so many projects, so little time
I haven't had too much time in the past week or so to work on knitting. My classes have been keeping me pretty busy with exams and end-of-semester projects, but I took some time today to go meet up with the local SnB and get a bit of knitting done. It turned out that I couldn't concentrate really well though because of the heat. I took two projects and messed up on both of them within the first half hour. First, I dropped a couple of the cast-on stitches on my honeymoon cami. Then, on my bottoms up bucket hat, I started knitting in the back loop because that's what the cami pattern calls for. Silly heat-fatigued brain. Fixed the hat at least, but I need to figure out how to pick up those stitches on the cami. Even though I've been knitting for awhile, I'm not too great at error correction without just ripping everything out and restarting. Though I haven't gotten too far in the cami, it would be a pain to rip because this yarn likes to split really easily and it might cause me to waste a bunch of yarn. I'll have to check my SnB book to see if they have any tips, or check in with Knitting Arts, which has someone help you fix errors. Here's my slow progress so far though.
So far, this pattern is really tough, especially with the yarn I chose. First of all, it's somewhat painful on the fingers because the brim is knit double-stranded and is a bit tight. Second, the Giardino yarn has those little fuzzy areas, which don't necessarly end up on the right side of the hat. So I keep having to go back and pull them through to the front. Quite cumbersome.
Ya, this honeymoon cami is supposed to be done by the end of May to take with me on my honeymoon. The deadline is not looking so good, is it? Maybe I'll make it the knit-while-I'm-on-my-honeymoon cami.
My hoodie has been postponed with more pressing projects. With the recent heatwave, I wouldn't get to wear it for awhile anyway. Still need to finish the one washcloth before mother's day too. That shouldn't take too long though. Happy knitting!
Emy said:
Well, I was going to make a different hat, but I've been sucked into the knitalong on this one! :O I think that both hats can use the same yarn though (GGH Samoa, which I have in a lovely shade of lavender), so I won't have to buy that...just another set of circulars. Heh.
Hey wait, I think you're also using the Samoa. Honestly, I thought of that because I'd fondled your yarn, and then AFTERWARD I looked back at your blog and saw that you are. Really.
tim said:
wait, you're going to be knitting during our honeymoon? Wow, i guess my impression of our honeymoon is way off!
;)
Posted on April 26, 2004 07:15 PManna banana said:
i found a nifty craft we could do! we can make cool little fridge magnets like these: brought to us by lj user bravestgirl. she was kind enough to tell how she made them as well!
Posted on April 27, 2004 02:10 PM
Alison said:
emy: yay knitalongs! The samoa is pretty nice but, like i said, is a bit tough on the fingers when double stranding. Let me know what you think.
tim: on the plane, sweetie ;)
anna: I've made some of those! :) They're pretty cool, but make sure you get magnets that are strong enough to hold up paper. Mine are only good for decoration.
Posted on April 27, 2004 02:59 PM