How is Your Progress

I hope you all are progressing well! I want to see you progress on the blog if at all possible. Although I was hoping folks would all post their progress on this community blog, Sahara has created a new blog and posted her progress there.

If you have questions on how to post to this blog, please e-mail me and I will see about sending out a tutorial on the process. The next updates will be sent out tomorrow with 3 more options for stitches!

Better Detailed Photos

Today I finally had a chance to get some more detailed photos of my example of the front of the kimono:


And a lot more detail on the back of the kimono:


I will be interested to see the progress of everyone else working on the project!!

A Hit at TNNA

This past week/weekend I was at TNNA (The National Needlearts Association) wholesale trade show. This is a trade show exclusively for yarn shops (and needlepoint shops and counted thread shops) to see what is new for the season, place orders, see what is happening with the industry as a whole and network with one another. San Diego was unusually cold. so I was wearing my Sample Stitch Kimono quite a bit. Everyone just LOVED it!

A couple folks wanted to buy the pattern, but I informed them that this is an EXCLUSIVE project for the knit a long. I may release a pattern later, but not until at least 2008! So my wish for all of you is that you have as many compliments when yours is complete.

The Sample is Done

I have been promising pictures and they are finally here!!! These are just a couple of quick pictures to give you an idea of just ONE of the infinite options available for this project. Although I made a cropped length (because that looks better on me) you can make it any length you desire -- hip length, knee length or even ankle length. I also chose a single yarn in one color, but there is no reason why strips cannot be of different yarns (so long as the gauge is the same) or different colors. The idea is to make each one a piece of wearable art that is unique to you. When my regular photographer and I can get our schedules together I will get some more "official" photo taken and put up.




This project is one of the best wearable projects I have made in a long time. I have just LOVED working on it. Since it is worked in panels, the project has been very portable. And once I have a pattern stitch down, the amount of concentration required was minimal. I only had to stop to check the length from time to time. On one panel, I got so busy knitting, I had to rip back 3" to get to the correct length!

I also love wearing the Kimono. It is very comfortable and easy just to throw on. Since I chose a super neutral color, it goes with EVERYTHING! I am thinking about adding an edging around the front opening, neck and bottom edge, but I haven't decided for sure about that yet. I am "living with it" for a bit before I decide for sure. I will take an additional bit of yarn if I choose to do that -- which I have.

Speaking of yarn -- the estimates where just "right on". Since yarn labels state "approximate yardage" and my experience shows that they can be off as much at 10% (either way) I strongly recommend always buying at least 10% more yardage than ANY pattern states. It is such a pain if you run out right at the end!