WIP Wednesday!

So, now that we're actually in an apartment, and it's starting to get organized (only starting, though, keep in mind), I've actually had some time to knit. Yay! So, I've been busy catching up on the monthly dishcloth-along. And even better, I've some FOs too! Feels like it's been a while since I've finished anything... Was DETERMINED to not get too far behind with my dishclothes - set the goal for myself that I would be caught up by April. And so, I've unpacking a couple boxes, knit a couple rows, etc. And I'm all caught up. Here are the finished ones (from left, mid-Feb, March, and mid-March).

And my one still OTN. This one is another version of the mid-March one, just reversing the colors.

It's an illusion cloth. Illusion knitting creates a really cool effect without tons of work. From straight on, like the in picture below on the left, it just looks striped. From an angle, like in the center picture below, you see a picture in one color, bordered by the other color. (You can see what the image is supposed to be, too, from the Wrong Side, like in the picture below on the right).

It's actually a lot simpler than it looks. The knit stitch lies 'flatter' than the purl stitch, which sits up like a little bump. So the pattern is designed to play on this - the image (in this case, the bunny) is knit in purls in Color A, while the rest of the row is in knit stitches, while Color B is the opposite. Makes Color A visible in the center, and B on the outside. There are better explanations online, too - check out Wikipedia, MagKnits (a DNA illusion scarf!), and all these sites here. Vivian Hoxbro even has a full book on it. Lots of possibilities to play with. :)

As for other WIPs? Well, the biggest one would have to be the one I'm living in :) Back to unpacking!