The YarnTotingBlog

I did finish off that skein for the bobble baby blanket and this is what I worked on tonight in preparation for my potholders.

As it turns out these squares really are easy and quick to knit. I learned so much from them too besides the basics of the domino knitting technique.

The new things I learned with just these little squares include:

• the knit cast-on - I struggled with making this too tight at first but by the second half of the cast-on for the second square I was getting the hang of it
• what it means to “slip 1 knitwise” (and, consequently, purlwise also)
• the “slip 1, knit 2 together, pass slip stitch over” double decrease
• that purling the last stitch on the end of a row creates the most convenient loops on an edge that has to be knitted into later
• striping! This was the first time I’ve worked with two different colors

I’m very happy about my squares and all that I learned particularly after such a bad day with the bobble blanket. I should probably sleep on my victory and I might just tackle my first potholder tomorrow .. or rather, later today.

Oh, and a side note, my circulars are perfect for these.