thanks again to everyone who gave me tips on this project! here’s the story: a friend invited me to his dad’s 50th birthday party, but the catch was that everyone had to bring a hand-made card. knitting is the only craft i am good at (although i am still basically a novice), so i knitted my card! my original idea was to make something that opened, like a “real” card, but i just didn’t have enough time. i tried to remember to take some photos as i was going, but i was so focused on getting the thing done that i only took a few:
here is the card after the first day of duplicate stitching (i had made the panels the day before and joined the bottom sides to curb some of the curl):
here is the card after day two of duplicate stitching (you can see my original design on the top of the graph paper; i had altered it because i realized that i wouldn’t have enough time, and i think it turned out for the better!):
here is the completed card, front:
and back:
there were so many great cards at the party, but mine did get a lot of attention! this was my first stab at duplicate stitch, and some of the areas look much better than others. had i had more time, i probably would’ve fixed a lot of the messy parts, but i simply did not. luckily, the birthday boy loved it and probably won’t even notice the flaws!
sorry for the delay in getting back to you! i’d be glad to share the pattern, but i basically just winged it. here’s the gist…
i used lion brand cotton ease yarn, and i think i cast on 35 stitches (like i said, i was totally rushing). then, i just knit until i had a square shape, which turned out to be 50 rows. made a second square with the same number of rows and then i joined the bottoms roughly, because i thought it would look more interesting than using a seamless or invisible (not quite sure of the proper terminology) join. then, i just worked out my duplicate stitch pattern on paper and went at it! joined up the sides and cut a piece of museum board to slip in between the two squares. joined the tops and was done!
the finished card was roughly an 8" square, but i didn’t take out my ruler and actually measure it.
hope that helps! it was a big hit, and i am sure your dad would love one!
