Insubordiknit

All cocked up and no place to go

Knitting has suddenly turned against me. Evil lurks within my sticks. Ugh. I cast on for the honeymoon cami last night in an attempt to (1) get a sexy new tank and (2) use up some knit picks crayon yarn I bought a while back. It was terrible. Utterly. I spent like, 2 hours on 4 freakin' rounds. It's not even a hard lace pattern (not that I'd know) but the combo of the pattern with the soft but textured-and-totally-without-any-elasticity yarn, SUCKED. The ripping was a pleasure, a pleasure I tell ya I lauged like a maniac - bwahahaha! So this morning I cast on for tempting and it was like dejaSUCK. Well, except that it was an easy knit and I got 4 inches before I decided that the whole thing needed a less chunky look. Smaller needles. Back in the bag, baby. I don't even know if I like this pattern. I'm afraid I'll get ever so bored knitting 2x2 rib for, like, a million inches. Why am I knitting it, you ask? I have no answer. I am very much not a ribbon girl. Still, there must be something about it that makes me want to knit it -- I'll let you know when I find it.

Finally, tonight I cast on for the honeymoon cami again, and that's a big step for me, not just moving on to another pattern and givin this one the big sideways slap to the ass. This time I used some strange cotton called Luxor DK. I've never heard of it but there it was, in my stash, and a pretty burnt umber color to boot. It's a bit splitty and seems to actually squeak, but I managed to make it through the lace pattern without any major problems and it seems like the drape is nice. Who knows, it may be ripped out the next time we jaw.

I think I'm gonna use the knitpicks crayon for Tivoli, assuming it works out in the guage department and I don't have 2 circular needles jabbed in my eyesockets

Yeah, so not so happy on the knitterly front. However, on the spinnerly front, things are moving alone at an acceptable, pace.

I spun up the red/orange/yellow roving from a few posts back and while I cocked it up by spinning it a bit thicker than I planned and thereby only spun up 250 yards plied instead of the 350 I hoped for. It's quite nice, if not a bit ropey. I call it peach fuzz because over all, it's like an overripe peach.

Posted by jacey at July 7, 2005 11:55 PM