Want to see what that looks like?
That, friends, is a solid, reasonably-tightly-wound ball, 15cm (6 inches) in diameter weighing nearly 300 grams (10.5 ounces).
Or 900 metres (984 yards).
Or 900 metres (984 yards).
But there is light at the end of the tunnel; some of it now looks like this:
Or, to give you a better idea, here is a close up of what I have been working on for three days (most of the ends are woven in during the knitting process - sometimes I forget!):
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| 200 stitches wide, 30 rows long on 3.5mm needles |
An intarsia rainbow at the end of the frogpond!
so many stitches! Sometimes it blows me away just how many stitches pass through my fingers!
ReplyDeleteI love the new re-do of this afghan-it is going to be beautiful! I wouldn't have been too happy about ripping it all out but it is going to be good in the end!!!!
ReplyDeleteThat's beautiful! I love it! Can't wait to see it finished. I've been knitting this weekend too, you'd be proud!
ReplyDeleteLooks like a fun new project, even if it had a very sad beginning
ReplyDeleteThis is going to be lovely. I love all the colors. So sorry you had to do all that tearing out. Bugs just bug me:)
ReplyDeleteWhen you put it in terms of stitches, it sounds like a very painful, but necessary, frogging session!
ReplyDeleteI really like the revamped version, the garter blocks look great.