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March 27, 2007
Why I Did Not Knit This Weekend
I was *going* to knit, really I was. See?
I guess I got too distracted by getting married and having a fabulous evening at the Tonga Room and stuff to seriously work on the other green sock. But I'll finish it, honest. I just can't promise that I'll get it done before we get back from Disneyland.
Posted by Kate at 10:29 AM
| Comments (12)
March 22, 2007
warm and scratchy
Wow, I finished a whole sweater. It amazes me. Of course, it looks like it was put together and partially knit by an orangutan, but as long as you don't look too closely, it does appear to be a sweater. Boy, is it heavy. And kinda scratchy. And really warm. Good thing it's spring.
Okay, enough goofing off. I have lots of stuff to get done tonight. We're, like, getting married tomorrow. :)
Posted by Kate at 11:44 PM | Comments (4)March 16, 2007
The first guess doesn't count
Guess why I'm holding up this nearly-finished Skully sweater and snarling like a rabid dog?
Go ahead. Guess.
Posted by Kate at 3:47 PM | Comments (3)March 11, 2007
the good, the bad, the intarsia
Remember that skull I knit? It was seriously flawed, but it still looked kinda cool. I got me another skein of Lamb's Pride and started the other sleeve. This time, I sort of know what I'm doing.
The new skull looks better. A lot better. So much better that the other one no longer looks kinda cool. In fact, it looks AWFUL. So awful that I'm ashamed to photograph it. It looks like it had some tragic accident. It's all jaggedy and its cheeks are sunken where early on I didn't make new bobbins, but instead stranded inappropriately.
It looks SO BAD. This sweater is going to be the death of me, I swear.
Need drinkie.
March 9, 2007
These are their stories.
I KNOW it's not stash, nor is it a UFO, nor is it blue/white/gray, but I was crabby and needed to try out the fabulous new Acero from Brooks Farm that I got at Stitches.
It's pretty great. Other than a tendency to split a little, I love it. The colors are nice and even, there's plenty of *boing* to it, and the silky sheen is yummy. It makes one heckofa sock.
The sock loves Law & Order. But then, who doesn't?
March 7, 2007
Anyone? Anyone? Lamb's Pride?
Does anybody happen to have a skein of Lamb's Pride Bulky, color M-05 (onyx), dyelot 0484? Just sitting around? Useless? Without purpose?
Well, I can give it a good home. I've run out of yarn for Skully. And it's not like I'm just barely done. I have a WHOLE FUCKING SLEEVE left. I do not understand this. I'm getting gauge. I bought enough yarn.
Aaaaaaaaaaaaargh!
I didn't tell y'all (it was too painful) about the other day when I ran out of yarn for the Interlocking Balloons scarf. When I went to Stitches, I bought another skein of Misti Alpaca, but in a different dyelot. I mean, I HAD the scarf with me, I compared it to the new skein, it looked fine, and then when I was about six rows into the knitting, I noticed a VERY distinct change. Nathan *really* wanted to wear the scarf, so I finished it, but it still rankles me. In fact, last night I dreamed that I found two skeins of Misti in the right colorway. Boy, was I crabby to wake up and realize I'd dreamed it.
Anyway, shall I risk this again? Should I just buy the first skein of Lamb's Pride I see?
Aaaaargh.
Posted by Kate at 1:40 PM | Comments (2)March 6, 2007
better late than never?
Okay, okay, so I started it LAST MARCH and then became mystified by some instruction (that now seems ridiculously simple), and threw the whole thing into a tote bag and buried it in the closet.
Well, I'm trying to clean up the UFO situation, so here is the largest object: Skully.
You know, for a book purporting to be for be beginners (I wouldn't call myself a beginning knitter overall, but it's true, I've never, ever knit a sweater.), S&B doesn't necessarily write the clearest instructions. I will admit freely that I had a lot of trouble figuring out how to put the sleeve together, and I could NOT understand the intarsia directions. Thank heavens for Vogue Knitting.
Now that I think I understand it, it's kind of fun. I want to knit skulls onto EVERYTHING!