Illusion Knitting Sample, Top

Illusion Knitting Sample, Edge

Here are the two views of my practice sample for Illusion Knitting. Stripes from above, checks from the side! Pretty cool, huh?!

Unfortunately on this sample, the yellow yarn turned out to be slightly smaller than the red, so the red is really poofy… even though I tried really hard to find two yarns the same size in my stash.

I also bound off too tight, so the edge is too small and curls the piece a bit. I’ll have to watch that. I should have knit one more row before binding off, too, but oh well. Just a practice sampler!

Once I figured out what the instructions were trying to convey, this was pretty easy, and fun! I might even tackle the piano keys illusion scarf, sometime soon. But I’ll have to buy yarn for it… black & white, in the same size, and make sure there is enough of it to do a nice long scarf. And then I’ll have bought my first yarn after joining Ravelry, so I can actually put the info from the un-tossed labels into my Ravelry info!

I can’t wait to get to the point where I can design my own illusion patterns!