All over the place
I am really all over the place with my knitting lately! I have a bad case of Startitis. But I was really itching to knit with that Kool-Aide dyed yarn from the previous post. It’s in the Project Spectrum colors of August and September: Purple, brown, and orange (with burgundy accidentally thrown in). So I really want to focus on this project and try to finish it up during September. So anyway, I was working on it this past week and I’m really, really liking the way it’s knitting up! Yay! i’m so happy! My first knitting with my handspun! What the hell is it you ask? Well, it’s the beginnings of a hat. I ran out of yarn and had to finish spinning some up. The hank is drying at the moment and I will continue on when it’s dry. I am just at the point where you start decreasing. I started out making the seed-stitch hat/scarf combo from this month’s issue of Knit Simple (as i mentioned before). But the seed stitch was too much for this yarn. So I frogged and went with plain old stockinette and I like it much better. The pattern also tells you to cast on double the amount of crown stitches and then knit in ribbing for an inch. I didn’t want to do that. I mean, it would be all floppy where the ribbing is! I like my hats kind of snug. So I am basically just doing my own thing, inspired by the hat/scarf combo pattern in Knit Simple.
In the meantime I’m working on this scarf from Victorian Knitting today. It’s kind of a boring knit. So it may take me awhile. I do four rows and have to put it aside. But it’s going to be pretty when it’s done. I love the “color”.
Bunny still doesn’t have a face. I need to spend time on that. The recipient’s birthday has past so I need to finish the bunny up already. Also, Summertime Tunic is done. I just have to frog down my icord a bit so it doesn’t hang down to the floor when it is tied in front. Oh, and I also need to buy a strapless bra. But it’s really cute!
Happy Tuesday!
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