March had several designs, two of them crochet! I don't remember what order I made them in, so I'll start with the crochet projects, then the knit.
First was a simple shopping bag. I realized that I will often go to Walmart and just need 3-5 things, an amount that puts me right in between needing a bag and not needing a bag. I also (since I had made two blankets recently) noticed that I was in need of a bag large enough to tote my blankets around to work on.
Solution to both: create a shopping bag big enough for a blanket-in-progress.
It's huge. Unweildy. Annoying. And I don't like it. Therefore, sometime when I don't have tons of other super exciting projects to work on it will be unmade and redone smaller. I don't need to tote blankets around, I will work on them in my room and take smaller projects other places. Problem solved. Ugh.
My next crochet project was silk, and I love it (but never seem to find a way to wear it. I think I've worn it once in the last three months).
My thought was to make a thin, small scarf that I could wear almost like a necklace.
It turned out okay, but I find it isn't my style. Hence me not wearing it much, I guess. I started making a large shawl out of the rest of the yarn (I bought a few skeins), and it was turning out lovely and luxuriant, but I found that it was really hurting my right shoulder, so it's on hold. I should just do a row a day or something and get it done.
Now to my knit project. Ah, it was my crowning glory for March (maybe I should stick with knitting, I apparently like how it turns out more).
Tracy, Jaired, and I worked together to make this knight costume for my nephew:
Here's another picture with just the part I made:
There were a few design flaws that I will fix next time I make it (I have two other nephews). One was the way the hood/cowl lay across his shoulders, as you can see, it is a bit hexagonal. I have started on the other ones, playing around with how I do my decreases, moving them to different spots so that it turns out more of an even circle instead of a hexagon.
Another issue was how I decreased at the top of the hood.
Because I did the decreased right next to each other, it created a visible line. I've fixed that by putting a few stitches between them, making the decrease less obvious.
The sleeves are also too long, probably due to stretch as he has worn it, but it's quite possible I just made them too long. With sleeves, there is the issue of length before the shoulder cap, and sometimes it is hard to get the final length exactly as you want it. Sleeves are one of my least favorite things to work on the design for.
