Well friends, here’s my first real update on the viral Project Hail Mary fox jacket knitting project. It’s been a journey already.
If you missed the first post, you can read it here.
The Learning Curve
After ripping and re-knitting a few times, (and finally sitting down with this Youtube tutorial), I think I’m starting to get the hang of this intarsia thing.
I think.
This photo is why I got so frustrated! How is this so hard??! I didn’t take a photo of my fist attempt because, like I mentioned in my first post, it was just too gross.
Improvements
Staying Motivated
I’m finding it challenging to stay motivated to work on this project. When you’re not in love what you’re working on, it’s easy to get distracted by new ideas or projects.
Will Blocking Fix My Uneven Stitches?
It’s got a lot of wonky-ness and I’m praying hard that they will even out in blocking.
At the end of the day, it’s far from perfect but it looks like a fox. I’m calling that a WIN.
Knitting and Audiobooks
Books on audio and handcrafts are like PB&J, aren’t they?
Have you read/listened to anything good lately? I’ll take recommendations in the comments.
Here are a few books I recently finished and loved:
Have a fantastic couple of weeks and I’ll see you back here with (I hope) a finished back and the start of some front panels!