Wednesday, June 27, 2007

Knit bit

I'm in the mood for construction, not destruction, so the inevitable frogging of my second green sock is on hold. It's a job that needs to be done, but with my evenings being full enough already, I'd rather take the time to feel like I'm accomplishing something. So out come the Knit Picks Essential Tweed in Inca Gold and US 3 dpns, otherwise known as the finest yarn and smallest needles I've attempted to knit with.

It's going a little slowly, but I'm getting there. I left an exceptionally long tail because I couldn't judge how much would be necessary for the cast on. Now that I've knitted a few rows I can feel OK about trimming the tail so it isn't in the way as much. I thought it was best to wait to see if these rows would be good or if I'd need to begin again. I think I'm safe. Fingers crossed.

Shall I relate more knitting details that is as interesting as reading about watching paint dry? I thought I had more to say, but knitting time has been hard to come by this week. Hopefully I'll be back with something more substantive tomorrow.

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3 Comments:

At 6:49 AM, Blogger Jennifer said...

cool yarn color - can't wait to see this one as it comes along. oh yeah, if you ever have a long tail that you don't want to cut off, just wind it back and forth and tied around it so you have a little mini-skein thing hanging off the end. i've done this when i know that i want alot to weave thru at the end and it keeps it out of the way so you don't knit w/ it :)

 
At 8:09 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Very nice yarn colour. Sorry about your second sock needing to be frogged! #%&** feeling your pain. The first one looks fabulous though. If you want them both to match stripe wise (love the stripes on the first one too btw) make sure you cast on the yarn at the same place.

 
At 9:09 AM, Blogger Karen said...

Ooooh, that's a great color. Hey, I'm going to write a whole post about frogging today. I frogged 3 things yesterday!

 

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