Quick & Easy

Lin is done. :) Definitely a quick & easy knit. Here's a picture:

She definitely hangs better on a live person than on a hanger. Oh well. It was a fun project, and though I am not a big fan of either cotton or linen yarns, this one was pretty nice to work with. Very strong, NO splitting. It did tend to twist up on itself a lot, but that didn't bother me. If I were doing a sweater that was mostly stockinette, though, the twist in the yarn would probably result in quite twisted stitches. For that reason, I'd recommend Lingarn for items that have a textured pattern stitch or are knit in garter stitch. Lin's ribbed stitch was fine.

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I have the back of Santa Fe nearly done. Here are pics of the back and a close-up of the stitches (I'm using a US size 4 (3.5 mm) needle:

Please note that the yarn is not biasing, as the photo of the stitches implies; I just can't seem to hold a camera straight.

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This morning I followed a link from Woman of Many Faces to Threadbared. If you sew, knit or crochet, you'll get a kick out of it!

Comments

[Helen]

Wow. Lin is lovely. REally nice. That is going to be beautiful on you Beth.
Helen

[Helen]

Lin does look really nice! :)

Thanks for the link to Threadbared. I nearly woke my kids up laughing at the Ken and Barbie epic!