The 2×2 hem is growing on my Bibliophile 2. I’m on the home stretch, I think? I have over an inch thus far on these tiny needles.
PB has passed level three swim and I got to enjoy an only sort of hot Saturday morning in the shade. My ball of yarn is shrinking but I’m also making growing progress on the hem. It’s just a race now!
Happy Knitting!!
Okay, I honestly have slogged through the rest of the stockinette body of my Bibliophile 2. By It wasn’t that much in reality but I was ready to be done.
I have gone down needle sizes. One more even than the sleeves. Why? I couldn’t find my 5s so I used 4s. This Berroco Vintage DK really relaxes anyway so I don’t think the difference will be noticeable. (Fingers crossed)
Now I just have inches and inches of 2×2 rib to do. I have a pretty good chunk of skein left. My plan might be to knit the rest of this skein and not crack into the last skein unless I absolutely have to.
I’ll see how much this skein makes in fabric.
Happy Knitting!!
I pulled my 2018 Cozy Knitter Advent socks from my work bag the other evening for a night meeting and the project bag was SOAKED.
Honestly it was both wet and stained a pink/orange color. I have NO idea what could have happened. It didn’t smell bad and I don’t remember putting any liquids inside my work back pack. It was bizarre
Luckily, the bag seems to have held the damage. I couldn’t inspect the socks in the moment and I kept knitting because they felt dry to the touch. But I pulled them out at home and I don’t sees any discoloration. I have since put them in a new bag and I am putting the project bag through the wash. And now I will always wonder how to solve this mystery….
Happy Knitting!
Okay, the Bibliophile 2 needed some tweaking. I let the sweater fully block and dry before I tried it on. And it was….interesting.
The sleeves were WAY too long and the body was not long enough. Which is fine, as all hte stitches were still live. So I ripped back 2 inches of each sleeve and cast off. I can still cuff each sleeve or let them go past the wrist to my knuckles unfolded.
And then I need to keep knitting on the body. I think at least another inch to two inches on the body before I start the 2×2 ribbing for the hem. I don’t want to be tugging at the lenght but I also don’t want to be swimming in length either. This will surely test my math skills with the blocked versus unblocked gauge.
Happy Knitting!!
I have been feeling the itch of the Bibliophile 2 and to see where I am at after much knitting
I put the sweater body stitches on my stitch cord and the sleeve stitches were already on waste yarn so into the bath it went! I wanted to see how much this Berroco Vintage DK would grow under the full weight of the sweater.
I borrowed my parents patio table that happens to be rust free metal and well ventilated. This worked until the tornado warning and thunderstorm rolled in. Thankfully I got most of th sweater dry in the 100 degree heat and pulled it in before the rain. I am going to let this finish drying and then do a try on to see where I am at.
Happy Knitting!!
My conference in Chicago had me in ballrooms for eight solid hours over two days. And this place was FREEZING. I was actively shivering for the first four hour session. I honestly knit on my 2018 Advent Socks just to keep my fingers from falling off.
I would knit a stripe on one sock and then switch to knit on the same stripe on the second sock. I think I confused the lady at my table but I had the irresistible urge to keep them “even”, lol. I am on color 14 of the 24, so just over the halfway point.
As with some previous advent socks, I think I will do the 2×2 ribbed cuff in the last four colors of the self striping skein. So I need to keep count when I hit color 20. I bet I mess that up on at least one of the socks.
Happy Knitting!!
It’s hot as BLAZES here in the Midwest and here I am knitting a super bulky cowl….
The second Sharing Creativity Cowl is now joined in the round. Because I did use a little bit of the end of the first skein from the first project, I do plan to add at least a couple of rows to the height of this cowl. I think it will improve the fit of the finished accessory but also maximize the use of yarn.
Will I end up playing yarn chicken, maybe? But it will feel good to finish this yarn and mark complete in my stash. Will I buy Caracol again….maybe, for the right project. To keep in my stash….probably not.
Happy Knitting!!
This past Saturday Jellybean had an 8 am baseball game. While I was grateful for the cooler temps it was less than ideal to get up early on my day off. The things I do for being a mom. So I grabbed some energy and my 2018 Advent Socks and watched our team win and my son be MVP of the game.
I recently upgraded to a rocking camp chair and it makes all the difference in the world. I feel more comfortable for knitting ergonomics and I can rock out the anxiety of the close plays and my kid’s at bats.
I think I added at least two stripes per sock during this game. I need to count to determine how far I am into the 24 stripes I am for these socks. Socks make such an easy thing to travel with and drop quickly when a foul ball comes at me or PB.
Happy Baseball Knitting!!
My Bibliophile 2 made it all the way through vacation!
I am still cruising down the main body of the sweater. The pattern states I need 15 inches from the underarm and I’m at roughly 10 (ish) depending on how and where I measure. So lots of round and round left. I do think I will pull out all the sleeve stitch markers as they make a lot of noise and aren’t necessary anymore.
It’s shaping up to be a nice sweater and I think I just got a pair of Stitch Fix pants that will make a lovely fall or winter outfit with this finished sweater. So that is my motivation to finish!
Happy Knitting!!
While in the Seattle airport I stretched my legs and found some lotion bars in a cute tourist trap in the terminal. I was steadily cruising through the Second Green Hat and my hands were dry from the mohair sucking all the oils off my hands.
I picked up a local chocolate bar and this small tin of Bee Bar Lotion. The lotion bar was pretty decent quality too. Fairly robust on the lanolin and bee’s wax that left my hands moisturized but also with a barrier. The mohair was a little stickier until the lotion fully absorbed but it felt nice on my hands.
The last leg of the flight was headed into some thunderstorms in the Midwest. So I admit that I was furiously knitting waiting to see if we were going to get home. I managed to finish the hat on the flight and do a little more work on my advent socks.
The lovely couple next to me complimented me on my hat! Now I just need to wash this hat and weave in the last tail.
Happy Knitting!!
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