Plays With Yarn

Since it didn’t occur to me that it was Wednesday yesterday until well after the sun had gone down, here are some pictures of what I have on the needles.

As opposed to yesterday, of the head-very-hurty.  I was actually in bed before 9, if that tells you anything.

Wednesday’s WIP update:  Baana received a few rows, Trellis is to the point of collar, blocking, and making up, and Rimefrost is on the first gusset.  I think of this list, I will work on finishing Trellis first, then Rimefrost, and Baana will be my carrying around project.

Also, apparently the Ravelry group for the 2010 UFOlympics has been formed.  I’m tempted to join.

I’m a little out of practice.  That’s really the only thing I can blame for being THIS SORE after just a little bit of spinning.  I’ve apparently forgotten how to stay relaxed while drafting, because my shoulders and back are feeling very delicate right now.

So, here is my vow to spin more often, for small bits of time.  (I do believe there is a Ravelry group devoted to this idea, so I’m certainly not the only one!)  I should be able to carve out 10 minutes a day–heck, I sit doing nothing for longer than that, might as well be doing something, right?

I’m probably later than EVERYONE IN THE KNITTERVERSE with this news, but there are a large number of designers on Ravelry who are donating all or part of the proceeds from their for-sale patterns to the relief effort in Haiti.  Casey added a special tag so you can find those patterns really easily, and here is the list.

…perhaps that means I’ll get more actual spinning done!  I’ve been neglecting my spinning wheel, even though I’m mid-project.

Here’s what’s on the wheel right now:

It’s wool of some sort.  I’m not sure exactly what it is–it’s one of the crimpier fibers.  It’s actually the first fiber I ever bought, two years ago when I got into this whole spinning nonsense.  I’m not sure how I’m going to ply it either.  It’d be nice to do something new, but I kind of want to perfect my 2-ply technique before I try to throw a new skill into the mix.

I’ll probably spin more of this tonight after my dinner finally finishes cooking *glares at recipe*

Dammit, I already missed a day.  The positive side is, I didn’t really have much to say.  Nor do I really have much to say today about knitting.

News though: I’ve finished the 2nd sleeve for Trellis.  Still have to knit the collar, then the blocking and making up.  Then my friend’s son will have a wee sweater!

But some of us have more than others.

So guess who forgot to take WIP pictures before the sun went down!  I suppose that’s okay because most of them look no different from last week.  Baana, Calvin & Ripple, and CPH had no work done on them this past week.  There are two socks still awaiting frogging.

I’ve started a new project, Rimefrost socks, with the blue and gray yarn I posted about on Friday.  I haven’t made much progress on them yet; I’ve been taking them on the bus with me, but since it’s the first week of classes, there hasn’t been enough elbow room to knit on the bus.  (Sadly, it’ll clear out fairly soon.)

As for Trellis, I’m working my way down the second sleeve.  I’ve also attached the shoulder seams and woven in most of the ends on the fronts and the back.  If I were smart, I would have blocked the body the day I attached the shoulders, but I still have to do the collar.  I’m going to find a way to attach it as I knit, rather than sew it on after the fact.

Off to continue a sleeve.

I seem to have escaped the sleeve black hole, because the first one is done and the second is started.  (Barely, but that still counts as started.)

This of course means I’m that much closer to the making up of the sweater.  On that note, does anyone have any favorite links or print resources talking about seaming on reverse stockinette or seed stitch?  I can handle mattress stitch on regular stockinette, but I’ve never done it on reverse.  Thanks!

In case anyone was wondering, the sleeve black hole is equally relevant no matter what size sweater you are doing.  I’m firmly entrenched in said black hold on this BABY sweater I’m working on.  I just knit 2 rows and lost a quarter inch.

This is the Madli Shawl, in green Malabrigo Lace.  It started driving me mad somewhere around the middle, because the stitch repeat was long enough to not be able to memorize, but short enough to be insanely repetitive in a stole.  It’s gorgeous and floaty, however.

What’s your favorite 2009 FO?