Author: Laura

  • balance

    So today on my way home from school, I stopped off at Lewiscraft with the intention of buying a crochet hook to crochet my dad’s christmas present scarf (just for a change). I ended up buying…nothing. I then went to Coles, and they had the new Interweave (we sold out at the store before I had even gotten mine!) but I didn’t buy it. I even went to Shoppers to get some Coke and Bawls, and I didn’t get anything. Zip. Zilch. Nada.

    I just wasn’t in the mood to buy anything. So maybe the universe is trying to balance itself out from that spending spree I had the last couple weeks.

    I am going to have a credit card bill this cycle, though, because look what came today:

    The Cotton-Ease I ordered from discountyarnsale.com the first week of October. Shipping was pretty steep ($18 USD) but I didn’t have to pay any taxes or duty or anything, it just showed up. So yeah…even more yarn without concrete plans. I don’t even have anywhere to put it! Jane: I’ll email you. If you don’t hear from me tonight/tomorrow, you email me!

    Here’s the hat I started for my cousin, in black Mission Falls cotton.

    I’m making it up as I go along, but I may have to rip back the crown – I have a sneaking suspicion that I’m not decreasing fast enough. We’ll see.

    EDIT (9:45pm): I finished the hat, but yup, it’s been ripped back to before the decreases. It’s too friggin’ shallow! I’ll add another 1.5-2 inches before starting the decreases again.

    And just for kicks, here’s attempt #1 of my grandfather’s sideways garter scarf.

    That’s a 100 inch circular, people. A 52″ Denise cord plus another 40″ one (plus the needle tips). And it still wasn’t completely stretched out. Hi-larious. I haven’t had that much time to work on it, but I’ll be knitting it in lectures tomorrow so I should be able to get a few rows done.

    Oh, and one more little thing – I was trying really hard to come up with a yarn to use to knit my mother a capelet for Christmas (I gave her the handwarmers for her birthday). Then I realized – I can just use that Blue Heron cotton that I’ve got. I’ll use it doubled. Must get on that…

    Monday only? At the end of every weekend I feel as though I haven’t had one.

  • contemplation

    I had a reeeeally rough day yesterday. Even worse than usual. Today’s only slightly better. I’ve still got SO MUCH work to do. I’m on break until 9 pm now, though – dinner, Enterprise, and knitting all at once.

    I’ve finished the two sleeves of my Jo Sharp cardi, and have cast on for the body. I hope I can get through it quickly, because I’d really like a new sweater! Must Have has been on hold for a bit, but I can just sort of pick it up whenever to work a few rows. No progress on my grandfather’s scarf, but I have made another decision – I’m going to make a hat for my cousin M. He’s 16 (I think…), very into music, and punky. I was going to make him a black scarf, but I changed my mind and am going to use some Mission Falls 1824 Cotton to do a ribbed cap. Should be pretty easy.

    I also really want to cast on for my cousin T’s sideways scarf as well – it would use 8mm needles and be really skinny so there’d be a lot less knitting than my grandfather’s scarf. But, but, but….I’ll wait until I finish something else. Mini-charlotte maybe?

  • is being down a good reason for buying yarn?

    Well, I don’t much care either way.

    I can’t decide what I want to do with it, though. It depends on the gauge I get. If I can get 18 st/4″ I’ll have various pattern options, but I’m really leaning towards a basic bottom-up raglan like Rosedale United. Doesn’t much matter what gauge, for that – I can wing it.

    Things are progressing slowly on the cabled ribby and my grandfather’s scarf. Oh, I didn’t tell that story. I’m doing a scarf for my grandfather with the Peruvian Collection Highland Wool, in Coffee Bean Brown. It’s knit sideways (ie. I cast on the length). The first time I did it, I cast on wayyyy too many stitches. Luckily, I realized this before I’d gotten very far, and actually calculated how many I needed (350) before casting on. I’m finished the first ball, which gave me a little over an inch towards the width of the scarf. I’m going to see how much I get out of two balls (I’ve got four), and if it seems a little narrow I’ll add a stripe of something else – possibly this dark green Inca Alpaca (by Classic Elite) that I’ve got laying around.

    I went to a friend’s and taught her how to knit tonight! That was fun.

    Off to study and worry.