shitty mitten
Sorry for the crankiness, but my car was totalled last week. I think I’m entitled to at least one swear word.
So I finished one of my broadstreet mittens. And, frankly, I don’t like it. It’s a little too big, for one thing. And I hate the way this yarn pools on the shell. For the hand, I knitted with two skiens, alternating each row. That’s helped a lot, but it was a pain in the ass. I got lazy with the mitten shell and knitted from one skien and now the colorway doesn’t flow together very well. Plus, I don’t like these colors very well. They are depressing. The picture makes the colors look much better than they look in person. They are all gray and blue. It looks dingy. And with all of the snow we are having, it looks depressing.
So I am thinking about whether or not to knit a another one or just starting over with new yarn that I like better.
Got the new Interweave knits in the mail today. Not really hip on any of the projects in it this time. Maybe if I have a second look I will feel differently.
Like the projects in the new Knitty, though. I’m especially liking Tubey and Bristow. I’m really liking Tubey, actually. I may have to knit that one. hmm.
I am considering doing some major changes with this blog. I am thinking about moving the whole thing over to my other blog, Blatherskite, and making “Knitting” one of the categories. If people don’t want to hear me blather on about non-knitting content they could just subscribe to the”knitting”category.
I haven’t made any changes yet, but will let you know if or when I do. I hope it doesn’t bother anyone if I decide to move. Please, if you have an opinion one way or the other please let me know.
10 comments December 5th, 2005