April 21, 2008
Startitis?
These are my latest projects, do you think I have a serious case of startitis?
So starting from top left, we have Regia Cotton Tip & Top Color in a basic stockinette pattern, I keep this around for whenever I don't feel like knitting from a pattern. Then we have, two toe-up socks on one circular needles. Why? I don't know, I wanted to try it out. I didn't do the toes correctly as I went from memory but they'll work anyways. Next time I'll increase more often at the beginning to make a rounder toe. Too add to the newness of it, I am trying out afterthought heels also. I LOVE this yarn and color (Regia Sierra), there's just something about Regia and Opal yarns that make me happy. They are consistently good yarns and have a ton of colors to keep me happy. I've been having such back luck with hand dyed yarns in the past six months, Fleece Artist is the main problem for me. I adore their yarns but I'll keep it for other projects, no worries.
Next up is Trekking XXL yarn, love the 100 colorway but... I have just hit a knot. I rarely knit from the ball when I buy sock yarn, usually I'll weight it out and separately approximately in the middle so I know there will be enough yarn for two socks. It also helps for when I feel like knitting two socks at once. Of course the only time I don't do it like usual I hit a knot, grrr! So now I'm wondering if I should frog and try another pattern instead, like a ripple wave or something to make the color a bit more exciting.The entrelac socks anre made with my current favorite colorway from Opal, Feelings 1701, need to start the heel and so it is stalled until I read up on the pattern.
The Austerman Step yarn, lovely stuff, I had bought the yarn for someone else so it isn't as fun to knit when it's not the color I would have chosen. I hope to finish them anyways as I am eager to see how they feel worn. The yarn is a teeny bit softer than other mainstream yarns but not enough for me to have softer hands. lol!
Not all projects are socks though, I started Jeanie, which is a lot of fiddling around but nice. I did try to knit on it in the subway but charts on the subway aren't all that practical. On the other hand, Wisp is totally mindless and a very fun project to work on, Malabrigo Lace is the best, like buttah! It's probably my favorite yarn of the moment. I had forgotten how soft Malabrigo is, this is the yarn to buy if you want to get someone hooked on knitting. LOL! That said the laceweight is a 'fragile' yarn, it can easily but broken if you pull on it. Just don't pull on your knitting if the ball is way in the bottom of your knitting bag.
Just to mix up things, I picked up a little cross stitch kit recently. You can never have too many bookmarks right? Lucas is learning about penguins in his class so I thought this would make him happy. I even got to join on a field trip last week at the Montreal Biodome, it was a lot of fun and we had a scheduled activity with Professor Penguin.
Having too many projects has a down side though, I never know which one to pick up when I finally have some time to knit. LOL! I haven't even pick up my spindle in a week. Crazy times, I tell you!
That doesn't keep me from wanting to pick up the latest IK issue and start the Twisted Tulip Socks. Is the pattern multiple sizes even? I just wish we had the recommended Socks that Rock Mediumweight locally, it's hard to find a substitute yarn. I really want a color that would make good tulips. You know... there's Ottawa... there's tulips... there's socks... and there's not much time to make all three happen at the same time.
Until then...