Well here is what it looks like at the moment: *sobs* The neck is horrible. I swear I used stitch markers and measured correctly. I looked at a lot of finished ones on Ravelry, and none of them look like this. Possibly it is a gauge issue – I can’t remember how I settled on [...]
Entries from September 26th, 2007
Finished socks…
September 26th, 2007 · No Comments · Finished Objects
I have two to display – first, the Tofutsies socks: I love wearing them, but the gauge is too loose. Not only will I never actively choose to knit socks on bamboo needles again, but I will also avoid ever using 2.75mm needles for fingering weight yarn. Too loose, much too loose. And also the [...]
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Tilted Duster – WIP shots
September 26th, 2007 · 1 Comment · Works in Progress
Two sleeves at once! This is the only way I can abide doing flat sleeves, I think. The front and back pieces. Yes, the back piece is upside down because the stupid thing is so curly that it would not be photographed. Watch it try to curl against the carpet then, aha!
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I know, I know…
September 25th, 2007 · No Comments · Update
I owe everyone a picture post. This is not it, however. There was a small snafu where I misplaced my battery charger and the batteries in the camera died. It has been located and the batteries are now charging. The SKB is at a standstill. After 2 evenings of straight knitting, I cast off the [...]
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Two sleeves down, one neckline to go…
September 12th, 2007 · 1 Comment · Works in Progress
Updating from my phone to see how this goes… Last night, I finished the sleeves on the SKB! I feel like the real work is done…this is the last step before finishing, so let’s hope that this feeling of doneness doesn’t bite me in the ass. The Tilted Duster is next on the needles and [...]
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Is it wrong…
September 10th, 2007 · 2 Comments · Musings
that I would like to order a new set of the rainbow coloured Knitpicks Harmony double pointed needles because I’d like to see if they’d make good hair sticks? I’m not entirely keen on knitting with anything other than metal, but wood and bamboo have their place. It’s just, they’re pretty. And DPNs, in the [...]
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