Experimental Knitting

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Still determined to design something I have knitted myself - but with no idea where to start I picked up the needles last night to knit some beads from Domiknitrix.





They need a bit of finessing, and were a little bit fiddly. Definitely not a project to be knitted with a glass of wine! All in all, quite pleased with them though.

Below was something a bit simpler practicing my decreasing and seeing how much difference a 2 stitch garter border would make - quite a bit!!

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