Started a baby blanket (a first for me) last night, and cast on 126 stitches after getting my circular extensions all arranged (I use a set of Boye interchangeables). Then with dark yarn (variegated soysilk again, but it was the dark blue at first) I started to knit in a seed stitch--hah, no it was K1P1 rib really, and several rows in I see that I now have 129 stitches and am in the wrong pattern. Really, Stacie, how long should it take??
But being a big girl, I looked at it and said, "If I can see it, the recipient will be able to also. I don't want to give a gift that is made wrong!" So--rip it, rip it, rip it. It would have felt more therapeutic except that this yarn tends to stick to itself and needed more than a gentle tug at various points. But I guess untangling and rolling it was therapeutic. Plus, being a former born again, I have retained the ability to get a LOT of satisfaction from knowing I did the right thing. :^) What if God knitted? What would Jesus knit?
OK that is too pithy for even me. Have a great day knitting! ~Stacie
Percy adorns my new skeins
Percy, one of my four cats, has carefully tested out the texture and softness of my new Pastaza yarn (Cascade). He seems to like it.
Here is the scarf I've been working on, almost done, and I love the pattern!
Next up--well, I don't know. Maybe I will do the poncho/baby blanket that I got from SWTC.
June 10 Worldwide Knit in Public day
If you are in the San Francisco Bay Area, the South Bay setting for the WWKIP is Los Altos at the plaza located where State and Main intersect. It's June 10, 12-2 p.m. and we will knit in that plaza or anywhere else people want to sit down on a bench and work on their project. If you would like more info about the WWKIP project, check here:
http://www.wwkipday.com
http://www.wwkipday.com
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