Taking stock
Thank you for the comments about Blueprint. The temperature went down significantly on Saturday and Sunday and I actually got to wear it; now it’ll go in the closet until the fall. It was a great self-directed workshop and I learned a lot, so I won’t beat myself up too much about the problems that jump out at me when I look at it and, especially, when I wear it. Some things I was able to troubleshoot; others I put down to experience — that thing you only get after you need it — and I am taking notes and filing for future use. About that, you’ll see some tales of caution in the next few days that I will then organize under the “Knitbits” page (that will appear in the top menu bar) to make them easy to find. I hope that you’ll find something useful in the mix. Among the tips/techniques that
will show up first are: gauge swatches, color dominance, and grafting. The past few days have been more about taking stock than getting stuff done. For one thing, having finished a project that had sucked all my time for 6+ weeks, I had a bit of post-FO depression, then our house was taken over by construction workers and between that and the usual sleep problems, it’s been impossible for me to focus on anything.
While this is going on, I am conducting a census of most of my knitting needles. Over the years I managed to scatter my needles in such a way that occasionally I buy sizes I already have and forget to procure the ones I need. I had started to record sizes and length/width in Ravelry, but never quite got the whole job done because the interface does not provide all the sizes I use, and I’d rather keep all my information in one place. The only other thing I am doing now is knit some gauge swatches with Holst Garn Supersoft held double and Harrisville Design Shetland. The Blueprint hat got stalled because of a major goof and the pattern for the pullover is also languishing because now I have ideas for new things and my brain refuses to wrap up the old stuff. Oh, and I’ve been making and eating lots of apple cakes to make the most ofthe last good Pink Ladies.
Posted by Francesca | 3 comments
Annie
I know exactly what you mean about the inadequacies of Ravelry’s needle chart … I’ve given up I have so many needles that aren’t included there. I think I need to have a needle census here too.
Good luck with the building renovations :)
Lydia
Well, that looks like a fun, not really, but it will be nice to see the end result.
I love Pink Lady apples! They are my absolute fave!
fleegle
But think how lovely your house will look when it’s finished!