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April 30, 2005
Tired Knitting Needles
It is Spring here in the land of gorgeous. This makes it hard, nay, EVIL to sit at a computer for any amount of time. I have also just returned from a vacation to Florence and Rome (blog post on my other blog coming soon) which absolutely sapped my energy.
I am happy to report that I have finished the Italian Tee. I am UNhappy to report that is is lying, unblocked, in four wrinkly pieces and has been for the last three weeks. I LOVE the flame chevron pattern. The yarn I substituted was Sirdar Silky Look, which is very elegant and looks great no matter what. I am doing a pinky swear with myself to finish the dang thing this weekend and get a picture up.
Casting that off has left me clueless as to what to cast on next. I have been gifted with the most fantastic silk yarn by Zibibbo from nonokitty. The colors are very Wendy and not very Deb but Wendy is bent on helping over my purple addiction and this is just the yarn I would have chosen if purple wasn't available, LOL. Beautiful. I have cast it on about four times and ripped it out four times. I have NO clue what to do with the roughly 400 yards of fingering/sportish weight slippery 100% silk. I tried size 1 needles - makes a wonderful fabric but perhaps a bit too thick. Then I tried size 3 - perfect drape for a tank but I don't have enough of the yarn. So then I decided I would make a very loose lace shawl. I got crazy and tried size 10's - too loose, looked like a tangled pile of yarn. Also, I discovered that circulars were probably a problem with this yarn because as the stitches slip back onto the cable, they tend to pull tighter making it a pain in the arse to get them back up on the needle. Size 6 straights - PERFECTO. Got a nice purse stitch thingy going (k1 *yo, k2tog* k1 (love this stitch, so easy breezy - mental note to make shopping bag out of something less expensive). Got 4 inches into it and realized that it was going to be pretty boring. Threw in some random bits of garter - near invisible, not worth the effort. Decided to do a couple of rows of straight garter using a soft purple (HAH, take THAT Wendy) cotton I just got at the market. N.I.C.E (did I mention I really like purple?). Get another four inches into and suddenly have a PMS moment where I decided I am not happy to be using this gorgeous yarn in this manner. So, here I am now. Fourthly frogged and searching for a nice lace patterned scarf. I think I found a Kim Hargreaves pattern on a blog but I don't own the book so either I will buy the book (which I don't like any of the other patterns) or will keep looking. HELP.
Ditto the above fret with the baby boy hat I was trying to design. I have now pulled out about three of those. It is hard to not make something ruffley-girly. The one I have on the DPN's at the moment is boy colors (read "not pink") but is turning into a really cute ruffley brim. I am just going to complete it to see it on Seth and decide what to do then. The cotton I picked up is lace weight and I am using size 4 DPN's - not because I want to, because that is what I had that made the fabric okay enough. Sigh. Does this mean I need to invest in MORE knitting stuff? How can this be? Anyway, these DPN's were purchased when I didn't know the first thing about knitting or DPN's and are only 6 inches long (obviously suited for socks). The stitches fall off one needle or another EVERY single round. That poll on Knitty about "have you ever cried over your knitting?", well, I have been damn close.
I think I am going to ditch it all and knit a tank out of all this fingering weight yarn I keep buying (what is the deal there - a reaction to all the bulky yarn I bought last year?).
This has become long so I will just leave you with a really funny blog thing I found on Helen's blog. Check out my rock band name (the rock star name is way cool too).
Deb's Aliases |
| Your movie star name: Blood Orange Harry |
| Your fashion designer name is Deborah Florence |
| Your socialite name is Little Debbie Seattle |
| Your fly girl / guy name is D Cod |
| Your detective name is Cat Mt Dora High |
| Your barfly name is Blood Orange Merlot |
| Your soap opera name is Lynn 9th Avenue |
| Your rock star name is Chocolate Car |
| Your star wars name is Debjax Codbo |
| Your punk rock band name is The Tired Knitting Needles |
Posted by DebC at April 30, 2005 10:51 AM
Comments
She didn't haaaaaaave purple, hence the blues. Sheesh. It'll come to ya. YAY Italian tee! You'll have it done by the next KIPpin yes? :)
Posted by: wendy at April 30, 2005 02:41 PM