In Yarn Harlot style, I have taken my partly knit sock out to the streets of the city. I predict that you will see more knitting pictures on this blog in the future, as I seem to have leaped full speed ahead back into this hobby.
I got quite a bit done today on the bus to Commercial Drive for the first session of filming our video "Downhill Both Ways" (we do fun things in planning school), then quite a bit more done as Max and I waited an HOUR for our other group member who unfortunately was the one with the camera.
Then I got quite a lot more knitting done on the bus BACK to UBC because the guy never showed up! We knocked on his door and he's like "oh, hi" and we're like "where the #*^% were you?" And he's like...
Okay, so this could go on and on. The short story is he had no excuse and is just extremely irresponsible and I can't believe I have to work with him!!!
*end rant*
So the sock. I love the sock so far, but am kind of mad at myself for spending so much on the yarn. It's hard to find cheap yarn in Vancouver with stores called things like "Urban Yarns" and "Homecraft Importers". These socks will hopefully end up being warm, comfy and stylish, but will have cost about the same as a pair of Smartwools, and taken hours more than it would to go to the store and buy them. But no need to become obsessed with money, it's fun, and gives me something to do while waiting AN HOUR in the COLD at Broadway and Commercial for a delinquent group member who never showed up! (oops, rant was over)
Back to (somewhat) happy things. Before I started the sock, I decided I should use up some of the big bag of yarn I already have. So I knit a dishcloth. Not just any dishcloth, but a HUGE dishcloth. I don't really know why I didn't start over when only a few rows in I realized that if I was going to make it square, it would be huge. Perhaps I figured if I took it all out that would be it; it would be another two years before I felt the urge to knit again. My roommates assure me that the dishcloth is very nice, and even though as it stretches out we have to fold it several times to be a manageable size, we are still using it three days later. Something very good has come of the huge dishcloth, however. I have learned a very nice texture, the "waffle" knit, and figured how to "K1 in next stitch in row below" after a very long time with Google and trial and error.
Here is the HUGE dishcloth (that has now evidently stretched in a strange way so it is much more rectangular than square), and a close up of the waffle pattern.
4 comments:
Yay! I'm so proud of you and all your knitting. I've been doing dishcloths lately too. I think that one way to avoid the stretching into a rectangle is to knit it corner to corner. (Cast on a few and then increase one stitch per row until you get to desired width and then decrease on your way back.) If that's what you already did, then.. who knows??? :)
And if you'd like the pattern, let me know and I'll send it to you.
Next on my project list is a pair of red lil' devil pants I found in a Stich n' Bitch book for my boy. I'm just waiting until my local yarn store gets the yarn colour(s) I want in. And next is a fancy (and totally useless in the wind) scarf with 'yarn.'
I mean - the pants are for my boy, not the book! ;)
Court! I'm working on a sweater...1/2 hour to my practicum school each way on the bus plus lots of hours in the staff room. I also was knitting in class before the practicum. that was my favourite!
:) I really want to learn socks. Is the pattern hard?
Sheena
Court! I'm working on a sweater...1/2 hour to my practicum school each way on the bus plus lots of hours in the staff room. I also was knitting in class before the practicum. that was my favourite!
:) I really want to learn socks. Is the pattern hard?
Sheena
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