Entrelac

I never thought my little foray into knitting backwards would turn into this, but here I am.

I received many great suggestions on projects that had entrelac, but I discovered something about entrelac as I was swatching.

I'm not a fan.

As a knitter, I'm not really into the finished objects, which you might have discovered if you read this blog with any regularity. I'm much more into just the process of knitting, having something in my hands while watching television or listening to the radio.

So entrelac, and for that matter, lace knitting, forces me to have to pay way more attention to my knitting rather than paying attention to say "Lost" or "This American Life."

With this being said, I decided to create a pattern which would showcase the entrelac, while allowing me some good TV watching time (since the fall season has started).

When I started, I meant for it to be a baby dress that as the girl got older, it could be used as a cute top. Right now, it's more of the latter. Mainly because I didn't add any stitches for the "skirt" portion of the dress. I was tempted to go back and add stitches, but I decided that if I did that, I may have nothing to show for all my entrelac effort.

So I'll figure out that stuff later. Hopefully I'll be done in the next couple of days to show the finish top.

Oh, and by the way, you guys were right! Knowing how to knit (and purl) backwards is totally helpful when doing entrelac.