Category: Knittastic!

Ok, ok, so on my SP5 survey I said I was going to start some socks. Then, somewhere on Saturday, I started looking at the Koigu. It was longing. Waiting. Ready. And so I did it – I started my Charlotte’s Web shawl. I just transitioned from color number 3 to color number 4. Now that I’m down in the wider section, it is taking a lot longer to do each row. However, I just have 3 repeats left (I have already done 6 repeats) so it should go pretty fast – I hope to have it done by this weekend.

Yes, I am a knitting machine.

My first sock!

The yarn is from Knit Picks, and I figured out the “Magic Loop” method to avoid using DPNs. Size US 2, 40″ Addi. I used the 56 Stitch, 56 Row sock pattern that Donna recommended, but I tweaked it for my own foot size – and it fits perfectly!

Now I’m speed knitting sock #2 because I have other things I *really* want to be knitting, but this guy must have a mate first.

The Clapotis, complete! Made using 7 balls of Plymouth Yarn “Bella Colour” in color #17, a blue/grey blend. The yarn is 55% cotton/45% acrylic and can be machine washed. I used a US 6 Addi Turbo, but in hindsight I wish I had used a US 7. It was very hard to work on this again after working on the lace – the yarn did not have a lot of give, and it was noticeable because I felt like I was forcing every stitch when I picked it back up to work on it.

I already have the yarn for the next Clapotis I will be making – the Blue-Faced Leicester yarn from Paradise Fibers in the Bordeaux color that I love, just like Julia’s beautiful Clapotis. Matter of fact, I bought the yarn while sitting next to her in a panel at SXSW!

I’m not sure if anyone other than the knitters out there will get it, but in honor of the next installation of Star Wars coming out in a few days, I must point out …

STASH WARS

We see dpn’s shooting across the screen. Stashtroopers as well as Rebel fighters go down. We hear the furious CLICKCLICKCLICK of the pointed weapons as:

Both droids exit into escape pod.
——–
Scene 2: EXT Yarngaba Desert DAY

C3-2front: K2P2 this is all your fault! Now we’ve lost our place in the pattern and we’ll never find our way back.
K2P2: bleepblangbloo

[via (I think) Kelly at Marmalade, or one of the other 8 blogs I had open when I started this post. All found through Kelly, so she gets the credit.]