I just needed to make a test swatch for my next project because I bought two different kinds of yarn and I needed to see if they would felt the same… and I didn’t feel like working on the vest. Alright, there, I admit it, I was avoiding the vest.
I intend to make this purse* next (after the vest) and the test swatch I procrastinated with actually did teach me a lot. Since I haven’t purchased the pattern, I wanted to see if I could figure out how to make a hexagon. That was actually easy. I did discover, however, that I can’t use the two yarns together because they definitely will not felt the same, hence the more tightly felted curled up edges.
Good to know, so really not wasted knitting time. The yarn in the center is Patons SWS Natural Earth. I will probably just use it alone and not edge it in a solid colour. I think if I plan it properly I should end up with the same colour at the edges of the front and back hexagon. All this after I finish my vest, of course!
I did do a bit more work on the vest this weekend, but not much, if truth be told.
*Yes, I know I have previously posted that I don’t carry purses but the NOT purse I made may have worked its charms on me, in the way NOT purses are want to do. Also, the polygon bag appeals to me in an obsessively crazy way. I will probably make it and never carry it though.