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Knitting Update
June 08, 2005
On Monday night on the train I found a hole a few rows back in bloom. I tugged at either side with my hands to see if anything would fall, was it a dropped stitch?? But no, it was more like an accidental yarn over.. a wee little button hole.
So I sighed and started trying to tink back. Fourish rows in this dificult to see tweed on tiny needles will take me forever I thought. I only got about one row back before it all started to become complicated and I wasn't sure I was doing it right, was I always picking the correct loop etc so I put it down.
Then yesterday I tried to do the put a thin needle through the vs a few rows back and rescue it, but it just wasn't working out.
so I picked up french market bag # 2 and have been working on that till I can get some help.
But now I'm thinking, rather than rush getting help and be stressed about it, I'll start on the front piece and leave this one on a holder or another needle, until next knitting meet or something when I can arrange some help.
My only concern is I was thinking the neckline does not go deep enough and would choke me, so was going to see how the back came out and then modify the front piece accordingly. But I would say I could just make the judgement that I need to decrease say five more stitches and feel comfortable with that.
anyhoo, i now have quite a lot of french market bag #2 done - perhaps a third. It is only very loosely a french market bag, my troubles with the extremely disappointing first have given me lots of insight into how to do exactly what I wanted! And though I've become disenfranchised with my colour choice (a pale green) I've decided I will line it and do some sashiko embroidery like over at wee wonderfuls when it's done, and perhaps some additional decoration like a button collage or who knows what! I may even purchase some magnetic snaps to do a really proper job on the seal.
So that will all be happening over the next few months as and when I need a break - but bloom is still the primary focus and I will be starting the front post haste.
The yarn for simply marilyin hasn't shipped yet, but I still have about three weeks worth of bloom work easily so no probs there.
Note to self: take some pictures of bloom iss-ewe and french market bag progress and post here!
here's french market. For the life of me I could not get a non blurry shot of the bloom hole. It needs an extreme close up. I will draw a pic at some point of what I am trying to achieve re french market.. but in a nutshell it will be a thin rectangular base, and quite tall.. so very different in proportion to my first one, which, frankly, sucks the ass. So to speak.
In terms of ignored WIPS - I still have a 90% complete lacy scarf based on the last minute knitted gifts airy scarf - I doubled it in width and height and modified it a bit, knitted most of it, and then put it down as the yarn feels gross. I wish I'd just not started really, or used something else! Silly girl. And then I have kyoto not even one half complete since it was restarted in cotton after I became disenfranchised with the cosy. It's really not like me not to finish things, but, well.. I have lost all inspiration. So don't expect a further update on that for a while!
I was going to be knitting furiously on something for michael's sister right now, but the kidsilk haze I ordered never arrived. It's now been three weeks, sigh.. So that will move to a later in the year project, perhaps christmas. At least this way I can discuss it with her rather than seeking the surprise, and now I have a few ideas beyond what I was originally planning... I'm so cryptic aren't I? I'm just not good at blogging regularly and now I have so many things to post I can't be bothered being detailed.
Did I mention I still love both my clapotis so very much? And any day I don't wear them is, by default, substandard??
Posted by lee_taylor at June 8, 2005 03:18 PM