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comfort knitting

Posted on | October 25, 2007 | 6 Comments

When I was home sick last week, I didn’t knit for several days.  When I picked back up the needles, I wanted something easy that wouldn’t require thought or math or even purling.  So I knit a garter stitch scarf out of the yarn I had just spun.  I didn’t even set the twist. You’re allowed to break rules when you’re sick.  You can also eat all the ice cream you want.

I knit it on US 13s, lengthwise.  I worried that it wouldn’t be long enough to do “the loop” but it’s plenty long, taller than me actually.

Now you all know I have a double chin.  Oh well.  There are worse things in life.

The tussah silk Abby dyed MAKES this scarf, imo.  And it’s finally cold enough to wear it!

I also knit this.  That bag is not impressive.  Minerva Turkey’s bag IS.  Shannon took a *yawn* pattern and turned it into a really fabulous bag.  Check it out.

Unfortunately, I had to frog it all on Monday.  I was trying to do math while feverish and since I didn’t want a bag quite as large as Shannon’s, I decided to cast on fewer stitches.  I’d almost finished it (all the above yarn was knit) when I realized that I should’ve made the stripes narrower, rather than cutting the length and after felting, the current length I had would result in a 6″ tall, 15″ wide purse.  And that’s just not the look I was going for. 

I WILL reknit this, maybe at SAFF, but it will be my secondary project because I have finished the second sleeve on my Stripey-Tweedy sweater and now all the stitches are on one needle!  That will be my primary project this weekend.  I hope I can find some cool handmade buttons to accent the cuffs and neckline. 

I also sewed in the zipper on my SAFF sweater!  It took an hour and a half (sewing by hand) and it looks pretty good!  I’d have pictures, but it was raining last night and I really can’t complain about that.  But at least – it is DONE – and I won’t have to wear ickrylic or be otherwise punished for not meeting the challenge!  Hurrah!

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