I picked up the pillow backing again. If you don't remember, back in April, I finished knitting the two skeins I had bought of a blanket yarn into what was going to be a body pillow cover. (I had bought the skeins for another project that I hated, so I ripped it out and repurposed the yarn.)
But two skeins wasn't quite enough to cover the pillow, so I bought some fabric (because I didn't want to buy more yarn) with the intent to sew a backing. Sort of.
And then I set this aside and got busy (or not so busy) doing other things. Because blanket stitch.
Blanket stitch is a technique where the yarn is stitched to the outside of the fabric, so I can pick up and crochet or knit around the fabric. It'll make sense once I get it done and post pictures.
But, I set this all aside in April and have been ignoring it. Until last week.
I made a bit of progress.
Blanket stitch looks like this:
However, when I picked this back up after three months, I wasn't paying close attention to what I had done before, and I reversed the stitch...
By the time I had realized what I had done, it was going to be too much work to redo, so I'm leaving it. Can you see where I goofed?
No? It's hard in the photo. I'd edit the photo to point it out, but I can't see it here either.
And, once I stitch around this, it probably won't be obvious. The stitches are hand sewn, and that's kind of the look of it anyway. Besides, it's time to get this thing done.
Blanket stitch takes time. It's slow going for me. Hopefully, I'll get this whole thing complete sooner rather than later.
I'll post updates when I have them.
I think it will turn out better than fine. :D
ReplyDeleteI'm more just irked at myself for not buying a third skein so that the whole thing was knitted. Now, I just want to get this done.
DeleteLooks good to me
ReplyDeleteThanks.
DeleteI never heard of blanket stitch, but it sounds cool. And it looks good to me too.
ReplyDeleteIf you can't see it than maybe it's not there.. looks pretty good to me.
ReplyDeleteI totally can't, but of course I don't know what I'm looking for. I think that means it's not anything to worry about!
ReplyDeleteNo one should notice. If they do, then they just can't use the pillow! If I do see the mistake, it's not very noticeable, and I might be imagining seeing it at all.
ReplyDeleteI think you found it. It's not terribly noticeable, especially once I start stitching around the outside.
DeleteLooks beautiful to me. And no, I can't see where the error occurred.
ReplyDeleteThanks. Yeah, it's hard to see in the pic.
DeleteLike many said above, it looks good to me too.
ReplyDeleteI'm no expert on this so I'd say that's still better than what I can do.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure you would be capable of this. Once someone showed you how.
DeleteI think you'll be able to hide the mistake and I also think most people wouldn't have been able to see it, anyway. You'll be fine.
ReplyDeleteIt's going on a pillow that lives on my bed. I'm certain I will be the only one who sees it.
DeleteIt looks fine to me. You're being to critical of yourself
ReplyDeleteOh no, it's there. It's a mistake. But, it won't be visible, and I'm the only one who's going to see it, so I'm good with leaving it in.
DeleteI agree with your previous answer: you will be the only one to notice, and as it's very subtle, you won't soon be able to find the place ;)
ReplyDeleteThat reminds me of my knitting yesterday. I started a new project and kept screwing up the beginning and had to restart about 3 times.
ReplyDeleteBeen there.
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