This whole getting dark at 4:00 thing? Ugh. It’s not leaving me much time to get decent photos of my WIPs for y’all. So pretend you can see what I’m talking about.
Jaime’s fingerless gloves: I finished the thumb gusset on glove #1 on the bus home from campus today. I told Jen a couple of days ago (before I started increasing for the gusset) that I was excited that the yarn wasn’t pooling. Then I started increasing! Oh, well. It’s unique. I’m also not sure I’m wowed by Wollmeise. It feels cottony to me, and it’s twisting up more than any yarn I’ve ever used. I have to let it hang and untwist every round. These are a quick knit though. I may need some of my own.
Mad about Plaid socks: Both gussets are done, and I’m trying to work on the foot on both of them. Problems: (1) I’m trying to concentrate on the fingerless gloves, since they’re a gift and (2) the exciting bits of the sock are done. The foot is 2×2 rib, and when I’m working on 2 at the same time, it’s extra boring. The fun bits made up for it though.
Andamento socks: When I got this sock club shipment, I liked the yarn, but I wasn’t overjoyed by it. It was pretty enough, but not amazing. Then I started knitting up the sock. Now the yarn is amazing. (It’s Koigu, in a orangey-red/teal/blue/lavender/gray mix. I know, I know, it sounds bizarre, but it’s lovely.) Almost to the first heel flap, even though I’m reworking the pattern for 64 stitches. (Seriously, Koigu at 7 sts/in? That just sounds bumpy underfoot.)
Mystic Earth scarf: I’m about a third of the way through the third clue. Keep this in mind when I say what I’m about to say, as I’m over halfway through the scarf….got it in mind? Okay. I think I’m going to frog it. It’s not because I dislike the pattern, or the yarn, or the combination of the yarn and the pattern. It’s not because I dislike the fabric I’m getting. Far from it, I love all of these. It’s just that the more I look at it, the more I realize the pattern wants to be a stole, not a scarf. The pattern just looks too narrow for the amount of border around it. I hate frogging things, but it’s better than working through a project I’m not completely happy with.
If I’m around during daylight hours tomorrow, I’ll post some pics.