Blog: Well, well, well. Here we are again, yet another project on the go before the sweater has been finished.
Blogger: Ya, I…
Blog: Ya nothing. There is a certain expectation here. Some people are process knitters. They tune in to see your pictures, or tune in to learn how to do certain knitting techniques. Others… they knit for the finished object, and they come here, hoping to be inspired by your finished objects.
Blogger: But the arm warmers! I…
Blog: The ARM WARMERS? You call that a finished object? You used scrap yarn to make them. You didn’t even take any good pictures. That’s like saying a dish cloth is a finished object.
Blogger: Woa… don’t you think that’s being a bit harsh on wash cloth knitters?
Blog: We’re talking about you here.
Blogger (speaking from the pelvic floor now): No. I don’t think we are. I don’t think we’re talking about blog readers either. In fact, your comments felt pretty critical and uninspiring.
Blogger grabs blog by the face, pulls at his cables a little…
Blog (struggling): Hey! Watch what you’re…
SNAP! Blog’s mask rips in two to reveal none other than…
Blogger: I thought you sounded an awful lot like my ego. Git.
Ego exits stage left with tail between legs.
As I was saying. This week, I began my first colour work mittens. My first stranded colour work ever! I’m working from the pattern Andalus Mittens by Heather Desserud. For yarn I’m using Blue Moon Fiber Arts: Socks that Rock lightweight colourways Pond Scum (green) and Juniper (purple).
I feel like they are a little big (which might leave some room for a liner?) which is my own fault because I didn’t get gauge, but the needles fault for me not having small enough dpns… do they make .5mm? Thankfully they are not so big that one would have to rip them back. I did rip back a little bit… and man, ripping back colourwork is not that fun!
I got to the thumb hole last night and am getting pretty comfortable with diligently following a pattern while knitting with two hands. (Video to come?)
And in case you are wondering about the sweater… I finished the first sleeve
And I am now almost done the second one. I have decided to rip the body back and keep going with the stockinette until my hips. Having the garter stitch start at my waist looks a little frumpy, if a stick bug can look frumpy.
OOOOooh… and for inspiration, I’ve been watching The Nest Cam. A beautiful hummingbird nesting in California.














Wicked case of startitis
The affix -itis means swollen or inflamed. Its usually accompanied by pain, because things are larger than they should be. That’s why tonsillitis hurts… Startitis is a common term among knitters to mean that one is having frequent starts to new knitting projects and implies that there are less finishes happening at this time.
This is me. Really… it’s painful… painfully half finished projects and nothing but the desire to start another one.
The Garter Yoke Cardigan. Still. The sleeve is finished, but there are no buttons. I forgot the buttons I picked out of our family button jar at my mom’s, and then forgot them again yesterday, which means that I will be visiting Button Button tomorrow or the next day.
The Spring Mittens. I don’t know what’s going on with these. I really wanted to knit them then I got to this point, and stopped. Just… stopped. I think I am afraid they are going to be huge.
Stripish Baktus. I have a lot of yarn. A LOT. So I decided that something must be done with this funny moth eaten lace weight that I bought. Yes. I bought lace weight that had… holes everywhere. No bugs came in the package, just a lot of small balls to wind up. What I won’t do for a good deal. By the way, I am addicted to stripes right now.
The beginnings of TKGA’s Basics course. I have had it since last fall. It has been niggling from the shelf by my desk for months, especially since christmas. I decided that I would have to get the first section sent away before I go to my apprenticeship with Susun Weed. 15 days and counting.
This does not take into account the shawl I have half warped on the loom, and a toque I have burried at the bottom of my knitting basket. Rediculous. Really. So what about that cute hoody vest?