Adding and Missing Some
When you’re relegated to the couch and you have this vast collection of yarn, it’s inevitable that you are going to twist that yarn with 2-5 silly sticks and make something. Especially when it makes the internal workings of your arms move around in a way that has to be good.
Now I thought I had pictures on flickr of one project I have been working on but I cannot find them. I blame the percocet. I have been working on the sweater, “Hey Teach” in Mission Falls Cotton. I have all the pieces done and they only need to be sewn together and the neck/button band created. The sleeves took me 6-8 times to complete. Again I blame the percocet. But the sweater is all knit and only has to be finished. This part I am *really* bad at.
Another thing I have been bad at in the past and hopefully have conquered is the picot cuff. I admit: I cannot crochet. So achieving that perfect chain for a provisional caston is out of my grasp. I decided to try a backwards loop cast-on. This was a poor choice as it does not easily unravel. For my next sock I will cast on as per usual then thread a waste yarn through the live stitches. Meanwhile I have one mini-monkey completed. I followed the pattern as written but with 4 repeats and a picot cuff.
I am now working on the twin to this Nanner sock as a gift. Can’t tell for whom in case she reads this.
Meanwhile folks at work sent me this incredible planter. It’s a swing. The center is gerbera daisies (my absolute favorite) and is surrounded by several different annuals. I love it. With the nice spring weather we have I am ready to drop the knitting and start planting and cleaning up outside at the new farm.
Almost ready. There are socks to be knit!
