When I went to Chris Zantis' Workshop at the Logan Art Gallery, I learnt a few new techniques in knitting that I could work into my own style. In the last couple of days, I have been working on trying them out.
The first one was knitting a cord. Now, how you do this simple. What you need is a pair of double-ended needles and some yarn. Cast on 3 - 4 stitches, then, instead of turning the needles around, you push them to the other end and knit them. Then push them to the other end and repeat. Keep doing this until the cord is as long as you need it to be and you've made a cord; as you can see in photo. If you use a tri-coloured yarn, it turns into strips; very cool!
The next thing I learnt is how to knit with Cinderella Yarn. This yarn is corded yarn - instead of wool - that has pom-poms attached to it to make knitting a challenge. Now, at first, this made knitting too hard for me; and I didn't know how to get into this yarn; not until I went to Chris' workshop. I was advised to knit the cord and not the pom-poms and to make sure the little pom-poms are kept to the back of the front needle (the one you're knitting onto in your right hand). Otherwise, keep an eye on how many stitches are on your needles and take your time as it can be really hard to begin with. I'm on my second attempt right now and it's going okay.
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