So, last time we chatter, Dear Readers, I was working on blocking my cardigan and on knitting a scarf.
--I blocked both sleeves and the body of the cardigan. Sweet!
--I seamed both sleeves.
--I found that one of the sleeve caps was too big for the armscye. BUGGER.
So now, I have to re-block my cardi body. I don't have a blocking board, so I have devised a new method which I hope will allow me to stretch it out a little more than my previous attempt, which involved pinning it to a towel tacked to a table. This time, I will unroll a large and ugly carpet onto my kitchen/dining room floor and pin it to that. I'm still going to steam-block, I think, but with a REALLY wet cover cloth. Or I might even spritz the sweater itself. I just don't want to wet-block something that's going to be on the floor of an open room where I can't keep the cats away for long.
That's the Samus story. I'm also still working on the scarf. I finished the first ball of Malabrigo, and it's looking gorgeous. It was also starting to bore me, however. So I've decided to start a new project: the Brea Bag from Berocco. I bought the yarn last fall, but hadn't yet started. I have now cast on for this damned thing FOUR TIMES. I haven't finished the first pattern stitch row. Now, the pattern stitch is quite easy. I've just been having trouble because I forgot twice that I was supposed to keep the first and last stitch in stockinette (oops), and then I think I cast on the wrong number of stitches twice, in spite of counting. Having a dark-coloured yarn and using two strands held together can make that difficult, especially when I'm watching TV or talking to people at the same time. I will try again tonight.
I've also decided that I think I'd like to knit my boyfriend's mother a lace stole at some point. Eunny Jang's Print O' The Wave stole has stolen (hah) my heart. It's GORGEOUS. And now it's time for a meeting...
