What’s the largest size set of knitting needles you’ve used? I’ve been rather adventurous and used some size 21s to knit strips of blue jeans into an area rug and some 19s to knit T-shirt strips into another area rug.
That is nothing compared to what Patrick has been knitting recently, though! He has been making a “flag” using PVC pipe and strips of felt.
Here’s how it happened:
We bought bolts of red, white, and blue felt, and Patrick cut it into strips and then rolled the strips into balls.
Patrick made a gauge swatch (of course)
He then knit the flag from the bottom to the top in garter stitch.
The phrase “turn your work” took on new significance when the work became 20+ pounds of felt!
When he reached the section where the blue started, he used intarsia technique.
When he needed to join more “yarn”, he used a high tech knitting device – aka, a stapler!
Each night, he would hang the “flag” in the window so people could see how much progress he had made.
Finally, it was finished and he could bind off!
And this is the final appearance of the display window!!
What is the biggest size needle or most unusual fiber with which you’ve knit? How did your project turn out?
