Knits

Please ignore the cat fur. Everything in my flat is covered in cat fur and it is impossible to get rid of it. As un-environmentally friendly tumble dryers are, I really miss having one and as soon as I actually have the space I will get a basic VENTED one to help wick away the cat fur from things like sheets, towels, blankets, duvet covers, etc. on occasion.

Anyway, that’s Dream in Color Classy in Gothic Rose. Definitely doesn’t sound like the sort of colour I’d normally go for… rose!? But it is very nice. Deep, rich burgundy with a whole slew of complementary colours. I am going to attempt to knit another cardigan. I knit a swatch last weekend (see above) and washed it only to release that I couldn’t find my pins to block it. I bought some more, not as nice, but 3x the price!, and blocked. My gauge is off by one-half to one-full stitch. I think it should be okay because the weight and a better blocking should sort that out. I probably won’t actually cast on for a couple weeks as I’m really busy this week and have a sock or two to keep me occupied.

I’ve got some work travel this week which I’m not looking forward to really as it requires getting a train at stupid-o’clock which means waking up at even-stupider-o’clock. However, I am taking some time off to go to Brussels for the weekend so that will be loads of fun plus a guaranteed 10-12 hours of knitting time. Hopefully I should be able to accomplish SOMETHING in that time.

Several of us met up yesterday for a knitting group. I cycled and decided to try to avoid the roads. I apparently can’t follow directions if they do not involve roads. I went way out of my way and had an adventure. I made it and managed to knit and have turned the heel and started on the cuff for the Kansas Harvest sock. I feel rather clever for figuring out how to make the grain bits of the pattern not appear upside down since I’m knitting toe-up… I’ll share that later although it really is dead simple. Before we were done knitting it started chucking down with rain. It let up enough that I dashed out in it and managed not to get too wet. It rained the rest of the day and into the night. Today we’ve got 30mph winds…

I wish I had some nice pictures from the gardens to share with you, but the rain drove me away before I could take any. After next weekend I’ll definitely have some pictures to show you and hopefully some will involve actual knitting.

Have a happy week!