This month's theme was white. You are open to interpret that however you see, but it must have something predominately white about it.
I was randomly searching through Ravelry for something I could use. I definitely didn't want to knit something white for the toddler to wear because it wouldn't be white for long! I happened upon a pattern for a pillow. With a big B on it! If you don't know, our last name starts with a B.
Turns out I learned two knitting techniques while doing this project, intarsia colorwork and how to use mattress stitch to seam a bound off/cast on edge.
I've done stripes, but not blocks of color. I did not do it right. At least for the first half of the B anyway. I was cutting the yarn at every color change. I hang my head in shame. What can I say? I'm still fairly new to this. I realized that this just wasn't right, considered frogging the whole damn thing, watched a few videos, discovered yarn "bobbins", and finished it.
The original pattern called for using a crochet hook to weave together the edges with a nice contrasting yarn. I wanted a more finished look so decided I'd go with what I know. The mattress stitch. Except when I got to the cast on/bound off edges, I realized I had to go back to videos. Turns out it's pretty easy and I got nice pretty seams.
The B may not be pretty. It's got tons of mistakes. I think for my first go with so many new things (a pillow, colorwork, these kind of seams), I like it. I hope to possibly make other letter pillows in the future.
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