Well, first, the little bit of silk is
a thing of the past. Its been frogged and put back into the 'to be
thought about' pile—and maybe the next attempt will be the right
thing.
But I was thinking (a little bit) about
how the pattern would look in a long color stripe yarn. So out came
some skeins of Thread and Loop Kaleidoscope yarn—and look what
happened in a heart beat! Looks good, doesn't it? I think I might
have to get some more, and make a matching hat to this scarf.
This is the sea glass color way—Not
my usually choice, pastels, but I really like the results.

The scarf got even more attention when
I realized my secret sock was over 7 inches long—and I still hadn't
started on the heel. I didn't have a handy reference/pattern handy
for working the heel, (I am planning to try out a heel I have never
knit before) so the sock got put aside for the moment.
I was glad I stopped and measured, for
some reason, I have been just knitting, and not thinking at all about
these socks. I don't love them—but they are OK. A toe up sock
always seems longer to knit, and not almost done once the heel has
been turned, and I am sure these will be no exception. Especially
because the number of little cables (currently 3) will double and
slow the work down even more.
Yesterday's Sunday's knitting at
Panera's was pretty quiet... Nancy has been having problems with
working seed stitch—Even sitting quietly, with no talking, she kept
messing up. So I suggested markers.. In the end, we placed one every
4th stitch—A wide (bubble tea/smoothy) straw, snipped
into 1/8th of inch ring—yielded a thousand markers, (we
got giddy and silly about them all) and 3 more new clean straws went
into Nancy's knitting bag—soon she'll have a multi color
collection of pink, blue, pastel green and lilac stitch markers.
But they worked. They keep her in the
present—K1, P1, K1, P1, Place marker, repeat. 20 something markers
later, and she had completed a perfect row.
I often forget how hard knitting can be
when you haven't mastered the ability to read your knitting—Nancy
struggles to discern a knit from a purl. Her project only has 6
rows (but 90 stitches per row!) of seed stitch edging... But till we
lit upon the strategy of a marker every few stitches, going was very
slow.
Now, shes made it her goal to continue
the next 3 rows with out losing a marker. (I hope she succeeds—I
know I wouldn't!)--But if she get the next 3 rows knit, with out losing her way (she has already frog this project once) it won't matter how many markers she loses. (Beside, there are plenty more marker available at moments notice!)
1 comment:
I really like that scarf/shawl very much. Partly it's the colors but it just looks so fun to wear.
Teaching knitting is fun. I can tell you enjoy yourself whenever you have someone to teach. I'm learning from you, too. Thank you. :o)
good night. Must sleep tonight!
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