You know when you have a really great idea in your head for a knitted project, and then you spend AGES on it and it doesn’t work out too well? That's what my green jacket thing is doing to me right now.
You know when they make those amazing programs but only show half the season and then have a really big break? Well GAAA Wordless Wednesday is doing that. You see, I’m really lazy and haven’t finished the grafting on two of the squares, neither have I designed and knit the 25th OR Started on the edging. I’m guessing it’s going to be well beyond Christmas until I get back to it since I’ve got lots of other things on the go too. If you’ll all bare with me, one day you might see the finished article!
It was my birthday on Tuesday! I thoroughly enjoyed myself, got lots of chocolate and flowers and cards, and was properly spoilt.
Remember ages ago I knit a ten stitch blanket? I used 500g of Sirdar Denim Tweed I’d bought on sale and didn’t like when knit up, but poppy adopted it even when it was washcloth sized and so it became a dog blanket. Cut to the end of April and poppy gave birth on it! Five chewing puppies later and it ended up with this big hole!
Warning: Lots of cute pictures and videos!
About six months ago we had a litter of puppies from our gorgeous jack Russell, Poppy.
It’s amazing how long it takes to knit a sleeve. I’m still on the first one of my secret project, but at least I’m an inch or so from the end. I’m going to try putting a row in between each bit of joined i-cord because my other attempt came out a bit tight. The bad thing though about sleeves is that I’m about to do it all over again!
Why does casting off the body of something always give that false feeling of being finished?
I cast on Luna Moth yesterday! I guess that’s not all that much of a surprise since I’ve been chomping at the bit to get started. I realised that 4.5mm needles were what I should use so I didn’t need to wait until I’d finished with them from my other project.
Not that I’m ready to cast off just yet (although that mini deadline is certainly approaching!) but I have been thinking about how I’m going to do it. You see the main part of the thing is stockinette, so likely to curl without a little weight to the bottom, so I’m thinking possibly an applied i-cord cast-off. However, part of the last row will be vertical ribbing, so needs to retain that stretchy look, which i-cord is definitely not. Should i just gather some of the purl stitches as I’m casting off, or do something different? At least I’ve still got a bit of time to think about it!
Monday: Cone of black yarn arrives, promised by mother-in-law, gets buried in van-full of bedroom and living room furniture, bed and half a tonne of curtains and bed linen. I do love when my family have a sort out!
I told you in a previous post about knitting some Anastasia socks and I’ve finally gotten around to photographing them:
So the nights are drawing in (already) and I’m dog walking in wellies again. Out comes the autumn knitting that I started in may and gave up on (I think it may have been the grafting). I made it official by frogging and winding it all up into balls, and after chasing the dogs down the garden and fighting to get it back – winding it all up into balls again. Note to self – ignore that moment of madness that says grafting cables will be easy!
I’m planning something much simpler, with some ribbing and a nice collar. If it turns out well, I may even publish the pattern…
