Morning Routine
Collect camera and knitting and go downstairs. Make a note of the temperature. Wish fervently that there were two digits in the number instead of one. Put the water on for tea (this stuff, I’m addicted). Put on a pot of oatmeal. Put on a sweater and hat and shoes. Go out on the back porch. Think filthy things about the wind and its effect on exposed skin. Recall that the pot of oatmeal puts a built in time limit on this little bout of picture taking and get butt in gear. Whack knitting down on the porch railing. Waggle fingers around to encourage circulation. Get a few quick and dirty snapshots totally abandoning artistic merit in the hopes of avoiding frostbite. Come inside (don’t forget the knitting and the camera) and hop up and down on top of the heating vent for a moment. Finish oatmeal. Feed the blog.
And yes, for those plaing careful attention, there are two separate pieces of knitting. They’re both due to get a wee bit taller, and then I’m due to spend some serious time indulging my unnatural fondness for grafting (no really, it’s awesome, I like it). The two piece approach seemed the best way to keep the little ruffly edge with which I am so unreasonable smitten. And it’s lace, it will look amazingly more polished once blocked. Give me a day or two and it will be much less rumpled.
P.S. The color is a wee bit off. It’s actually a bit closer to the green in the previous picture. If I were a good website monkey, or if it were warmer outside, I’d fix it. But I’m not. It’s not. We’ll just pretend the yarn went a bit blue around the edges with cold.
I used to think I liked grafting. The socks I just finished have a double knit hem. That’s 128 stitches manipulated over 12 rows and then grafted together. For each sock. that hem took me longer than the entire sock to knit.
Grafting sucks.
I love the colour more today than yesterday. Yarn lust!
Wow! The things you do for the sake of the blog. I also love grafting! It’s so satisfying to sew two pieces of knitting together and not be able to tell where you did it!
I went to take pictures outside on Saturday thinking “oh, it’s only 15 degrees. I can probably be out at least 5 minutes.” I overestimated. Dropped my knitting in the snow and just took the darn picture then quickly ran back inside. It’s way too cold. I would definitely not have braved the outside for pictures today.
are you really using square needles…had to come back and make sure I was seeing…..what I thought I saw…
love the cowl and adore square needles….
Yes, those are the Kollage square dpns in a size 6. I’ve got a few sets and I love them.