Thursday 10 December 2009

Slow

I'm still here, just not with much to show for my efforts lately. The adirondack socks have stalled. I finished one and started the second only to discover that they are not comfortable underfoot. The stitch used is elongated single crochet worked in the round and in a more springy yarn it might be fine, but the bamboo yarn I used is more firm and not squishy at all. So, I'll probably rip and use the yarn for something else.



The woven scarves are taking forever, although the end is in sight now which is just as well, since one of them is earmarked for a gift.

I started a sweater in green with a lacy pattern copied from one I knitted years ago from a Sandra magazine. The back is done, but the front is waiting for me to work out the neck shaping before I continue.

I started a Topsy Turvy Moebius scarf in a fluffy grey yarn (Stylecraft Pavlova) and I'm just about ready to start the second ball now.

I'm a good bit further on that this picture shows, but it shows the twist quite well.

Apart from a simple plain pair of socks which match colourwise within a few stitches, I think that's about it. Ooh, I forgot the hat I just cast on for my son, this is in very chunky yarn on 7mm needles, and I hope I've got the size right.

The most exciting news is that I'm getting a table loom for Christmas, well I actually have it now, but we are building a new castle for it with 8 shafts to replace the 4 it came with. Hopefully, I'll be up and running before long.