Frills

I think I'm in love with frills!

This is the yarn I bought yesterday. Moda Vera Frills.


Frill yarn is knitted in a different way to normal yarn. It's like a stretchy piece of mesh or gauze, and instead of wrapping the yarn around the needle to create stitches, you actually pierce the mesh.

This link explains it a lot better than I do!

I was so excited I started knitting some of it up pretty much as soon as I got home. It was a really alien feeling, almost like learning to knit again. At first, I thought, "how can anyone make projects out of this stuff?" However, once you get going, you start to get the hang of it. It's semi-fast, but still fiddly. I always feel like I need that extra pair of hands to pull the tape taught while I knit it.



I think the results are worth it though! This is just playing, and it may turn into a nice ruffled evening bag for me!