tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70604893040846598472012-02-16T10:06:02.384-08:00Nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13702066458962933029noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7060489304084659847.post-56197731832525255082011-10-29T08:34:00.000-07:002011-10-29T09:44:55.300-07:00<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-family:times new roman;" ><br />Knitting i-cord is a cinch. It is, in fact, mind-numbingly easy. As I am still a beginner knitter, i-cord is one of my favorite things to work on. It's quick... kind of; depending on how long you need the cord to be. The piece I'm working on now is going to take a while, because I want it to be quite lengthy. While browsing the web looking for fun and interesting projects I might try, I happened upon </span><a style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204); font-family: times new roman;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nomi/120099165/in/photostream/">this lovely i-cord necklace.</a><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-family:times new roman;" ><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);"> </span>I went out and bought a small skein of deep purple alpaca wool and some wooden beads. Unfortunately, the dark brown beads didn't stand out through the dark colored wool. It's wearable, but not what I had envisioned. I've begun another one, using plastic pearl beads. Much nicer! I've also started on the piece below, using a soft pink baby yarn and the aforementioned pearls. It's very dainty and feminine-looking, more suited to spring than fall/winter, I think, but I'm looking forward to completing it soon.</span><br /></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--An3VavYzGA/TqwdMV3sf8I/AAAAAAAAANs/aZZuF6nt8Y4/s1600/wip_icord_pink_pearls.png"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 524px; height: 284px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--An3VavYzGA/TqwdMV3sf8I/AAAAAAAAANs/aZZuF6nt8Y4/s320/wip_icord_pink_pearls.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5668938128818995138" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:times new roman;">And here is another, larger, i-cord necklace. I'm not sure how I feel about it. I haven't worn it yet, and perhaps that means it's not really up-my-alley. But it was an interesting experiment.</span></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ogRG-rlZoPg/TqwqTFAQEwI/AAAAAAAAAOQ/qp8AKT9Opd4/s1600/whiteicord.png"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 248px; height: 463px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ogRG-rlZoPg/TqwqTFAQEwI/AAAAAAAAAOQ/qp8AKT9Opd4/s320/whiteicord.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5668952538201723650" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:times new roman;">That's it for now. Happy knitting!</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Ien8LlYbPys/TqwpOqqbFEI/AAAAAAAAAOE/jQGfqTdYlpw/s1600/nancy.png"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 265px; height: 127px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Ien8LlYbPys/TqwpOqqbFEI/AAAAAAAAAOE/jQGfqTdYlpw/s320/nancy.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5668951362899743810" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7060489304084659847-5619773183252525508?l=knitsabit.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13702066458962933029noreply@blogger.com0