In which other things are knitted...

    So I met up with the lovely T to look over the pattern (which is really cute flower-or-tree-scarf; I'll likely knit it myself when I forget how much I dislike knitting scarves), and see if I could help her out. She was coming up with less stitches, so we frogged it, cast on again and I knit the first row...and came up with less stitches. ARGH. Apparently talking + knitting lace for me is a huge no no. Of course, once I got home and wrote out the chart, I was able to knit the first 4 rows and end up with just the right amount of stitches. Yeah, way to be helpful *rolls eyes at self*  We 're going to meet again on Wednesday, have a little knit night. Yay!

Last night I started knitting a dishcloth for P-her birthday is coming up and she won't be in town for it so I'm going to put a little birthday package for her; the dishcloth-it's got a letter P on it (courtesy of Alphabet table)  and it's knit with Knitpicks Dishie in teal. I made the mistake of watching World War Z while I knit-which, btw, was a shitty movie. My 13yr old had told me it was bad. I should have listened. I don't even know why I watched the whole thing. I am not a fan of Brad Pitt, and while I do like Mirielle Enos, she was barely in the movie.
I'm also going to give P the Garter Waves socks, she was admiring them when she was here. They will probably fit her feet better than mine. I was planning on giving her a Lush solid perfume as well-she smelled my Breath Of God and really liked it. Plus the usual money and/or gift cards.

The P is hard to see, but trust me, it is there.

I had not finished the dishcloth last night, I had 3 rows left plus the bind off so I finished that off this morning and then decided that I should at least gather up all my Cypress paraphernalia for when I feel ready to knit it. I have the book "Knit to Flatter" (which has a couple of other patterns I would really like to knit at some point), I photocopied the pages I'd need, so I could drag the project around with me and make notes, circle the size and counts etc. Found the bag with the rest of the yarn for the project; Stockbridge by Valley Yarns-in Dark Green. It's a lovely blend of Alpaca and Wool. It's not very splitty, and the hanks that I've used so far have been excellent-not one knot. I'm a little concerned that I might find it itchy to wear, but I'll suck it up if it turns out nice!

Anyway, I had left off working on the back (more specifically shaping the armholes), and had a bit of difficulty remembering where I was in the pattern, luckily I found the ratty, scribbled on (thanks B) sheet of paper that I had been using to keep track of the lace but before I could start knitting I realized I was nearing the end of the ball. It was so beautiful today that I sat out on the deck, with an upside down drying rack and wound up two hanks. It was so zen,  I almost went and got some more hanks of yarn from the stash to wind into balls. I knit about 4 rows to finish off the armhole shaping. And then I put Cypress down again. I had some things to do and I want to be fresh when I start shaping the neck. There's a part in the pattern that I'm kind of confused about and I'm not sure if I'm being dense or if there's a technique I'm not familiar with. The line I'm confused about: join a second ball of yarn. JOIN TO WHAT?? Does the author know I'm about to finish the current ball and need to join a new one? What the hell sorcery is that? Or am I to be using two strands of yarn. I DON'T KNOW! There's not enough information.   I'm going to have to wing it and hope for the best. And when I wing it, things usually get ugly (figuratively and literally).
Maybe tomorrow...