Yesterday and today have finally seen the return of at least some sun to the New England area. I was beginning to suspect that we were never going to see it again!
I haven’t been knitting much - for some reason I’ve been more interested in reading lately. I’ve also been having a very busy week and have been too tired to dare working on my projects. The old knit-one-frog-two tango seems always ready to take me over if I try to knit when I’m tired :) That said, while today and tomorrow are also scheduled to be busy days, the weekend is clear for once, and I hope to be able to accomplish something then.
The sock, while a technical success, is quite large. As I have rather sizeable hooves, I didn’t think this was going to be a problem, but it is. This is even too big for me; if It had been made in red or green, I might be tempted to hang it up come Christmas! As it is, I will probably frog it and seek a pattern who’s measurements aren’t quite so generous. Still, it was a tremendously useful exercise as now I uderstand how a heel is turned - a procedure which my mind could never quite get itself around no matter how many instructions I read. And I believe that toe-up is going to suit me very well, though I will surely try the more usual procedure at some point.
I like the shawl in stockinette a great deal more than in garter. The fabric seemes even softer and the simple lace pattern shows up better - at least with the yarn I’m using.
I keep telling myself it is time to try a shaped garment of some sort. There’s no reason to be afraid, I’m not stupid (well, not most of the time, anyway) and I can figure it out. I am filled with admiration for people like Bron who fearlessly take a pattern (see her posts on her version of Interweave Knits’ “Simply Marilyn” sweater) and equally fearlessy adapt them to produce the result they want. I aspire to be that agile with my knitting skills - but that lies a ways in the future just yet!
But that’s one of the things I like most about knitting - its vastness. I’ll never run out of things to learn :)
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:::blushing furiously:::: Trust me - you’re just as agile as I am. :) At first you leave off a bit of ribbing on a sleeve in favor of a simple finish…then you progress to perhaps adding a bit of laciness at a neckline..then on to a LOT of size tweaking. Before you know it, it’s all second nature.
After all - it’s just yarn…knittable and oh, so froggable! (Did I just “unvent” a word? ha!)
Bron - I may eventually be able to do it and I look forward to that :) In the meantime, I shall continue to be impressed with your pattern-fiddling!
