Knits

I think I’m inadvertantly becoming a weekend blogger. I think a lot of it has to do with finally have so much on at work, I can’t compose posts during all the down time I had in the past. It also has to do with wanting to add pictures to the blog to break it up and I just haven’t been shooting very many pictures lately of anything. And outside of the weekend, I’m not home when there’s still any sort of light to take knitting pictures in. I love that you all read this, but I also love my sleeping so I’m not getting out of bed, groggy-eyed, to try to snap a few photographs for you during the working week.

The C is an addictive knit because it’s so simple. I’m into to the straight rows and have now dropped two ladders of stitches. I haven’t been home the last couple of nights so there’s been no knitting on that, but tonight, that’ll be my focus as I watch a movie. The pictures below are of the edge of The C.

 

So on the left is the edge if I followed the recipe as described. Horrible, ugly bumps along both sides from the increases that are done at the end of every row. On the right is the cleaner increase to make it a nice edge. It looks so much better. I realised that I should’ve been doing the increases on the purl side slightly differently, but I’m not bothered by how they’ve come out.

I purchased a number of items on Amazon.com and have been browsing where to buy that ShiBui yarn. Well, as beautiful as the colours are, and they are exactly the sort of colours I love — rich and saturated and subtley blended — sadly, looking at the projects knitted on Ravelry and reading some reviews shows that the colour pools like a Mofo pretty much regardless of the pattern. Can anyone suggest some other semi-solids in such beautiful colours?

Also, I have been trying to Destash, so if you’re on Ravelry you can have a look at my destash page. For those in the US, I am headed over for Thanksgiving so the same prices as listed will apply (they currently include shipping in the UK only) since I can bring it over with me and post from there. For those of you that read this and aren’t on Ravelry, see the list below the cut of what’s available.

And lastly, I went to see The Shins last night. It was fantastic. I am feeling old today though as I am completely exhausted from getting in at 1am and having to wake up at 730am since I was really clever and booked a grocery delivery for between 8 and 9 this morning.

 

I’ve got the following:

* Crystal Palace Kid Merino (laceweight - 2 different colours)
* Debbie Bliss Alpaca Silk
* Debbie Bliss Cashmerino superchunky
* Jaeger Trinity
* Knit Picks Memories (sock yarn - 2 different colours)
* Lana Grossa Bingo
* Lily Sugar ‘n Cream Cotton (this is the dishcloth cotton - 6 colours)
* Natural Dye Studio BFL sock
* NuMei Montage (ribbon / ladder)
* NuMei Silk Haze (silk/rayon blend - 2 different colours)
* Rowan Calmer
* Rowan Polar (4 different colours)
* Rowanspun Chunky
* Wendy Sunbeam St Ives (sock yarn - 2 different colours)

Plus two books

* 25 Bags to knit
* Blankets & throws to knit

Plus Addi Circulars in ginormous 15mm - 80cm length

I can point you to pics if you are interested and can’t see Ravelry.

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