illusion knitting sample

Illusion Knitting !
 this is such a fun style of knitting - the *picture* appears from a different view than from above!!
Something *new* for those who are tired of doing plain, ordinary knit and purls.
Though you still do knit/purl, the *mystery* of the design puts a different slant on knitting it [pun intended!] ~

This is one I recently finished knitting to display for the monthly knit-along group which I belong to ~
The pattern is called *Vintage Flowers* -
I liked it because it immediately made me think of my grandmother's afghan, the black background and the colorful flowers scattered upon it.
  
  View 1:  from above - how we usually look at things - this is what you see:

View 2:  Now, if you bring the dish-cloth to your eye level, look what you see:

Coooool, eh?!

October KAL: Autumn Quilt

Designed by Sue from Harvest Moon, this was a lovely dishcloth to knit ~
I used green sage/P&C/cotton yarn for mine ~

September
 Our first KAL for September was designed by our group *leader* - Janet.
Thank you for another awesome pattern!
  I was asked to conduct the daily emails - it was fun!  I loved the mystery of giving just a few rows each day - and wondering what others thought it would turn out to be!
Janet is a genius with a knitting needle!
Her cloth is called, Vines 'N Stripes - I did mine in a deep lavender color:

Waves of Lace

Variegated yarn: P&C Baby Pastels Ombre

Waves of Lace

~ knit in 'Summer Prints'

Various yarns used for April KAL

Which do you like best?!

April Waves of Lace

April's mid-month dishcloths for our KAL:
I did several versions -
a couple solid colors, then a variegated yarn.

Love this pattern, from Alli's work, always a special treat
[be sure to check all her work at her site, click here!

February KALs

The mid-month dishcloth pattern was "In Celebration" ~

It depicts a field of flowers. [I think the *flowers* also look like mini-hearts!]
I used Bernat self-striping yarn, 'Pinky Stripes' ~

The cloth was designed by Janet and is
'dedicated to all the survivors who have had small as well as large successes in their lives in regards to Breast Cancer.'





This one is Linen Stitch
~ our first of the month dishcloth ~

it looks delicate here, due to the pastel color,
I used the fabulous P&C Baby Ombre

- but it's a nice, closely-woven stitch,
will make a good kitchen cloth.

yummy Cupcake!

Love this little knitted cupcake! it looks great on top of a birthday gift!

Stained-Glass

This was a fun cloth to make - [pattern from our KAL calendar]
tho I think next time I'd like to use a navy or black, with a self-striping cloth in a pastel color to make the *blocks* of color stand out better -
this one I knit for my aunt, who has a kitchen in black and white, with splashes of red.