Latest project: Slippery Socks in Stroud Socrates (Arizona) from Violet Green. The yarn is fantastic and I have been saving it for the right project. Slippery Socks seem to fit the bill. I cast on last night, still rejecting Mr plumbum’s socks on a “poor light stopped play” basis. Hah! So what do I do? …
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The Dreaming Peacocks FO
To recap – my fountain hat was knitting up to too loose a gauge, on too large a needle, and I also could not follow the pattern on the circular needles. Constantly tinking back was spoiling the yarn. So I ripped it and cast on to 2 straights of the correct size. It knitted up …
More blocking
My Dreaming Peacocks Fountain Hat is washed and blocking. I also seized the opportunity to wash the two mohair scarves: The Furry Snake and Aurora – so that’s me all caught up on washing and blocking, though a few ends remain to be sewn in and I still have to sew and felt my Kenaz …
Error Code 145
Well, the Fountain Hat is nearing completion. I am well up the crown shaping. However… … errors exist in this hat. Don’t ask me where. Don’t ask me if they are inevident, or if the whole thing is a dog’s breakfast – because I really cannot tell at this stage. All I know is that …
Rippit
I’ve frogged the Fountain Hat. I spent an inordinate amount of time tinking this thing every couple of rows or so. The tension is all wrong. The needle size is wrong. And it is impossible to read the knitting and find the errors easily. So, a two-stick attempt next. Friday Spin Three of us met …
Antidote FO
I made a complete hash of the photography and need to re-do it, but will wait for a better lit day to do so. Antidote FOs. I would knit this scarf again, but certainly not in this yarn. Something silky, perhaps.