken at a bad angle, but the shell edges are curling so it's hard to see them true to form... when flattened they measure 5"x7" at their widest points, quite a bit larger than I expected, so... they BETTER shrink down A LOT or I'll have a sleeping bag, or another monster-ish Frankenbag! once I turned out a gigantic felted Moebius bag... it was only meant to be large.

Already Big Kureyon's colors are changing from red/pink to green/brown, it's looking really nice!

And finally, here are 2 recent FO's:

the KatHat by Kat Coyle in Koigu KPPPM (50g, 175yd, size 5US needles) which features cute corners that stick out like pointy ears! (far left)

... and this neat Japanese lace beanie called Madge, in Noro Kureyon #130 (below)

the Madge Hat from knittyspin
Although both these hats were each extremely fun and rewarding knits, I honestly don't think I'll wear either one, most of my hats are gifted away, bye-bye little hats!

2 Comments:

Blogger Plain Jane said...

Your Kat Hat is awfully cute! I've made a number of hats with the straight bind-off at the top and then added little tassels or pompoms to the corners. I knit so many hats for charity that I'm always looking for new ideas. On the modular back pack, are you going to have to sew all those modules together or will they be knit together as you go?

30/8/06 12:14 PM

 
Blogger Petunia Honeysuckle said...

Hi Jane! I love the KatHat too, I just don't want to wear it for some unknown reason... the knitting went so fast, it was finished in a long one-nighter. Those shells are cast on as singles only for the first tier, then it's picked up from there, no sewing!

30/8/06 12:31 PM

 

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