But it does take a bit of concentration – you don’t want to be dropping on purpose in the wrong place – I found that I could only concentrate for 24 to 30 rows and then it was better to walk away and take a break and do something else – like, this could be the perfect time to take care of a project that I’ve been meaning to get around to – the remake of my ‘Tiers of Joy’ skirt from No 47.
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When I made it, back in 2008, I made the first one in black, for myself and used WCD, Mini Dina, a cotton/rayon blend and Bramwell’s
Hobby, (grimace) an acrylic bouclé – just what I happened to have on hand. I
made the second one in greens (and gave it to Sue Jalowiec of Knit It Now)and
used WCD, Marbella and Skinny Majesty and wrote the pattern based on those
yarns. It was beautiful – the drape of the rayons (last two) is gorgeous and
the green one really turned out well. Mine, on the other hand, while still nice
- and I did wear it a lot, both at knitting events and for personal use, did
not weather well – the cotton in the Mini Dina has faded and is now sort of
charcoal and the acrylic top layer has little pill balls on it, so because I
still really love the skirt and have the proper yarns in black to remake it…AND
my friend Vickie convinced me to promise to make her one in black to take with
her on her two month holiday to Hawaii this winter - this is the perfect time
to kill two birds…it will be much easier to make two at the same time rather
than making one now and then later making another later…so….the bottom tier of the skirt is a sideways-knit flounce that could be shortrowed, but I used the electronics and a slip stitch to do the partial knitting automatically plus the hem edge is finished as you go with a neat little wrapping trick - check it out!Yesterday’s score: Vickie’s skirt, first tier done! KS190 project, back, done!
P.S. that is a darn fine skirt pattern! lots of tips and techniques and tons of information that I’d totally forgotten!
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