Shut Up & Knit!

Time to check in

When most of Buffalo, NY and Crazy in AZ move onto your porch to keep tabs on you, it must be time to update the "knitting" blog.

I took a brief break from knitting round and round to knit back and forth.  It was way too hot to go out into the world and get more yarn, so when I ran out, that was it. 

Even though, it is no longer 103F, I'm not in a hurry to make more.  They're nice enough but not my idea of mindless.  Maybe if the yarn was something I loved but this is not that yarn.

Naturally, I returned to going round and round and round and...

I know you will not be surprised to learn that this is m kind of mindless knitting.  It's well.  No more rounds with errors, which is always a good thing.  I have my doubts that I will need all of the yarn I have for this, but we'll see.

Currently on round 73 with an eye on round 79 aka the last round.  Naturally, the rounds are very long now.  I'd like to say it will be done by the end of the weekend, but who knows.  Long boring rounds slow me down.

Speaking of slowing down, I finally finished the natural coloured fiber that's been on my wheel longer than it should have been.  I still need to ply but I can't think about that right now. 

Our darling Kym believes in picking purple when in doubt.  Her words rang in my ears last night as I went into the stash to pick something new to spin.  It's the purple from the other day.  So far so good, but the silk already wants to go everywhere with me and I'm just not that kinda girl.

Shocking, right?

Now, if you'll excuse me, World Cup is starting and I need to go yell at the telly for a while.

Happy Now?

Now it looks more like lace.

So far, I've encountered two rows with issues.  Both were easily fixed but, if I find any more, I'm going to start looking for whoever designed this thing.  Even if they are dead.

Thinking about what will be next.  Another doily?  Something with lace weight?  Socks?  Although, being that it's summer, socks would be weird. 

A couple/few of you asked about the package I teased you with last week.  It was fiber, of course.

Then there's the stuff on the wheel.  From the same fabulous fiber dealer but undyed, natural coloured fiber.  It's a bit boring but I have high hopes of surviving until it's done.  Pondering an overdye or just plain dyeing depending on how you look at it.  We'll see.

Happy Thursday, people!

Pressure & A Call Out

Saturday, I was looking through a pattern booklet from 1953.  I didn't keep a lot of my mum's knitting and crochet booklets, but I do like the ones I did keep.  Turns out that one of them was listed in the database on Ravelry.  This lead me to casting on for a doily.  Of course, it did.

Project page.

I had been complaining on Twitter about breathing in dust from 1953 because hello!  I had barely started the project page for my new doily when my darling friend Bev had faved it.  No pressure.  No, I'm not really complaining, however, I hadn't pulled yarn or needles/hooks yet and that thing already had a friend.  Then our Cheryl did the same thing.  No pressure.

Yesterday, our Cindy was giving me crap about how my new project looked a lot like lace.  I had told her months ago that it would be a long time before I was up to knit lace again, but here I am.  She's right, but look at that photo!  It's not really lace-lace.  It's knitting with the occasional yarn over on sock needles. 

Yes, that's my story.

Well, half of it.

Four years ago, during World Cup, I knit a Niebling out of a Russian yarn that was cotton/flax.  Yeah, pink, whatever.  That was the summer before everything changed, ya see.  I knit the Lotus pattern, loving it as I watched a LOT of footie and was relaxed for the last time.  I sent that doily out to be blocked and photographed and never saw it again.

Yeah...

World Cup is coming.  It's in a time zone closer to me for a change.  No more waking up at four to watch the boys play.  It feels right to knit something doily during that tournament that only happens once every four years.

Consider this my training.  I do.

Slightly Busy...

 

Because it's May in the Sacramento Valley, I've been working on Split Personality.  Using the yarn called for no less.  Yes, I've been sitting under a strand of merino wool being knit with a strand of cashmere/silk.  Did I mention the big needles?  Yeah...

In other news, since I'm not fake, trying to con folks into thinking I'm something I'm not or the center of the universe, there isn't a lot to tell.  The dryer broke last weekend.  I tried to fix it but couldn't.  Therefore, last Tuesday, a new dryer arrived and the old dead one went away.  Now I'm trying to figure out why there are different degrees of dry on a dryer...

Today I fixed the shower and decided the universe really does owe me a manicure. 

Exciting, right?

I know.  No wonder all those fat jealous bitches want to be me.  *L*

In-Progress Wednesday

Pulled some vintage yarn out of the stash and cast on for another Easy Hipster Cowl. 

It didn't take long for me to figure out the issue I had with this pattern last time.  While I understand what the chart wants me to do and I do know how to read the chart, my brain was taking in the info and flipping it on me.  Having figured that out, I ripped back and restarted.

One simple change and now I'm on track and happy with what's going on.  Better still, I love the vintage yarn and the color.  Mindless knitting with just enough of a twist to keep my attention.

Meanwhile, taking a break from the crochet because my hands don't love crochet and I'm trying not to damage them more than I have to.

In other news, I'm a pussy.  I couldn't stand being in a 55F house for another day, so I gave in.  Closed windows, turned on the heat and got the electric blanket out.  I'm a bit annoyed because I didn't need the heat at all last month.  However, warm is nice, and it'll be in the 70's by the weekend.

Sorry/NotSorry