Friday, October 16, 2009

Endings and Beginnings





Blocking seems to have left the fabulous Pseudo Socks even softer than before! I love the variegation effects and the squishiness of the finished pair. So does DH...in fact, that he has been agitating for a sweater out of the same yarn! Apparently, no visions of wild, unfortuate pooling trouble his dreams. I ordered the yarn with great misgivings; and to my surprise, he has agreed to a sweater-vest instead.




So I've been swatching during breaks from current projects and Man and Wife, and I have discovered I like the vivid colors in this yarn with certain solids better than with others. Currently under consideration: narrow vertical stripes using the knit-one-below technique, a method which also brings the finished product closer to DK weight.





Thursday, October 8, 2009

And another thing....

....I hate blocking!

Not So Boring in Black

The son wants me to knit him some "plain black socks without much design in them" for Christmas. How boring is that?? I dutifully cast on.....and the wool promptly dyed my 5" #1 Brittany Birch needles black and temporarily branded me as a Continental-style knitter!! So I'm working on a little creative revenge!

Thursday, October 1, 2009

Tarts and TART

Reading about Victorian tarts and murderesses really makes me long for some Madelinetosh TART...all weights of which Eat.Sleep.Knit uncooperatively keeps selling before I can lay hands on it!!