Knits

Amazingly I am catching up on blog posts — at least the knitting ones (obviously the important ones).

I slept A LOT this weekend. Normally I can get by with 6-7 hours of sleep so it was a bit surprising to find myself not only sleep relatively solidly for TWELVE hours each night, but having to actually force myself out of bed in the morning and actually having a nap on Saturday (I would’ve had one Sunday had I not got out of bed at 11am…).

I wish I was better at gauging how much yarn I need to do the long tail cast-on. Rarely do I do pull just enough out. More often than not I have quite an excessive amount and when you know your yarn needs and the reality of your ball of yarn are fighting against you, it’s nice to get this right. Does anyone have a relatively foolproof way of pulling out just enough yarn? I ask because the Victorian cabled wristlets are nearly complete. I am going to have to tink back the last round on second one and just bind off. Not a huge loss and not dire to the overall effect since that bit is going to be hidden up my sleeve anyway, but annoying since looking at the ends from the cast on and where I had to join the yarn look like they would’ve been enough had I managed my yarn better. They’re a quick knit, but I don’t really feel like re-knitting them for what amounts to a minor flaw.

Now, holiday knitting. Well the Clapotis was my Christmas gift to my sister. I think I’m going to make another pair of the wristlets for a friend and three dishcloths for another friend. That’s really it in terms of holiday knitting for me. I’d knit something for my mom, but she apparently has been installed with a portion of the sun in her because she is rarely in need of anything more than a sweatshirt and even then she overheats. I think the coldest I’ve seen her was in Chicago when it was windy and Edinburgh, also known for its frosty breezes — she survived with a light-wool coat, scarf, gloves, and hat. Half the time she couldn’t deal with the hat ’cause it made her too hot so handknits are pretty much a no-go for her.

Anyway… how ’bout some stash enhancement?

 
Claudia Handpainted in Eat your veggies — Mountain Colors bearfoot in Yellow stone — Yarn Chef minestrone in Autumn stroll — Bouton d’Or Ksar in crepuscule (also in veloute, but the picture didn’t come out)
 

 
Noro Kureyon in 183 — Noro Kureyon in 211 — Tahki cotton classic in 3725 — Tahki cotton classic in 3832

 

The top row is all for socks. The Noro is for a scarf and the Tahki is to see how I like the feel of mercerised cotton so I can determine if I ever want to make the Miter Square Blanket from Mason-Dixon Knitting, and if so, in this yarn or similar. I also got some dishcloth cotton, but that’s dead boring to show. I’m really attracted to warm colours lately (see the Mountain Colors and Yarn Chef) and semi-solid blues, but I’ve yet to find any in the latter category that I really want. Also, I really don’t need anymore — I’m seriously trying to destash and be strict about it; it’s going okay.

Oooh the day is catching up with me. I can feel my eyes wanting to shut so I best get my arse off the couch and into the kitchen.

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