Week 3 of Dishcloth Exchange!
Well now that Summer has OFFICIALLY begun.. what do you do to beat the heat? A nice tall glass of lemonade? Frozen Coffee? A dip in the pool? What's your favorite way to keep cool this summer as things heat up?
Finally! Summer! I am a big fan of iced americanos and trips to the community pool. I like to geocache during the summer (my GPS is still not working though), and I love the evening time when the sun is going down...after 5-ish at night, because it takes the sun until around 10 to actually be down. I have a basement apartment which stays relatively cool, and my favorite coffeehouse in town has some pretty sweet air conditioning, so I often go there and knit. :-) Oh, and I bought these popsicle-makers from the dollar store that are really awesome! My roommate and I use Crystal Light to make DELICIOUS popsicles! :-D
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I am doing pretty good on the knitting side of things. Just a little short of finishing Rainier's bag dispenser...will probably wrap that up after I finish writing, actually. :-) Still no pattern for Rainier's scarf, but it's because I haven't been very diligent about looking. I've been thinking about just making him a ribbed scarf...boring for me, but I think he'd like the simplicity of the lines. No pattern for Whitney yet either..again, kinda haven't been looking. Lots of LIFE has been coming my way, which leaves me little time to sit around and knit. It's all positive stuff though...knitting is fun when I have time to spend on it, but it is certainly not the only enjoyable thing I do! :-)
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Finished!
I love short projects!
Hung it from the light switch to get it up and displayed. :-) We're planning on hanging it on the door to the cabinet under the sink. Such a FAST project, and so adorable when finished. My favorite part? No binding off! :-) You just feed the tail end through the final stitches a few times and pull it tight....then seam the back with the tail yarn. It was beautiful in it's simplicity. Oh, and the directions call for creating an i-cord loop on the top to hang it from...but for me, the last stitch in the second to last row was big enough that with a little tugging I got it free to be the hanging loop. What a delightful project! I have other friends that now want one because they've seen this one while it was on the needles. :-) First time that has happened to me.
Working on the blanket again while I finally force myself to find scarf patterns for Rainier and Whitney. I'm more excited for Whitney's...that Regalia Silk is just calling my name from my stash! So soft and beautiful. ;-)
Hung it from the light switch to get it up and displayed. :-) We're planning on hanging it on the door to the cabinet under the sink. Such a FAST project, and so adorable when finished. My favorite part? No binding off! :-) You just feed the tail end through the final stitches a few times and pull it tight....then seam the back with the tail yarn. It was beautiful in it's simplicity. Oh, and the directions call for creating an i-cord loop on the top to hang it from...but for me, the last stitch in the second to last row was big enough that with a little tugging I got it free to be the hanging loop. What a delightful project! I have other friends that now want one because they've seen this one while it was on the needles. :-) First time that has happened to me.
Working on the blanket again while I finally force myself to find scarf patterns for Rainier and Whitney. I'm more excited for Whitney's...that Regalia Silk is just calling my name from my stash! So soft and beautiful. ;-)
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Quick update :-)
I definitely miscalculated how long it would take me to finish the dishcloth, but regardless, it is DONE! And so pretty. :-) The colors and the pattern...oh, I am just so thrilled about it. Now I guess it's time for me to finish out the rest of the goodies I'm sending my pal and get it all boxed up for him or her. ;-) I'm not giving any secrets away!
Also started on Krysta's bag dispenser last night, and am actually almost done. It looks VERY cool...I'll post pictures soon. I'm taking it with me to work today so I can work on it during lunch. I'm feeling very inspired, I guess! The color...a hot pink caron's simply soft...is beautiful all knit up. PERFECT for my pink-loving roommate!
That marks TWO things that were on my list that were dragging me down. I just have way too many projects going on in my head right now. One I want to make for myself...the Namaste yoga mat bag.
My queue and my excitement for new projects is just too big. I need to scale myself back and calm down. :-) I've been watching knittinghelp.com lately...very helpful stuff. Some of the videos don't even apply to what I'm working on right now, but I like knowing that I know what is out there...even if I don't know how to do it (yet). ;-)
Also started on Krysta's bag dispenser last night, and am actually almost done. It looks VERY cool...I'll post pictures soon. I'm taking it with me to work today so I can work on it during lunch. I'm feeling very inspired, I guess! The color...a hot pink caron's simply soft...is beautiful all knit up. PERFECT for my pink-loving roommate!
That marks TWO things that were on my list that were dragging me down. I just have way too many projects going on in my head right now. One I want to make for myself...the Namaste yoga mat bag.
My queue and my excitement for new projects is just too big. I need to scale myself back and calm down. :-) I've been watching knittinghelp.com lately...very helpful stuff. Some of the videos don't even apply to what I'm working on right now, but I like knowing that I know what is out there...even if I don't know how to do it (yet). ;-)
Monday, June 16, 2008
Week #2 (and a brief update!)
This week's topic for the dishcloth exchange:
Living in Atlanta, I know Summer has truly 'arrived' when it begins to get humid. Blech. When I was a kid, I knew Summer was starting the easy way - School was out!! Share with us how you know that summer has truly 'arrived', or something that signifies the start of Summer in your world.
Well, I'm a student (U of I, woo!), so for me, summer hasn't started until finals are OVER! I would comment a little on the beautiful weather that comes to Northern Idaho when the summer comes around, but this year it managed to SNOW a week ago, so I'm not sure how true that is these days. I live in an area called the Palouse, a flat rolling-hills kind of landscape. There are a ton of farms (let me stress that none of them are potato farms...it's mostly wheat, lentils and canola) that turn green this time of year, so it's like having a huge lawn. :-) I live in Moscow, a tiny college town on the western border (9 miles away from Pullman, WA, home of Washington State University), and I'm living in an apartment with one of my sorority sisters. It's a basement apartment of a complex on a hill, but we don't have a very good view of the fields. Just more apartments. ;-)
Another good indication of summer for me is starting whatever internship I'm doing that year. This year I'm staying in Moscow, last year I moved north to Coeur d'Alene (a resort town about 90 miles north of here). The year before that I was in my hometown: Boise, ID. I visit both often, as I have family and friends in Boise and just friends in CdA. :-)
Flip-flops too. I love wearing flip-flops. And tanning....in the real sun, but not TOO long, because I don't want to get hurt. AND I geocache during the summer...not really during the winter. I haven't this summer, however...my GPS seems to be broken. :-( Add that to my list of things I want to get for my birthday...which, by the way, indicates the beginning of fall for me, since it's at the end of September. ;-)
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Now, on to my knitting stuff! So I am probably 30 minutes away from being done with my dishcloth for the exchange! I am hoping it is a gorgeous as I think it will be when it is all completed...then I will be done with that step. :-) If not, I might have to go to the LYS and find some more yarn, because I didn't get a full skein of what I made this first one with.
I haven't touched the baby blanket in probably a week. Too caught up with the dishcloth and visiting my friend in Coeur d'Alene. Ah well. The baby is getting a little older, but I know toddlers still enjoy blankets. And if Abby gets too old, I'm sure I could give it to someone else. :-P I mostly wanted to make it and was looking for an excuse...Abby is a very adorable one.
Also haven't found a pattern for the beautiful Regalia silk I bought for Whitney's scarf. Soon, I tell myself...her birthday is at the end of August. No pattern for Rainier's scarf either...but that doesn't need to be done until October at the earliest (assuming we don't have an Indian fall...which would be typical after such a rough winter). He's in no hurry and neither am I.
Officially hibernated the backpack, and haven't started on Krysta's bag dispenser. Like I said, I have not done a lot lately! :-) But I did buy an actual cable needle (it was like $2 at LYS and SO worth it!) and REAL stitch markers (those yarn tail markers were driving me NUTS). I'm starting to hoard my stash too...it's now a basket and a bag. Uh-oh... ;-)
Need to make an official Christmas list for everyone too...so I know exactly what I'm doing for whom. I need to stop caring about so many people...it's getting to be difficult! ;-) Just kidding, of course. I will be very busy this fall, is all....especially because I need to start studying for the GRE! And fill out my applications for grad school. *gulp!*
Living in Atlanta, I know Summer has truly 'arrived' when it begins to get humid. Blech. When I was a kid, I knew Summer was starting the easy way - School was out!! Share with us how you know that summer has truly 'arrived', or something that signifies the start of Summer in your world.
Well, I'm a student (U of I, woo!), so for me, summer hasn't started until finals are OVER! I would comment a little on the beautiful weather that comes to Northern Idaho when the summer comes around, but this year it managed to SNOW a week ago, so I'm not sure how true that is these days. I live in an area called the Palouse, a flat rolling-hills kind of landscape. There are a ton of farms (let me stress that none of them are potato farms...it's mostly wheat, lentils and canola) that turn green this time of year, so it's like having a huge lawn. :-) I live in Moscow, a tiny college town on the western border (9 miles away from Pullman, WA, home of Washington State University), and I'm living in an apartment with one of my sorority sisters. It's a basement apartment of a complex on a hill, but we don't have a very good view of the fields. Just more apartments. ;-)
Another good indication of summer for me is starting whatever internship I'm doing that year. This year I'm staying in Moscow, last year I moved north to Coeur d'Alene (a resort town about 90 miles north of here). The year before that I was in my hometown: Boise, ID. I visit both often, as I have family and friends in Boise and just friends in CdA. :-)
Flip-flops too. I love wearing flip-flops. And tanning....in the real sun, but not TOO long, because I don't want to get hurt. AND I geocache during the summer...not really during the winter. I haven't this summer, however...my GPS seems to be broken. :-( Add that to my list of things I want to get for my birthday...which, by the way, indicates the beginning of fall for me, since it's at the end of September. ;-)
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Now, on to my knitting stuff! So I am probably 30 minutes away from being done with my dishcloth for the exchange! I am hoping it is a gorgeous as I think it will be when it is all completed...then I will be done with that step. :-) If not, I might have to go to the LYS and find some more yarn, because I didn't get a full skein of what I made this first one with.
I haven't touched the baby blanket in probably a week. Too caught up with the dishcloth and visiting my friend in Coeur d'Alene. Ah well. The baby is getting a little older, but I know toddlers still enjoy blankets. And if Abby gets too old, I'm sure I could give it to someone else. :-P I mostly wanted to make it and was looking for an excuse...Abby is a very adorable one.
Also haven't found a pattern for the beautiful Regalia silk I bought for Whitney's scarf. Soon, I tell myself...her birthday is at the end of August. No pattern for Rainier's scarf either...but that doesn't need to be done until October at the earliest (assuming we don't have an Indian fall...which would be typical after such a rough winter). He's in no hurry and neither am I.
Officially hibernated the backpack, and haven't started on Krysta's bag dispenser. Like I said, I have not done a lot lately! :-) But I did buy an actual cable needle (it was like $2 at LYS and SO worth it!) and REAL stitch markers (those yarn tail markers were driving me NUTS). I'm starting to hoard my stash too...it's now a basket and a bag. Uh-oh... ;-)
Need to make an official Christmas list for everyone too...so I know exactly what I'm doing for whom. I need to stop caring about so many people...it's getting to be difficult! ;-) Just kidding, of course. I will be very busy this fall, is all....especially because I need to start studying for the GRE! And fill out my applications for grad school. *gulp!*
Monday, June 9, 2008
:-)
Dishcloth Exchange! :-D
So week 1 is a discussion of your favorite patterns. My favorite dishcloth pattern is the one in my profile pic (a better shot is on my Ravelry account). :-) I don't really make many dishcloths...so I don't have a bunch that I love, but I will give it a shot!
I really like the way the Pi Openwork Dishcloth looks. Other than that...well, I like the weave look in the NMCRS Basketweave Baby Blanket from Wishing I Was Knitting At The Lake. I like the idea of entrelac but I've never actually attempted. I enjoy argyle a lot, but again have never made it....oh, and illusion knitting...I think that's pretty rad. I've been thinking about taking a swing at that.
I like KarWar's Lace Cloth as well, but something a little tougher and a tad bit more practical...though of course we all love pretty things, practical or not. ;-)
But enough of that! I found out who my partner is in the exchange...and after some careful studying and a LOT of thinking and searching, I've found a pattern AND I went to the LYS and bought some sweet yarn for my partner's dishcloth! Yay! Productive day for me. :-) I'm hoping to get it done soon so (just in case) it doesn't work out the first time, I'll have plenty of time to redo it. But I'm not telling what it is or even what color it is! Just that I think I will end up making one for myself too. ;-D
I ALSO bought my US 17 needles for a project I have waiting in the wings, and I bought some beautiful Regalia Silk for a scarf I want to make for a friend of mine. Either for her birthday or Christmas...kinda depending on my timeline. ;-) Did some yarn-groping for a fairly long time today to find these gems in the store...my first time visiting the locally-owned shop, and definitely not my last! The US 17's, by the way, are HUGE. I can't even imagine what else I will ever possibly make on them....except those chunky fuzzy scarves, and I NEVER wear or give those, so...not those.
Apparently there is a big 'Knitting in Public' movement in my town this weekend at the local farmer's market. I'm a little bummed because I can't go---I'm leaving town to drive north to Spokane to visit a friend. I'm trying to find a group of similar knitters in the Moscow area so I can have some knit-friends...I never go out to find people so vigorously, but I keep thinking that it would sure be nice to have people that I could meet with for coffee and knit. :-P Maybe I'll just keep knitting in public and they will find me. :-)
The blanket restart is going well...I'm one row away from finishing my first pattern repeat since the restart, and that's some good progress as far as I'm concerned. Getting one repeat done a week seems like a fairly reasonable goal...it's 190 stitches 11 times...that's over 2000 stitches a week on that silly blanket. I have other short-term projects to attempt, so I figure with a pace like that I should be good to get the thing done in the next few months (which is soon enough for me, as I am in no rush).
That's it for the knitting world...and since that's my primary use for this blog, I'd call that an end to my entry. :-)
So week 1 is a discussion of your favorite patterns. My favorite dishcloth pattern is the one in my profile pic (a better shot is on my Ravelry account). :-) I don't really make many dishcloths...so I don't have a bunch that I love, but I will give it a shot!
I really like the way the Pi Openwork Dishcloth looks. Other than that...well, I like the weave look in the NMCRS Basketweave Baby Blanket from Wishing I Was Knitting At The Lake. I like the idea of entrelac but I've never actually attempted. I enjoy argyle a lot, but again have never made it....oh, and illusion knitting...I think that's pretty rad. I've been thinking about taking a swing at that.
I like KarWar's Lace Cloth as well, but something a little tougher and a tad bit more practical...though of course we all love pretty things, practical or not. ;-)
But enough of that! I found out who my partner is in the exchange...and after some careful studying and a LOT of thinking and searching, I've found a pattern AND I went to the LYS and bought some sweet yarn for my partner's dishcloth! Yay! Productive day for me. :-) I'm hoping to get it done soon so (just in case) it doesn't work out the first time, I'll have plenty of time to redo it. But I'm not telling what it is or even what color it is! Just that I think I will end up making one for myself too. ;-D
I ALSO bought my US 17 needles for a project I have waiting in the wings, and I bought some beautiful Regalia Silk for a scarf I want to make for a friend of mine. Either for her birthday or Christmas...kinda depending on my timeline. ;-) Did some yarn-groping for a fairly long time today to find these gems in the store...my first time visiting the locally-owned shop, and definitely not my last! The US 17's, by the way, are HUGE. I can't even imagine what else I will ever possibly make on them....except those chunky fuzzy scarves, and I NEVER wear or give those, so...not those.
Apparently there is a big 'Knitting in Public' movement in my town this weekend at the local farmer's market. I'm a little bummed because I can't go---I'm leaving town to drive north to Spokane to visit a friend. I'm trying to find a group of similar knitters in the Moscow area so I can have some knit-friends...I never go out to find people so vigorously, but I keep thinking that it would sure be nice to have people that I could meet with for coffee and knit. :-P Maybe I'll just keep knitting in public and they will find me. :-)
The blanket restart is going well...I'm one row away from finishing my first pattern repeat since the restart, and that's some good progress as far as I'm concerned. Getting one repeat done a week seems like a fairly reasonable goal...it's 190 stitches 11 times...that's over 2000 stitches a week on that silly blanket. I have other short-term projects to attempt, so I figure with a pace like that I should be good to get the thing done in the next few months (which is soon enough for me, as I am in no rush).
That's it for the knitting world...and since that's my primary use for this blog, I'd call that an end to my entry. :-)
Thursday, June 5, 2008
After some serious consideration...
...I've decided to restart the blanket. I feel a little foolish, and a little shot down, but I'm trying not to let that get to me.
It's not really because of the dropped stitch, either. In fact, I'm feeling pretty sure that I'm going to kick that stitch out of the pattern anyway...it just seemed to complicate the work with no noticeable benefit to the overall beauty of the blanket. Made it harder to remember as I worked through pattern repeat #2...which I never did finish.
No, the real reason I want to restart the project is that I messed up one of the cables on the side. Would Kristen notice? Probably not. Would Abby notice? Definitely not. But would I spend the rest of my time not only while working on this piece but AFTER finishing it concerned about this silly inch of cable that didn't match up...well, the truth is, yes, and I don't want to feel that way about it.
I'm going to try and frog back to the end of the first pattern, but I'm not holding my breath. Plus saving 190 (maybe 191 by that point? :-P) stitches is probably going to be more hassle than it's worth. There are just too many slipped and cabled stitches...I could re-knit most of what I have in the time it would take to try and save the work I've done. Plus everybody knows that when you restart you feel way more comfortable about the pattern. :-) I think it could turn out better if I restarted with 190 stitches anyhow, and I would feel more confident about it.
In other news, I've decided to take on a new project (like I need ANOTHER one on my needles...I'm fairly overloaded as it is...and still avoiding the backpack I started in February...:-x). It's a bag dispenser I found on Ravelry (in my queue). It's adorable, knits up really fast and with very little yarn. The pattern calls for some fairly enormous needles though (10.5 and 17 US). This is okay, but I'm going to have to buy them, and I don't know when I will ever use them again. Maybe when I need to knit up some quick scarves or something? :-P Those chunky fuzzy ones?...haha, I've never been able to wear those seriously. This project is still in my queue, however, and I'll try and leave it there until I get back up to speed on the blanket. Or maybe I should promise to myself to start it if I finish that darn backpack...maybe that will be enough of an incentive.
I think I'm avoiding the backpack because I decided awhile ago to redo the front using fair isle. It seems a little silly....I finished the darn thing with intarsia, and I absolutely hate the idea of starting the SAME piece over again with fair isle. It looks so cute....but the excess yarn on the back is just..wow. It is more than I can fathom....and I keep telling myself I'll weave all the ends in, but I spent some time on it and it is an impossible task.
It's tough sometimes to work through these stumbling blocks because it can make you frustrated. I remember trying to teach myself the seed stitch when I first started, and I got so angry I quit knitting for a month. It wasn't about the knitting of course; I was frustrated about a lot of school stuff at the time...and we all know the seed stitch isn't really THAT hard. ;-) But it sure can be a slippery slope. I tend to throw myself at tasks and drown myself in them, but I'm trying to take it slow so I don't suffocate and want out.
Oh, the bag dispenser, by the way, uses i-cord, which I have never done either. Maybe I would benefit from a list! ;-)
1) Learn the fair isle method for backpack
2) Learn i-cord for bag dispenser
3) Restart blanket (try not to cry, and a get a little coffee before this)
4) Finish backpack (at least START on that darn front again)
5) Start bag dispenser*
* - only if backpack is DONE (or has at least been STARTED!)
As it stands, my pal Malorie is one of the few people that I can find solace in for my knitting. Which is okay, but I'm starting to feel like I need to find a knitting group of my own. The trouble is that I live in Moscow, ID. Let's face it...it's a college town (on SUMMER break!), and I can't seem to find any group. The closest that I've seen is in LEWISTON, which is a good 45 minute drive south. And with gas prices the way they are...well, I'm trying to SAVE money for school...not spend it all on driving so I can knit. ;-)
There is this adorable group of women that hang out in one of my favorite coffeeshops and knit for a few hours (some of them spin, even!). I would love to just sit with them and ask questions if I get stuck or something...but I feel creepy just jumping in on their group. I've had little ideas of just 'happening' to be there around the time that they are (which would be oddly convenient, since I'm not sure when they meet) and having them be interested in what I'm doing.
I swear I'm not a lonely person! But I am one of the few knitters I know. It's nice to feel included and accepted among peers. :-) Knitting has become a solo hobby, but what I like about it is that it doesn't have to be! You can chat and knit...simultaneously! And...well, I love Mal for being there for me...but I can't type and knit at the same time. :-) Neither can she. Though I have genuinely enjoyed the times we have knitted together (she at least lets me complain and cry a little :-D). And I'm running out of movies to watch while I knit.
Tonight, I suppose, I christen the blog title...'Knit 'Til Dawn'....I put it because I know I'm a bit of a night owl, and I liked the idea of knitting for a long time...''Til Dawn' seemed like a good representation of that at the time. It is 4:30 AM here...maybe it's time for me to stop complaining about my silly knitting issues. I love it...whether or not I fall on my face from project to project. I learn something every time I pick up my needles. :-) It will probably look better after a couple hours of sleep.
It's not really because of the dropped stitch, either. In fact, I'm feeling pretty sure that I'm going to kick that stitch out of the pattern anyway...it just seemed to complicate the work with no noticeable benefit to the overall beauty of the blanket. Made it harder to remember as I worked through pattern repeat #2...which I never did finish.
No, the real reason I want to restart the project is that I messed up one of the cables on the side. Would Kristen notice? Probably not. Would Abby notice? Definitely not. But would I spend the rest of my time not only while working on this piece but AFTER finishing it concerned about this silly inch of cable that didn't match up...well, the truth is, yes, and I don't want to feel that way about it.
I'm going to try and frog back to the end of the first pattern, but I'm not holding my breath. Plus saving 190 (maybe 191 by that point? :-P) stitches is probably going to be more hassle than it's worth. There are just too many slipped and cabled stitches...I could re-knit most of what I have in the time it would take to try and save the work I've done. Plus everybody knows that when you restart you feel way more comfortable about the pattern. :-) I think it could turn out better if I restarted with 190 stitches anyhow, and I would feel more confident about it.
In other news, I've decided to take on a new project (like I need ANOTHER one on my needles...I'm fairly overloaded as it is...and still avoiding the backpack I started in February...:-x). It's a bag dispenser I found on Ravelry (in my queue). It's adorable, knits up really fast and with very little yarn. The pattern calls for some fairly enormous needles though (10.5 and 17 US). This is okay, but I'm going to have to buy them, and I don't know when I will ever use them again. Maybe when I need to knit up some quick scarves or something? :-P Those chunky fuzzy ones?...haha, I've never been able to wear those seriously. This project is still in my queue, however, and I'll try and leave it there until I get back up to speed on the blanket. Or maybe I should promise to myself to start it if I finish that darn backpack...maybe that will be enough of an incentive.
I think I'm avoiding the backpack because I decided awhile ago to redo the front using fair isle. It seems a little silly....I finished the darn thing with intarsia, and I absolutely hate the idea of starting the SAME piece over again with fair isle. It looks so cute....but the excess yarn on the back is just..wow. It is more than I can fathom....and I keep telling myself I'll weave all the ends in, but I spent some time on it and it is an impossible task.
It's tough sometimes to work through these stumbling blocks because it can make you frustrated. I remember trying to teach myself the seed stitch when I first started, and I got so angry I quit knitting for a month. It wasn't about the knitting of course; I was frustrated about a lot of school stuff at the time...and we all know the seed stitch isn't really THAT hard. ;-) But it sure can be a slippery slope. I tend to throw myself at tasks and drown myself in them, but I'm trying to take it slow so I don't suffocate and want out.
Oh, the bag dispenser, by the way, uses i-cord, which I have never done either. Maybe I would benefit from a list! ;-)
1) Learn the fair isle method for backpack
2) Learn i-cord for bag dispenser
3) Restart blanket (try not to cry, and a get a little coffee before this)
4) Finish backpack (at least START on that darn front again)
5) Start bag dispenser*
* - only if backpack is DONE (or has at least been STARTED!)
As it stands, my pal Malorie is one of the few people that I can find solace in for my knitting. Which is okay, but I'm starting to feel like I need to find a knitting group of my own. The trouble is that I live in Moscow, ID. Let's face it...it's a college town (on SUMMER break!), and I can't seem to find any group. The closest that I've seen is in LEWISTON, which is a good 45 minute drive south. And with gas prices the way they are...well, I'm trying to SAVE money for school...not spend it all on driving so I can knit. ;-)
There is this adorable group of women that hang out in one of my favorite coffeeshops and knit for a few hours (some of them spin, even!). I would love to just sit with them and ask questions if I get stuck or something...but I feel creepy just jumping in on their group. I've had little ideas of just 'happening' to be there around the time that they are (which would be oddly convenient, since I'm not sure when they meet) and having them be interested in what I'm doing.
I swear I'm not a lonely person! But I am one of the few knitters I know. It's nice to feel included and accepted among peers. :-) Knitting has become a solo hobby, but what I like about it is that it doesn't have to be! You can chat and knit...simultaneously! And...well, I love Mal for being there for me...but I can't type and knit at the same time. :-) Neither can she. Though I have genuinely enjoyed the times we have knitted together (she at least lets me complain and cry a little :-D). And I'm running out of movies to watch while I knit.
Tonight, I suppose, I christen the blog title...'Knit 'Til Dawn'....I put it because I know I'm a bit of a night owl, and I liked the idea of knitting for a long time...''Til Dawn' seemed like a good representation of that at the time. It is 4:30 AM here...maybe it's time for me to stop complaining about my silly knitting issues. I love it...whether or not I fall on my face from project to project. I learn something every time I pick up my needles. :-) It will probably look better after a couple hours of sleep.
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Tragedy Strikes!
Working on the blanket today...and I'm missing a stitch. There were 191, and now there are 190. I panicked. What do you do in this situation? 191 stitches across, and I dropped one who knows how many rows ago...what do you do?
Well, I tried to find the stitch I dropped. Figured knowing where it was would help me assess how much work it would be to destroy my beautiful blanket until that point.
The catch? I can't find it. I can't find the dropped stitch anywhere. I can't find an accidental knit-together either...though how I would 'accidentally' 'knit-together' is beyond me.
So what happened to that stitch? God, where did it go?
The pattern works without that stitch. I know that sounds silly, but it was always a matter of "do this 32 times and then knit an extra stitch at the end." that 'extra' is gone now. Probably what makes it hard to find is the 'wild oat' stitch I was talking about...some crazy combo of about 6 rows that involves slipping stitches and cabling a couple here and there. I could keep knitting without it...but where did it go? I would rather start over (god forbid) than keep knitting and have it unravel before my eyes. :-( Where is that blasted stitch??
I combed my work thus far meticulously, and no indication of an error... :-( I guess I should just...keep going? Advice, anyone that reads this? :-P
Well, I tried to find the stitch I dropped. Figured knowing where it was would help me assess how much work it would be to destroy my beautiful blanket until that point.
The catch? I can't find it. I can't find the dropped stitch anywhere. I can't find an accidental knit-together either...though how I would 'accidentally' 'knit-together' is beyond me.
So what happened to that stitch? God, where did it go?
The pattern works without that stitch. I know that sounds silly, but it was always a matter of "do this 32 times and then knit an extra stitch at the end." that 'extra' is gone now. Probably what makes it hard to find is the 'wild oat' stitch I was talking about...some crazy combo of about 6 rows that involves slipping stitches and cabling a couple here and there. I could keep knitting without it...but where did it go? I would rather start over (god forbid) than keep knitting and have it unravel before my eyes. :-( Where is that blasted stitch??
I combed my work thus far meticulously, and no indication of an error... :-( I guess I should just...keep going? Advice, anyone that reads this? :-P
Slow and Steady...
Just a quick update for the baby blanket's sake.
Since completing my wrist warmers, I've felt brave enough to tackle the cabled baby blanket I started a couple weeks ago. Just a little bit at a time, and someday I will be done. Now I'm starting to see that it will be a long road, but not an impossible one! :-D
I've been knitting between work and a little during work (only when I could, so don't worry, I'm not slacking off) and I've been thinking about knitting for like a week and a half straight. I can't wait to get my 'secret summer pal' from the dishcloth exchange...that will be a great smaller task with purpose to break up the (let's face it) monotony of my baby blanket.
At least I'm not BORED with the blanket. The cabling and 'wild oat' pattern keep it interesting. Which is good, and bad. It's just enough that I have to pay attention while I'm knitting...not quite instinctive.
There is a bit of a flaw with her pattern, I think. She says it came out of a Reader's Digest, so I guess I'm not stunned. There are two lines that seem to have too many stitches, and one that I can definitely say is missing a section (5 whole stitches). Anyway, it's going to be WAY cute when I'm done. I hope Kristen and Abby enjoy it as much as I've enjoyed working on it.
...'enjoyed' now. 'Hated' a month from now. ;-)
Since completing my wrist warmers, I've felt brave enough to tackle the cabled baby blanket I started a couple weeks ago. Just a little bit at a time, and someday I will be done. Now I'm starting to see that it will be a long road, but not an impossible one! :-D
I've been knitting between work and a little during work (only when I could, so don't worry, I'm not slacking off) and I've been thinking about knitting for like a week and a half straight. I can't wait to get my 'secret summer pal' from the dishcloth exchange...that will be a great smaller task with purpose to break up the (let's face it) monotony of my baby blanket.
At least I'm not BORED with the blanket. The cabling and 'wild oat' pattern keep it interesting. Which is good, and bad. It's just enough that I have to pay attention while I'm knitting...not quite instinctive.
There is a bit of a flaw with her pattern, I think. She says it came out of a Reader's Digest, so I guess I'm not stunned. There are two lines that seem to have too many stitches, and one that I can definitely say is missing a section (5 whole stitches). Anyway, it's going to be WAY cute when I'm done. I hope Kristen and Abby enjoy it as much as I've enjoyed working on it.
...'enjoyed' now. 'Hated' a month from now. ;-)
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