Please point me to a challange

[spoiled_saint]

Hi all

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[colorwhirl]

You haven't told us what you've mastered so it's hard to recommend something.

Have you mastered "true" lace with pattern worked on both sides? Socks with double-knit soles? What about all the stuff Cat Bordi writes?

[gluedupsidedown]

Ditto this. I've dabbled in a bunch of things and honestly, it's more about your style than your knitting, because knitting is pretty basic when it comes down to it.

That said, fair isle, intarsia, double knitting, lace, cables... all have their own challenges. Have you tried writing a pattern? Because I find that the most fun and rewarding.

[spoiled_saint]

I did those. They're all fun, except Intarsia, which is something won't do again (though "never say never" of course).

I have not tried writing a pattern yet. Thank you for suggesting it! :)

[gluedupsidedown]

Yeah, no problem.

[cymrullewes]

A lot of knitters find lace challenging but it isn't for the most part. They start out with something complicated instead of simple like faggoting which is a simple K1, YO, K2tog stitch on every row.
Cables are a bit more challenging but only in case of mistakes. It is more difficult in my opinion to try and fix a cable without frogging back to the mistake than it is to fix a lace mistake.
Intarsia is challenging due to tensioning.

[spoiled_saint]

Lace was a lot of fun actually. The hardest part wasn't the pattern, it was finishing the project. I chose fine yarn so it took soooo long to finish.

Intarsia though, had me, chewed me, and spit me out. Brrr.

[missazrael]

Hear, hear. Gah, I hate intarsia.

I'm all about cables, myself. One of the projects I want to make combines cables and dropped stitches, which sounds both awesome and terrifying.

[spoiled_saint]

Is it this one by any chance? http://knitty.com/ISSUEwinter07/PATTjeanie.html

[neko_san]

Order some Japanese knitting books, and decipher the patterns from them. I've seen some nifty techniques pictured (like two-layer lace), so the knitting can be a challenge as well.

[neko_san]

For example, this book looks really nifty:
http://www.yesasia.com/us/nordic-knitting-seven-miraculous-techniques/1005036060-0-0-0-en/info.html

You don't have to know Japanese; I don't, I just have a cheat sheet i printed out from http://www.tata-tatao.to , and use it to find and translate the key bits (like "gauge", "rows", and "stitches").

[cymrullewes]

I really MUST ask Aunt Fumiko to pick me up some knitting books and to help me translate them.

[spoiled_saint]

I loved this book on the site: http://www.yesasia.com/us/nordic-knitting-ten-amazing-techniques/1004526943-0-0-0-en/info.html

Thank you for the links! :)

[firstofive]

twined knitting comes to mind. I really enjoyed learning the technique; you can make some really dense fabric that keeps out the wind, and the decorative stitches are very pretty.

[spoiled_saint]

I have never heard of it. Thank you very much for suggesting it.

[mollpeartree]

Have you tried entrelac knitting yet? That's on my own personal to-do list, someday.

[spoiled_saint]

Not yet. I is on the to-do list as well. Should be a fun challenge.