Sunday 6 November 2011

Perhaps I shouldn't have started

Part way towards smocking
You know how it is when you think perhaps you shouldn't have started.  I'm making what I hope will be a Christmas gift (I'm not prepared to admit what it's supposed to be yet).  Got carried away and didn't read the pattern properly before I started.  It has smocking on it and this smocking is achieved by Tw2R and Tw2L. 

The second one takes some getting used to.  (and I don't think I'm doing it right), A couple of hours of this and my fingers are really stiff.  And then when you have done all that you have to stitch all the diamonds into place so that it really looks like smocking.  Oh deary me.

Tw2R
K into front of second st on left-hand needle, then P into front of first st, slipping both sts off needle together

Tw2L
P into back of second st on left-hand needle, then K into front of first st, slipping both sts off needle together

1 comments:

lyndagrace said...

The result is beautiful, but perhaps this might work better as a leisurely, work on it whenever I feel like it project.

Thank you for including the directions for TW2R/L.

I think just seeing those numbers and letters strung together would have stopped me.

I admire you for diving in.