Knits

Despite desperately wanting to knit, things just aren’t working out right now. I got distracted with Shedir when chatting to my friend and even though I am certain I did whatever I did right, I did it in the wrong place. I’m not all that excited about tinking back 128 stitches. I might just rip it out and start again (I’d only finished one repeat of the cable pattern) and remedy the holes thing while I’m at it. I just find the whole pattern really fiddley and if it weren’t a request from my sister, I wouldn’t knit it.
I really want to knit my sister another hat, but I’m sort of at a loss as to which pattern because she chose some very lightweight wools and I’d really have to double them up which then means I wouldn’t have enough yardage. I tried to start on Shining Star which I had attempted last year, but I was far too much of a novice. It is just so fiddley to get started. I think I might start it on two circulars versus a set of six DPNs (I don’t even have six of the right size DPNs anyway).

It’d be nice if I could figure out what my problem is with that Amelia hat! Maybe some day I’ll actually make it to the stitch n’ bitch and I can seek advice. I’ve not yet undone the too big socks, the scarf is very slow to progress for I don’t know what reason. I desperately want something quick and easy to knit or something to hold my attention so I actually finish it. Maybe that’s a call for the socks to be undone because that was going swimmingly until I tried them on and found them to be way too large…

We got a substantial amount of snow here yesterday. Most of it has gone as it warmed up and rained today. I went to London for work and they didn’t have nearly as much snow as we did. By the time I got there most of it was gone, but it still made for some pretty scenes. This is St James’s Park at the Buckingham Palace end.

– Edited to add –
I ripped out the too big socks and re-cast on. I’ve only done a few rounds of the toe - I’ve got 14 more to go until I start the pattern - but I am so glad I did this because it is really satisfying. I love it! I love the tiny little stitches and the tidy toe the Turkish cast-on provides without any fuss. If I weren’t so tired and in need of a hot chocolate to take to bed, I’d knit those 14 rounds so I could start on the instep tomorrow…

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