FO: Elemental Boatneck

Elemental Boatneck



Needle
US 3 / 3.25 mm
US 4 / 3.5 mm

Yarn
Elsebeth Lavold Hempathy
6.15 skeins = 941.0 yards (860.4m)
034 Pale Silver

Ravelry Page



I really, really, REALLY wished I would have listened to that little voice inside my head that I ignore all too often and added a few more inches of length to the body.

That being said, I do like this pattern.

How To Write a Catch-up Post in 5 Minutes

So. Busy. This. Week.

I've had so many interesting things going on the last couple weeks to blog about, but I haven't found the brainpower and/or time to do it.

For example, I could have told you about how AWESOME the bread turned out, and how DELICIOUS it was slathered with the roasted-tomato puree and fresh Parmesan.



I could also talk about how my trip over to knitpicks.com for some Bare Sock Yarn ended up yielding me some new stash.





Or maybe about my experience of finally learning how to shoot 2 of the 4 guns that currently reside in our house.



Of course there is also my completed Elemental Boatneck, and how I'm not digging the way it fits me but is perfect for my sister.



There was also the incident where I nearly died laughing upon picking up Viva from her first trip to the groomer in 2 years. Bows on a cat? Really?



Finally there was the newest installment of the Shi-Bui Sock Project that Lisa and I have had in progress since July [See Ravelry for previous installments]



But again, I don't have the time or the brainpower. Maybe next week.

Obligatory Knitting Post

Contrary to the fact that I haven't really talked about it on Ye Old Blog, I am still knitting.



I've got an embarrassing amount of WIPs, and have really only been working on Elemental Boatneck. I've finished up both the sleeves and am almost ready to divide for the front/back on the body piece. I sucked it up and ordered a 7th ball of yarn, because I knew if I didn't add at least 3 inches of length to the body I'd never wear it.



If you click to enlarge that photo (look to the lower right), you will see the battle wounds the body piece sustained when I accidentally dragged it half-way across the parking lot at Whole Foods on Tuesday. Apparently the yarn was still in my purse as I exited the car... oops. I tried to spot clean it, but I'm hoping the Euclean can take care of the rest.

On a final note, do you know how hard it is to knit and watch TV when you have this staring at you, sending you body language that screams "PLLLLLLLLLLLLEASE throw me the ball!"


Please ignore how ridiculously dusty the coffee table is. It's amazing what some flash photography can bring out!

8.7.09

When I headed to the coast this weekend, I took three projects with me: Traveling Bandit, Elemental Boatneck, and the mini-KAL socks.


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!