I gave up on the Saigon scarf (rav link). Not because there was anything wrong with the pattern per se, but I do feel that the photo was a little misleading. The scarf was photographed on a child (how did I miss that?) and so it looked about twice as wide as it actually worked out to be. I guess if I had read the dimensions, I would have realized that right away, but I didn't. So, I frogged it, and started over with a new pattern from a knitting lace book I purchased.
The pattern is called Victorian Ruby (rav link) and can be found in Victorian Lace Today. It's a fantastic book, and I'm really enjoying kitting this piece. I'm almost finished the first section!
I finally finished off a piece that's been hanging around for about a month. I knit this neckwarmer on a wim for my friend Rin when I was home visiting last month, and was waiting on buttons. I ended up ordering them from Prisma on Etsy. The buttons are awesome, and I'm mailing out the scarf next week.
There's more sad news on the socks. This is the second pattern I've tried with this yarn, and I've had to frog them again. It's just so disappointing. The yarn has absolutely NO give, and so if I'm off even slightly, I can't get them over my foot. I am so frustrated. This yarn did not want to be Jaywalker *sigh* I'll finish the lace piece above, then I might try a different pattern. Ugh.
In happier news, keep watching for my blogoversary contest coming up! I've been getting a lot more comments lately, and they've been brightening my day. Thank you.
Monniblog is having a contest to celebrate 1000 posts! Head on over and celebrate with her, it's quite an accomplishment!
After talking about it with people and amassing advice, I frogged my socks. They just weren't going to fit, and if they shrank at all, I would never get them on my feet. So I'm starting over, and probably with a different pattern just to keep myself interested.
In my disappointment, I'm taking a break from that project, and have started some shortie socks. They're kind of cute ^_^
First things first, head on over to MariKnit's blog. She's holding a contest to celebrate her 100th post! Woo!
As I mentioned in my last post, poor Endpaper was doomed to the land of the frogs, and I had to restart with larger needles. I was sad, but coincidentally, the Yarn Harlot posted on her blog about having to frog what she had been working on, and I didn't feel quite so bad about it. Anyway, here's a pic of how far I've gotten this time, and it fits now ^___^
I have a terrible cold. I'm coughing and not sleeping (hence the 4AM post) and I'm exhausted!!! At least there's Ravelry to keep me entertained. I would knit if I weren't so damned tired. I'm up because I was feeling so sad about keeping my fiancé awake. It's not his fault that I can't sleep, and he shouldn't have to suffer.
I frogged Endpaper on the weekend. It was very sad, but they just weren't going to fit. I had to go up a needle size, which hopefully will help them to knit up faster, since I'm very slow with fair isle. It is fair isle, right? Not intarsia? Anyway, almost done the first repeat of the pattern and as soon as it's worth showing, I'll take a progress pic or two.
I guess I can post old progress pics can't I? I don't want to leave this post photo-less so enjoy pics of a knitting that no longer exists. Yay~! You can see more info on my ravelry page.
So here I am, browing blogs, and I discover a post about "dead girl"… please enjoy the stupidity. I know I did. XP
Anyone hear of Mystical Creation Yarns? Apparently she's run a bit of scam involving crap orders and playing dead… she recently created a second business, Visionary Yarns…
read more about her here:
http://moderngypsy.livejournal.com/1648691.html
