GAH!!!!! Moron! *smacks self in the head*
So, the past couple of days, I've been happily working away at my Vernal Equinox shawl. I started Clue 5 after I picked up the stitches on the lifeline. I had the right number of stitches on my needles to do it, and everything. Only, I didn't look carefully enough at the work I've done so far. I'm pretty damned sure I forgot to do Clue 4, which requires the same starting number of stitches. What an idiot. I want to check this very carefully one more time to make sure I'm correct, but I'm pretty damn sure I have to rip out the last six rows I've done (and these are 245 stitch rows, folks) and then start on Clue 4.
Note to self: you need to own more than one row counter if you have more than one project on the needles at a time, woman. Time to hit up the LYS.
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Monday, February 21, 2011
Going green
I've been making decent progress on the Seascape stole. I finished the first repeat of Chart B, and have done six rows of the next repeat. Today, though, I decided to get my Vernal Equinox shawl back on the needles. Fortunately, it appears that I started picking up stitches with the Denise needles at the more difficult side of the row, so the hard part was out of the way already. I slipped all those stitches onto the Harmonies, and then finished picking up the rest of the row. Miraculously, I found I had exactly the right number of stitches on my needles when I was done. I'm now working on Chart 5 for that pattern. I'm finding that while I do love the Seascape and the Kidsilk Haze (oh, it makes such a pretty, frothy fabric!), it's none the worse for a change. I don't think there's any chance of my actually finishing this shawl by Ostara/the Vernal Equinox, but I should be able to finish it this spring.
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Truncated
1) I still haven't fixed my damn Aeolian! Now that I know I can knit again (see #3), I need to remember to do that when I get a chance.
2) I DID, however, fix the tiny hole I found in my Seascape. It was a dropped stitch, though I seem to have picked up something above it to keep the same number of stitches. Somehow. I dunno. Anyway, I feel kind of bad because it was a fudge-fix: I took a small length of yarn from another ball, passed it through that dropped stitch, and wove it through surrounding stitches to secure and hide it. It's a cheat, yeah, but it means SOOOO MUCH less work, especially with that persnickity Kidsilk Haze.
3) So, Saturday night, I maimed myself. I sliced the tip of my right ring finger off with a mandoline slicer while making dinner. Ow. I couldn't knit at all for the first two days because the bandage the ER put on me was HUGE, and made my finger look like a chicken drumstick. But now I just have a normal Band-Aid, and the position in which I hold my hands to knit doesn't bother it. Yay! I'd had a bad cold for a while before I hurt my finger, and didn't have the energy to deal with fixing stuff before doing actual knitting, so that prevented me from getting any work done for about a week in total. I got a couple rows done on the bus this morning. I'd have done more, but there's this guy who's on my bus who introduced himself to me yesterday (he lives in my neighborhood), and likes being chatty. At least I've let him know I have a boyfriend.
4) I need to knit my friend R. a chemo cap of some kind. She is someone I know only online, but I've known her online for a while. She has recently been diagnosed with breast cancer, and is going to start chemo soon. She's a knitter, too, and has requested hats from her fellow knitter friends. I'm thinking maybe a Hallowig. :) Man, I hope she's going to be OK. She has a young daughter who I'd hate to see grow up without her mom around.
5) I also need to get my Vernal Equinox back on the needles. I managed to put one of my Denises about halfway through along the last lifeline, but the cable on that is so thick, and the tips are so blunt, that it's a real bitch. Now I have my new Harmony Options tips, and can throw it on those. Weekend projects!
2) I DID, however, fix the tiny hole I found in my Seascape. It was a dropped stitch, though I seem to have picked up something above it to keep the same number of stitches. Somehow. I dunno. Anyway, I feel kind of bad because it was a fudge-fix: I took a small length of yarn from another ball, passed it through that dropped stitch, and wove it through surrounding stitches to secure and hide it. It's a cheat, yeah, but it means SOOOO MUCH less work, especially with that persnickity Kidsilk Haze.
3) So, Saturday night, I maimed myself. I sliced the tip of my right ring finger off with a mandoline slicer while making dinner. Ow. I couldn't knit at all for the first two days because the bandage the ER put on me was HUGE, and made my finger look like a chicken drumstick. But now I just have a normal Band-Aid, and the position in which I hold my hands to knit doesn't bother it. Yay! I'd had a bad cold for a while before I hurt my finger, and didn't have the energy to deal with fixing stuff before doing actual knitting, so that prevented me from getting any work done for about a week in total. I got a couple rows done on the bus this morning. I'd have done more, but there's this guy who's on my bus who introduced himself to me yesterday (he lives in my neighborhood), and likes being chatty. At least I've let him know I have a boyfriend.
4) I need to knit my friend R. a chemo cap of some kind. She is someone I know only online, but I've known her online for a while. She has recently been diagnosed with breast cancer, and is going to start chemo soon. She's a knitter, too, and has requested hats from her fellow knitter friends. I'm thinking maybe a Hallowig. :) Man, I hope she's going to be OK. She has a young daughter who I'd hate to see grow up without her mom around.
5) I also need to get my Vernal Equinox back on the needles. I managed to put one of my Denises about halfway through along the last lifeline, but the cable on that is so thick, and the tips are so blunt, that it's a real bitch. Now I have my new Harmony Options tips, and can throw it on those. Weekend projects!
Friday, February 04, 2011
Hey, how'd that happen?
I was eating breakfast at my desk this morning while wearing my Aeolian, and spilled a little yogurt on it. Not the end of the world. I went to dab it with a wet paper towel in the ladies' room...and was shocked to find three stitches at that spot that were unraveling! Wow! Looks like I flubbed a decrease somewhere and dropped them. Grr. I took off the shawl, and managed to catch them on a paper clip (no stitch holders in my bag right now), so it's at least stable. There's no way I can actually fix this properly (i.e., by undoing the bind off and bringing those stitches up to where they're supposed to be). I'll have to wing it, somehow. I can figure out a good fudge, I think. It pisses me off, though! OTOH, I can't believe it lasted this long without getting completely messed up and unravelled. Nifty.
Thursday, February 03, 2011
No pictures, but an update
I realized it's been a while since I posted here! Since my last writing, I have received the new Harmony Options tips and cables I'd ordered. I also got the lace book I'd ordered. I haven't yet looked through it, but just a quick flip looked very interesting!
While I was waiting for this stuff to arrive, I hit up my good old LYS, Windsor Button, and picked up not one, not two, but THREE balls of Rowan Kidsilk Haze. Mmmmm....Kiiiidsiiiilk Haaaaaaaze. *drool* I used the gift certificates my manager gave me last year and this year for the holidays. I wanted to get the yarn in a smoky grey, but when I was at the store, they didn't have it in that color, or any color I really wanted. I sort of liked the idea of using the white they had, but was terrified of getting it stained. I asked the staff if they had any in grey in the back, and much to my surprise, they had a whole bag of it! I got my three balls and left, delighted.
I didn't know exactly what I wanted to do. I was thinking of trying Ice Queen and maybe something else, but ended up choosing the Seascape stole. It's a beautiful, delicate, elegant pattern that goes well with anything. So far, it's enjoyable to knit with the KSH, but any time I need to UN-knit, it's a huge pain in the ass. On the plus side, though, if I drop a stitch, that same stick-to-itself quality means that it doesn't go far.
I've finished Chart A, and have started Chart B of the Seascape stole. I figure, I'll finish one repeat of Chart B (there are 7 in all), and then maybe do some work on the Vernal Equinox shawl. Or knit my friend R a chemo cap of some kind. Probably a Hallowig. Poor woman, she's been diagnosed with breast cancer. She's got a little girl, too. I don't know her in person, but we've been friends online for a while, and I want to give her something.
Anyway, the knitting does proceed apace. I haven't had one of those, "AAAARRRRGHHHH! I can't stand it! I'm putting this away and not touching it!" moments in quite a long time. My only break in knitting was by necessity, and it was short.
While I was waiting for this stuff to arrive, I hit up my good old LYS, Windsor Button, and picked up not one, not two, but THREE balls of Rowan Kidsilk Haze. Mmmmm....Kiiiidsiiiilk Haaaaaaaze. *drool* I used the gift certificates my manager gave me last year and this year for the holidays. I wanted to get the yarn in a smoky grey, but when I was at the store, they didn't have it in that color, or any color I really wanted. I sort of liked the idea of using the white they had, but was terrified of getting it stained. I asked the staff if they had any in grey in the back, and much to my surprise, they had a whole bag of it! I got my three balls and left, delighted.
I didn't know exactly what I wanted to do. I was thinking of trying Ice Queen and maybe something else, but ended up choosing the Seascape stole. It's a beautiful, delicate, elegant pattern that goes well with anything. So far, it's enjoyable to knit with the KSH, but any time I need to UN-knit, it's a huge pain in the ass. On the plus side, though, if I drop a stitch, that same stick-to-itself quality means that it doesn't go far.
I've finished Chart A, and have started Chart B of the Seascape stole. I figure, I'll finish one repeat of Chart B (there are 7 in all), and then maybe do some work on the Vernal Equinox shawl. Or knit my friend R a chemo cap of some kind. Probably a Hallowig. Poor woman, she's been diagnosed with breast cancer. She's got a little girl, too. I don't know her in person, but we've been friends online for a while, and I want to give her something.
Anyway, the knitting does proceed apace. I haven't had one of those, "AAAARRRRGHHHH! I can't stand it! I'm putting this away and not touching it!" moments in quite a long time. My only break in knitting was by necessity, and it was short.
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