Tonight was knit night at Starbucks AND
…the beginning of beer and wine being served. Oh yeah! I tried a mermaid Pilsner (I think)
from Brooklyn. It was pretty good. It was served with a small dish of spiced pumpkin
seeds. A nice touch. Now let’s get to knitting. I learned to knit in the round on two circular
needles. I normally use the magic loop method when knitting socks or anytime I’m
knitting in the round and the circumference of the item is smaller than the needles. My
knitting buddies kept saying, ” it’s the same as magic loop”. I just wanted to try the two
circular method. They were right. It’s basically the same thing. I now have that technique
under my belt. I needed to try it for myself. We also looked through a book titled, Textured
Knits. Quick and easy step by step projects by Julia Cooper. Beautiful garments, we oohed
and ahhed. The instruction was clear and the diagram were also clear. I am
looking forward to trying a sweater from this book. Next week we will be meeting in the
local library. Starbucks was a little too crowded tonight. Our Starbucks is small to begin
with and I think the beer and wine will make it harder for us to grab a table for a couple of hours.
One of my Saturday at the library knitters had a bag of cotton yarn that she no longer had any use for. I like to knit dishcloths, washcloths and spa cloths so I bought the bag. It contained ten balls of cotton yarn. So far I made a rug and these dishcloths. Two are the traditional and one is the double seed stitch pattern. I use them for dishes and for cleaning and wiping surfaces. The Knit Picks book, 52 weeks of dishcloths is a great resource full of knit and crochet patterns.
Today is knit in the library Saturday. Look at the beautiful project bag that was given to me. My friend Sue made one for each of us. I selected this paisley fabric. I can never have too many project bags. There are five wips on needles.
The hexagon shawl says it’s perfect for your first lace project, that it’s mindless knitting. I couldn’t disagree more. My friends and I saw this shawl at Vogue knitting live in NYC. We fell in love and decided to have a knit along. While it’s been fun getting together once a week, this is far from easy or mindless for me. The fine yarn and open lace pattern makes it difficult for me to read my knitting. As one of my knitting buddies said “you need to knit clean”. A mistake such as a yarn over or yarn splitting isn’t easy to spot. You may (I did) knit these mistakes and include them in your stitch count. So, while I will finish this shawl and will try another lace project, it won’t be anytime soon.
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