I see patterns where you see fleece
So um, I'm actually really liking the knitpick option needles despite usually hating metal needles for being too slippery. I originally bought a pair because you can get an interchangable 40" cable which I needed for the afghan I'm knitting. Even with the slippery yarn I'm using (Suri Dream) I've only dropped a stitch when I've put it down in the middle of a row and it got jostled. Otherwise I haven't had any problems with them being too slippery. And the cable doesn't have that twisted all sorts of weird ways that they tend to have until you manage to get them straightened out thing going on. I have another set of interchangable cable needles and I have to be very careful to make sure the needle isn't becoming unscrewed from the cable or otherwise yarn catches there...it was how I managed to snap the yarn in the middle of a row on a lace shawl I was working on. I haven't had any problems with that with the knitpicks needles either yet.
So they're nifty. I should get more.
I'm thinking I'm going to scrap my idea of knitting a circular center out shawl for a friend's birthday and going with something a bit simpler. I eventually do want to knit that shawl but given that next month is NaNoWriMo where I probably won't be getting a lot of knitting done and the shawl would need to be done by Jan. I'd rather do something that isn't headache inducing to get started. Of course, the new pattern I'm considering will call for extensive swatching as it calls for sports weight yarn and the yarn I'd LIKE to use is lace weight. I'll have to see what needle size works best with pattern and adjust it accordingly. Nothing is simple!
I've got about six inches of afghan done thus far, the newest project is always the most interesting, have you noticed? I need to cast on for the sleeves for the sweater I'm working on as I've gotten to the point in the body where they'll be attached. I may do that this weekend if I'm home though I'll be heading up to Alameda tomorrow night so that I can see "Merrily we roll along" with a friend who lives up there on Sat. And I shall stay virtuously out of yarn stores because I've been truly bad at the bookstores this pay period.
I'm pondering trying my hand at yarn dyeing, though the learning curve at this point seems rather steep. Making my own nifty colors is appealing though.
In other news, I think I'm getting a cold. Bah humbug.
So they're nifty. I should get more.
I'm thinking I'm going to scrap my idea of knitting a circular center out shawl for a friend's birthday and going with something a bit simpler. I eventually do want to knit that shawl but given that next month is NaNoWriMo where I probably won't be getting a lot of knitting done and the shawl would need to be done by Jan. I'd rather do something that isn't headache inducing to get started. Of course, the new pattern I'm considering will call for extensive swatching as it calls for sports weight yarn and the yarn I'd LIKE to use is lace weight. I'll have to see what needle size works best with pattern and adjust it accordingly. Nothing is simple!
I've got about six inches of afghan done thus far, the newest project is always the most interesting, have you noticed? I need to cast on for the sleeves for the sweater I'm working on as I've gotten to the point in the body where they'll be attached. I may do that this weekend if I'm home though I'll be heading up to Alameda tomorrow night so that I can see "Merrily we roll along" with a friend who lives up there on Sat. And I shall stay virtuously out of yarn stores because I've been truly bad at the bookstores this pay period.
I'm pondering trying my hand at yarn dyeing, though the learning curve at this point seems rather steep. Making my own nifty colors is appealing though.
In other news, I think I'm getting a cold. Bah humbug.
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