My grrr, he has no face. And while that really fits the mood I’ve been in lately, it’s not the reason he is without. He’s without because he’s already had his first bath and I am waiting on him to dry before filling him in.
My thoughts on the pattern? I’m so glad you asked.
First, I used the single strand version, because the yarn I was using matched the suggested single strand yarn pretty closely, if anything it was a tidge thicker. That being noted, I found the washcloth to be both smaller and thinner than I would have thought based on the pictures shown. You do realize this pretty quickly when you go to cast on and see it’s only 24 stitches, but still, I just expected something larger, thicker, and just having more substance. On the upside, I have already road-tested the little bugger and have plans to make another with the remaining yarn and try it double stranded with another. At the very least, it’s a super quick (only a few hours), super cute knit, that makes a great gift for kids of all ages. Especially if you throw in a nice bar of handmade soap to go with it.
I finished up spinning the hot red (you know, hot pink + red) BFL and believe I have a little over 800 yards of it. I have no current plans for it, so it’s just going into the stash. I have concluded that I just don’t love BFL, and I want to love the fibers I spin, so I probably won’t be getting any more of it.
But I do like the Merino/Silk 80/20 that I picked up at MSW. I’ve started spinning on the purple.
The green will be started almost as soon as the purple is done. I originally planned to do one of those chevron scarfs with these two fibers, but now, I am not so sure. I’ll need to test my sockapalooza sock pal pattern once I get it written up, and these colors would do just as well for a pair of those socks as they would for the scarf. Or maybe even a different pair of stranded socks. Decisions decisions……
In other news, I’ve signed on for MS3. That would be Mystery Stole, not Mystery Shawl. I’ll never do another Mystery Shawl again after my previous experiences with them. The Mystery Stole however, is run by Melanie. And the result from MS2 is a pattern I purchased a few months back, but just haven’t gotten around to making. (Like everything else I have patterns for I might add.) So when I saw that MS3 was happening, I jumped on it. I don’t know that I’ll get it done on time, or even that I’ll start it when everyone else does. It really depends on how complicated the pattern is. If it’s a small easy repeat, I’m on it. If it’s not, well, I just don’t have the concentration needed for long non-repeating rows right now, so it will have to wait until I do. Other than that, I say if you are interested, come join us, but be warned, the group is HUGE, and the emails produced by the group right now are…. overwhelming in numbers.
And finally, yesterday, I took a class with Lucy Neatby. It on finishing and it was lovely. You haven’t lived until Lucy Neatby looks at your grafting and calls it beautiful. The only negative thing about the class was two women that would just not shut the hell up. And to these two women, I have only this to say…
I don’t give a rat’s ass about you and your health care situation, or who you think is politically responsible for it, or what Oprah says about it. Nor do I think a knitting class is the place to discuss it. Furthermore, stop arguing with teacher dammit. I didn’t pay to hear you talk. I paid to hear Lucy talk. So kindly extend the rest of us the courtesy we have extended you and shut. the. fuck. up.
And honestly, I wish I could have said that to them, but as an employee at that shop, even if it’s just one day a week and every now and then, I can’t. But I can sure as hell think it.
The blocking shot. As you’ll see in the detail shot, it’s wrongside up.
As a stole (also pre-wash/block)
