No, not the TKGA swatches.

 

I worked one dishcloth out of the pattern booklet and I’m about halfway on another.  These are smaller than the 4 I did the last week or so, but they are cute!  I will be able to get 2 cloths from one ball of yarn, too.  Good deal.  The bigger ones are lovely, but I’m left without enough yarn to make another after I finish them.

 

Today my family is going to a local lake to play on the water slide. Without me!  I think I’ll use the alone time to knit for the course.

Holes, not holes… normal spaces or not….

 

I found another issue on the swatch.  I finished it and bound off and will start again.  I’m not sure that this was me… i suspect it may have been an imperfection in the yarn.  We’ll see when I reknit.  

 

In addition to the coursework, I am knitting a gigantic feather and fan afghan for my new niece or nephew in a nice cream/off white color.  I have plans for a sweater, britches, hat(s) and booties as well.  I love baby knitting! I’ve already completed 4 washcloths and I will be knitting more from a nice baby washcloth pattern booklet that my friend KC gave me.  Thank you, KC!! I love it!

….One little piece of fabric cause so much stress???

 

Swatch 3…. seed stitch.  CO 20 stitches and work in seed stitch for 4 inches.  Be sure there are “no holes.”  Ummm, ok.  What does that mean exactly?  does it mean I should not see ANY light coming through if I hold it up?  Or is it only speaking to the tendency for us to not pull the yarn enough when switching from knit to purl?  And you know, if it’s too tight, too dense, it’s not much of a “fabric”… there will be no drape!  

 

I know I’m over thinking/analyzing this!  But here I am, about 3 inches into it and I’m stressing about what those little things are when I hold the swatch up to the light… are those HOLES???? Or normal, acceptable spaces???? Hmmmm?

 

*sigh*

Yup.  Still livin’, breathin’, knittin’!!!!!

 

I have knitted quite a bit, but not blogged about it… which is not completely new, I never kept this blog up well anyway,  but it’s been REALY long this time.

 

My SIL is pregnant, so I have baby knitting going.  I have also started poking around on Ravelry again.  Much to my happy surprise, there are a bunch of local knitters and crocheters who’ve started to get together on Thursday night at one of the local coffee houses … star-yucks.  I hope to meet up with them this week!  

 

I have also found my desire and motivation to get moving on the Master Handknitter Course (Level 1).  The TKGA group on Ravelry has inspired me to just do it.  I mean what’s the worst that could happen?  They’ll send back my stuff and ask me to redo it?  I think I expected that anyway, so….  I’m going to start up again and get it done!  There are so many great tips on the TKGA  forum on Ravelry that I feel I’m *really* ready now!

 

Happy Knitting!

i know it’s only a little, but i’m past the cuff and starting the third stripe. Whew. The colors are nicer in real life. i used my iSight camera and it just didn’t capture the colors well.

I’ve been a total knitting slug. I don’t want to be or mean to be, but I am. I knit everyday, but I am so out of my “groove” that everything is slow and painful. Ugh. I’ve been working on a pair of socks for forever and I can’t seem to get past the cuff. Of the first one. Oy. When I hit my stride again (which will likely be sometime after my husband gets home from Iraq) I’ll be better about updating here.

I will not consider my stash large EVER AGAIN. Check out THIS blog entry from last summer. 

The green is another of the flower power pattern found on knitty.com, with a change in color scheme and yarn. I used Bernat Cotton Tots yarn instead of a super wash wool. the white one is similar to the flower power pattern, but inspired by a Daisy Top hat pattern. Kind of a combination of the two, plus some changes that i decided would make it better.

I got some Cascade Fixation in the mail today! Very interesting yarn! I chose it because it is cotton and has some elastic in it. It is really stretchy. It’s going to take some getting used to. I have to not stretch it while working with it. I’m sure I can figure it out, but it will be an adjustment. I have only used super wash wool for socks before (okay, well, that and some acrylics for baby socks.)

Can’t wait to see the socks knit up in them! It’s so “thick” and squishy! Of course, I had to start a gauge swatch. I started with size 3 dpns and have gone down to zero…. And it’s still bigger than the pattern calls for. Tomorrow my 00 and 000 needles should arrive. I guess I can try those, too! I really hope I can get gauge. If i don’t, I’ll have to do math!!!!

Oh, and I ordered the yarn from Simply Socks Yarn Company.  VERY speedy delivery!!

I am suffering from knitting monotony. K1, P1, K1, P1…. seed stitch. For forever. And that’s ONE PANEL out of 7. Ugh. It looks great. No doubt about that. I absolutely love the look of seed stitch. I love the feel. I love the thick fabric it creates. I am so BORED with it! Almost-Zen knitting on this size of a project is really Anti-Zen. I’m getting cranky. What was I thinking??? I’ll be so glad when this is over. I think I’ll tackle some nice socks (Rainbow Striped with individual toes a la Family Guy for my oldest boys) and a NOT monotonous Aran afghan. If I ever finish this!