My 7-year-old cousin was really proud of this 'sculpture' he came up with using my size 2 dpns and the ShiBui sock yarn
I woke up on August 1 and cast on the socks. I knit along happily outside watching the water.
I was obviously distracted by the water because 1) I knit the entire cuff in K1, P1 rib (should have been K1, P2 rib), and 2) I didn't notice the evil POOLING that was going on.
So I ripped it out, and after redoing the cuff I realized what Lisa had already figured out - we would not be happy with the pooling on these. Le sigh. So now this has been earmarked as "the Non-Pooling Sock Project". Upon Lisa's return from Sock Summit we are going to decide on something else (stranded or Mosaic?) that will eliminate that problem.
So I worked on the Elemental Boatneck most of the weekend instead.
Despite the fact that it's slow-going, I really like Linen Stitch. I'm about 50% finished - through 1/2 the body and 1 sleeve. I am concerned that this is going to be too short and that I am not going to have enough yarn - oh well. That means I'll have to buy more, and if I have to buy it at Webs, I'll have to buy enough to get the 25% discount, right?
Speaking of buying more yarn - I made it 10 weeks without purchasing more but I broke down because I needed another skein of Ultra Alpaca for Traveling Bandit (not posting photos here because I think the recipient may read this - see Ravelry), so I ended up getting:
Wisdom Yarns Poem Sock, for some knee-highs (I also really like the Ombre look) and...
Berroco Lustra in Rodin Bronze, and the Lustra Pattern Book. I am deciding between Lexical and Loope (going to eventually do both). Thoughts?
On to another cool, lovely, lazy vacation day. The difference today is that I slept until 915, so my morning productivity is out the door. Cest la vie!
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