In knitting:
I have a FO! Last Monday, I finished the Plum Tree slouch. I knit it using Malabrigo Rios in Black. It was a bit big at the ribbing, but it's a slouchy hat so I'm ok with that. Then I soaked it. It bled and bled and bled. I emptied and filled the bucket with water 7 times before it rinsed clear. Blocked it on a balloon and when it was dry, found it a too big for my liking...a bit big is ok, too big? Not ok. So I soaked it again, with the hopes of blocking it smaller, which actually worked out really well. The Rios held up quite nicely to the repeated soakings, I even wrung it out a few times and you can't even tell. It was a really fun hat to knit, super quick, it's really lovely, and I have been wearing it every day since it dried. (oh look, cat hair!)
After knitting the Plum Tree Slouch, I craved more hat knitting, so I cast on one called Foliage by Emilee Mooney. It's a really cute hat, super easy to knit, and is a free pattern btw. Because it didn't seem to require a huge amount of yarn, I went ahead and foolishly cast on with the 79 grams of Madeline Tosh Vintage in Violin that I had leftover from a bolero and hat* that I knit years ago. Did I mention that Violin is discontinued? And that halfway through the knitting, I was pretty sure that I would not have enough to finish this effing hat? A few days back, I posted a help message on Reddit and Ravelry asking if anyone out there had a small amount to sell/trade-but there were no replies. So today, I decided, fuck it, I'm going to knit to the ribbing and see how far I can get-if I have to, I'll just try to find a complimentary colour in stash. I got to the ribbing, and it seemed like I could eke out a few rows of ribbing with the yarn that was left ...one row of ribbing, going smoothly. Second row of ribbing, yaaas queen! Third row of ribbing, doing alright, getting a little scary. Fourth row of knitting, can I squeeze out one more? Lets do this! Knit the 5th row, started to bind off, and sadly, about 1/3 of the way through, I knew that I was not going to be able to finish the bind off. Soooo, undid the partial bind off, tinked back one row and was able to bind off!!! Boo-ya! Two FOs!
Finished the pattern-is there enough for the ribbing?
[Speaking of hat knitting, I needed new 4.5mm dpns-the ones I currently have are an old pair of knitters pride, and one of them has a fairly deep groove on one side, I've sanded it, and covered it with nail polish (a suggestion I got from a knitting forum) and it hasn't helped. Still catches on everything, very frustrating. Of course, when I was at Maison Tricote this week, I completely forgot to look for dpns, and when I was at Fabricville on Thursday (finally spending a gift certificate that I got for xmas) they didn't have any wooden dpns in 4.5mm. They had Knitpicks Nickle plated dpns in 4.5mm, but ick. I don't like the KP nickle plated needles (I just gave mah knitta my KP interchangeables because I no likey) Luckily, there is another local Fabricville, and while doing errands with mah sweetie on Saturday, we stopped in and they had 4.5mm dpns! With the leftover amount on the gift card, I only had to pay a buck!]
With my leftover Miss Babs Yowza in Candied Pecan, I cast on a pair of Optimistic Mitts. I love these mitts, they are absolutely perfect for spring. I could however, stand to go down a needle size or cast on less stitches next time I make these. Easiest pattern ever, and I love the look of the broken rib.
Smash is still on the needles, but I finally got to 100! I went up to the larger sized needles, and I did a Russian join to add colour B-which is Julie Asselin Piccolo in Dapple Grey (which is a beautiful pale steel blue). I haven't started the lace yet, but I'm close...ish.
I hate to admit it, but I'm terribly bored of knitting this scarf/shawl thingy.
Also, I think we either need to get a new table, or re-finish this one-it's 17/18 yrs old, been through 4 toddlers, 3 moves, numerous artistic endeavors, and the most destructive of all, me.In yarny shoppings:
I've not been buying a lot of yarn lately. There are several reasons for this: I don't actually need new yarn. I'm still hella broke from xmas. I'm not buying anything from the U.S (thanks to our crappy dollar)right now and I prefer to support my local yarn stores even if the Canadian dollar wasn't in the toilet. I have a couple of sweater quantities worth of yarn, plus a bunch of single skeins purchased from xmas gift certificates and I have a pretty decent stash on top of that. All legitimate reasons for not buying yarn, yes?
Except, I have this coin sorter that I dump my change in, and the other day, I noticed the coins weren't able to pass through the slots properly because it was so full. I made C help me, and we rolled everything up. Dude, I had 106$ in change! I've been wanting to buy a set of Leizu Nuances by Julie Asselin for a couple of months now, and I could even get a skein or two of Foxtail Fibres MCN worsted in some kind of speckled yarn (which I've also been lusting after), What better way to spend surprise money?? (and yes, I view change as surprise money).
Did I buy?
No. I did not.
Because when I went to Maison Tricote this week, they only had the pinkish set (aroha?) left. Ugh. I am not knitting and wearing a pinkish-red gradient scarf. I wanted the grey/black gradient (souvenir?). Nor did they have two skeins of the same colourway in the Foxtail Fibres that I was interested in.
meh.
* I knit a hat out of the Madtosh Vintage called Stella-but I hated it once it was knitted. I knit it really well though, and it looked fantastic, just not for me. So I gave it away. *sigh* You can see a picture of the madtosh Stella here. Now, why would I make a second hat, if I didn't like how the first one looked on me? Who does that? Whatever, I love my new madtosh Violin hat!
Bonus Pet picture: Halp! I r stuck in yogurt. Delicious, delicious yogurt!
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