East Meets West bag - KAL

Looking for a good colorwork challenge? Try the East Meets West bag!

It's actually not as difficult as it looks. Come join in, ask questions, share your progress, and have fun as you work through this project!

There are no deadlines, start dates, and certainly no attendance taken. ;-) Just come on in and hang out!

Tags: EMW, fairisle, kit, palette

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Permalink Reply by Kerin on October 1, 2009 at 10:45am

Hi Kathy! I'm glad you're enjoying the bag so far! Sounds like you're making great progress. :)

-Kerin

Permalink Reply by Joslyn on October 1, 2009 at 12:03pm

I got my kit yesterday, I promptly torn open the bag and started reading the directions while my 1-year-old piled up the yarn and sat in it. *ahem* anyway, I'm intimidated! I can't wait to see some WIP pics posted on here and ravelry.

Permalink Reply by cherylbwaters on October 1, 2009 at 12:24pm

Don't get intimidated. Take it one step at a time.

Permalink Reply by Joslyn on October 2, 2009 at 8:25am

I CO last night after the kids finally went to sleep, it took me an hour to CO and knit the first row, not even on the chart yet. Hopefully I can spend more time on it tonight, this afternoon isn't looking good since I gotta do the mommyin' and the dumb laundry (ugh), and it's Friday so it's movie night here, I don't think I can do this in the dark by "feel" lol.

Permalink Reply by cherylbwaters on October 2, 2009 at 11:42am

I don't think this is a good movie night project.

Permalink Reply by Kerin on October 7, 2009 at 11:40am

Casting on takes forever... sorry! At least it's all downhill from there, right? :)
-Kerin

Permalink Reply by cherylbwaters on October 7, 2009 at 11:01pm

If I believe that one, I'm sure you could sell me some nice fertile land out in West Texas, right?

Permalink Reply by Julia PM on October 2, 2009 at 5:43am

I just started row 5 of the band insertion chart with the lipstick colorway. I'm surprised at how quickly (well, quickly for me anyway, haha) this project is going. The short rows aren't very difficult and I think I am doing the wraps correctly because there are no holes (always a good sign, right?)

Permalink Reply by Celine on October 2, 2009 at 2:28pm

I got as far as the second row of the lip stick color then noticed things were not lining up as they should be. So I took the whole thing off the needles and through it away but I plan to cast on all over again this weekend. I decided to not make mine larger like I did the first time. I need to concentrate on this pattern..NO tv when I do this one.

Permalink Reply by KnitWhich? on October 2, 2009 at 2:36pm

Oh no! I'm sorry. You couldn't have just frogged back to the start of the short rows? What a shame to do all that work and scrap it. But, as Cheryl keeps reminding us, it is practice, which only makes perfect, right?

Joanne

Permalink Reply by Celine on October 2, 2009 at 4:26pm

Well I had all ready ripped it back to that point once before...so this next time I said to myself "it's not worth all that work". It isn't the first time I've thrown knitting away. I really enjoy the "process" of knitting even more than finished objects.

Permalink Reply by cherylbwaters on October 2, 2009 at 9:06pm

The process is a wonderful part of knitting. It is the part that is so relaxing.