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April 19, 2005
unraveling
I felt like I had too many knitting projects going at once, so I decided to do something about it.
1. Branching Out was finished in the car yesterday and given to my mom as a birthday present.
2. I finished the doggie thing for Troy. I wove in the ends but didn't trim them in case it doesn't fit the doggie and I need to fix it.
3. Kate Gilbert's Shining Star hat is finito. I think she thinks I have a really long head. I only did four of the final pattern repeats (before the cuff), and it's still really long. Maybe it'll be better when it's blocked. But dang, I'm pretty proud of it.
Then I was like "crap, I don't have anything to knit."
4. I had this moment of "Well, if Kathy can have such a resounding success with her VPC, the LEAST I can try is at least the Shapely Tank." Yeah, well, it isn't going very well. (I don't know what I was thinking, she's a much better knitter than I am.) One side of the short-rowed front is a freaking vision to behold that makes me swoon, and the other is, um, a little holey. If I wasn't such a control freak, I'd frog it, but GOD, I hate casting on 103 stitches.
4.5. I finally frogged that stupid tunic sweater I started in January (and abandoned shortly after) because I wanted to use the Silky Wool to make the Shapely Tank.
5. I worked on the Stupid Goddamned Black Cashmere Lace Scarf for a little while even though my HE was H'ing. And behold, I made a mistake somewhere and I can't find it. If I have to frog this thing, I'll do it while jumping off the roof.
6. I was going to make another pair of socks with that yummy Artyarns Supermerino (in another color) for my mommy. Rob is in Las Vegas overnight, so there's nobody to help me wind yarn. I decided to do it myself (which I've done before obviously, with varying results), and of course I made a GIGANTIC mess of it and spent the better part of an episode of Law&Order untangling it. Then I was, naturally, unwilling to knit with it, just out of spite.
7. Worst of all, I do NOT understand the "p1, k1 in same st" instruction in the Backyard Leaves pattern. Since it appears in the second row of the pattern, I'm sure not getting very far.
So...
8. I'm making a really boring hat out of Filatura 127 Print.
maybe i should just go to bed.
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Having made 2 x Backyard Leaves, here's how you make p1, k1 into same stitch: p1 but don't drop the stitch off the needle; take your working yarn and move it to the back... it will travel there by going between your left needle and the un-dropped stitch; now knit the un-dropped stitch. There'll also be some k1, p1 into same stitch, done very similarly. LMK if that's clear enough.
Posted by: grumperina at April 19, 2005 5:23 AM
That certainly sounds do-able (see? I knew you rocked). But perhaps I'd better have some coffee first.
Posted by: Kate at April 19, 2005 11:40 AM
Well, shit, she's done 2. She can just do two more, send them to us and we can call them our own.
Of course, don't ask me anything, it's not like I have *ever* KNITTED anything to speak of.
Posted by: Amy at April 19, 2005 8:24 PM
This must be why I dreamed last night that you came to visit us and left knitting projects in every room in the house, even the bathroom. I kept explaining that you probably shouldn't leave them around like that because of kitties and toddlers. :)
Posted by: Margar at April 20, 2005 1:56 PM
Wow, you have me pegged. I don't think I've ever left any actual knitting in the bathroom, though. Just books. :)
Posted by: Kate at April 20, 2005 2:47 PM
Well, I could hardly criticize someone for leaving books in the bathroom, could I? :)
Posted by: Margar at April 20, 2005 9:02 PM
Certainly not when there's photographic evidence of such.
Posted by: Kate at April 20, 2005 10:28 PM
Is there? Or do you mean the infamous grape picture?
Posted by: Margar at April 20, 2005 11:48 PM
*cough*
Posted by: Kate at April 21, 2005 11:42 AM