Knits

No more casting on any new projects until at least one of the ones I’ve got going is finished! I have the slowly progressing Cinnabar scarf, a kitty pi, and a hat for my sister.

I think I have figured out what is going on with those ugly stitches in the Cinnabar scarf. Now about six- to eight-weeks ago I posed a question to a knitting community about slipping stitches. I was knitting those slipped stitch pattern socks and I had always been slipping stitches knitwise - mostly because I’ve never done slipped stitch patterns and the only time I slipped stitches was at the edge of a flat piece of work and I do those knitwise. The consensus was that unless it says, always slip purlwise. This was true in that sock pattern - it looked a whole lot better. However, looking at the stitches in the Cinnabar scarf, they are zig-zagged. The double decrease says to slip 1, k2tog, psso. I have been slipping the stitch purlwise - I have now down one repeat with the stitches slipped knitwise and I think it looks better, but haven’t done enough rows beyond those decreases to really see. I hope this sorts it out and I’ll just have to look at those ugly stitches, but know I figured it out in the end. Progress is slow for whatever reason.

Back when I re-learned to knit, I got a whole bunch of yarn for free - all different stuff - mixed fibres, mixed weights. I decided to knit up a Kitty Pi since it’s all stockinette and I can do that pretty well these days without watching every stitch I make. It is just knitting to knit, you know? I took a guess as to what the fibre content of some of the yarns are so I’m hoping I was right and that they will felt or at least partially felt haha. I didn’t have much in my leftovers that was feltable wool. I’ll probably end up having to buy a skein to finish it off.

And I cast-on once again for a hat for my sister. I feel bad that I’ve had a whole pile of wool for hats for her since the end of November and I haven’t knit a single one. I came close, but wasn’t happy with it. My goal this evening is to finish the edge of this hat as the rest of it is stockinette and should go quickly. I am using the smaller circumference Addi Turbos I got. They really could do with pointier tips!

Oh and I did get using the wool winder sorted. I’ve only wound one small bit of wool and it wasn’t exactly neat and tidy or even, but it worked. My Project 365 is going, but the short days are making it difficult to take pictures - inside and out. Come late-February though, I should have exciting (haha) pictures from Prague! I’ve never been, but me and the Boy are going. =) If you’ve been, feel free to suggest places to go and things to do!

And since posts are a bit boring without photos… here’s yesterday’s Project 365 picture - some gifts from a friend of mine from the States, but currently studying in Brussels.

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