Rushing headlong into summer with a lapful of wool
Knitting…ah, knitting. Remember that? (You know…that thing we do with our hands while we read…No, not that. The other thing…) It hasn’t been getting much press around here lately. That doesn’t mean it hasn’t been happening. I had no time at all, basically, to knit this past semester. (Yes, yes we know, Cari. We heard all about it, pretty much constantly. Tragic. We wept for you. Move on.) Well, I’ve now fully recovered from my first year in MFA land and have thrown myself back into the world of yarny goodness. Thrown myself back into it in my usual way. You can call it ADD. I prefer to call it fiber polygamy. Yes, I can love more than one sweater at a time, and even some socks.
The Debbie Bliss Rosy jacket is coming along nicely. I’ll probably finish the back tonight and cast on for one of the fronts. Perhaps that’s what I’ll bring with me when I meet Em and Iris for coffee and knitting at KnitNY tomorrow. Iris has threatened to throw yarn at me (it’s a long story) but I’m going to show up anyway. The yarn I’m using for Rosy, a cashmere merino blend from School Products, is fantastic. I see many more cones of it in my future.
The DB Ribbed Jacket is exactly where it was two weeks ago. I finished the back and one front and haven’t touched it since. I should probably cast on for the other front soon, before I lose momentum. But all that ribbing, in slippy, splitty yarn (cotton cashmere) on size four needles… well…it feels like a lifetime from casting on to casting off for each piece. Gotta get back to it, though. I really want to wear this sweater (the only thing that makes ribbing worth doing).
Last week I cast on for the Polka Purl Dots wrap top from the most recent Interweave. Two hundred and eighty-some stitches. On size twos (switching to fours after a seed stitch edging). Those three rows of seed stitch took me forever. I’m only a couple rows past the seed stitch now because the cashmere of Rosy distracted me. I’ll probably pick this one up again next week. I’m using Filatura di Crosa Brilla.
Then there’s the LL Flames socks, still, for my mom. And my mom’s sweater that I started like two years ago and really should just finish up already… And STILL that damn baby sweater just waiting for me to finish the second side seam… My plate is plenty full…
And yet…
It’s summer, and I want to make tanks. So there will be tanks. Patterns and yarns to be determined.
Fascinating, hmmm? I forgot how dull an all-knitting post can be. And no pictures, no less. Well, I’m tired and don’t feel like taking any. Check out the recent post with pictures of the two DB jackets. Make the Rosy piece twice as big and keep the other one the same and then you’ve pretty much got the picture.
Oh–and Sadie doesn’t steal yarn anymore and Diego never did. Does that mean I have the change the blog’s title after all this time?
You couldn’t be dull if you tried. And honey, pretty please never never change your blog title. It was one of the first things about you with which I fell in love…..
Posted by: Rachael
Dull? Please.
Tanks? Woo!
Posted by: alison
Well, there are dogs out there that do in fact steal yarn so let your blog title stand as a warning.
And it wasn’t a threat, babe. It was a promise. I’m warming up my yarn-throwing arm and picking out just the right ball of Kersti to fling at you.
Posted by: Iris
You couldn’t be dull if you tried. And honey, pretty please never never change your blog title. It was one of the first things about you with which I fell in love…..
Posted by: Rachael
Dull? Please.
Tanks? Woo!
Posted by: alison
Well, there are dogs out there that do in fact steal yarn so let your blog title stand as a warning.
And it wasn’t a threat, babe. It was a promise. I’m warming up my yarn-throwing arm and picking out just the right ball of Kersti to fling at you.
Posted by: Iris
Stop the insanity!
Cari, change your blog title to what: “Dogs look apathetically at yarn”? No.
You could never be boring. Can’t wait to see you later!
Posted by: Em
I don’t think you have it in you to be boring! I kept reading this thinking, this will now be the boring part Cari is talking about and yet it wasn’t and just couldn’t be. Now I’m waiting in anticipation for a photo of Iris throwing yarn at you!
Posted by: Rebecca
Let the title stand as a testament to the IDEA of dogs stealing yarn, which is a terrific image.
Yay for tanks! I’ve got yarn designated for around eight or nine of them myself. I just started my first ChicKami, which kicks off on #3s; this is my first time knitting with anything smaller than a 6. Hmmm, do I need to change my description?
Posted by: mindy
Seed stitch on over 280 stitches??? You are my knitting hero.
P.S. Don’t you dare change the title. Let Sadie nip into the knitting basket on occasion, if you have to. But please don’t change 🙂
Posted by: Becky
My Sadie steals stuffed doll heads and chews them up… 😛
Posted by: teresa
Stop the insanity!
Cari, change your blog title to what: “Dogs look apathetically at yarn”? No.
You could never be boring. Can’t wait to see you later!
Posted by: Em
I don’t think you have it in you to be boring! I kept reading this thinking, this will now be the boring part Cari is talking about and yet it wasn’t and just couldn’t be. Now I’m waiting in anticipation for a photo of Iris throwing yarn at you!
Posted by: Rebecca
Let the title stand as a testament to the IDEA of dogs stealing yarn, which is a terrific image.
Yay for tanks! I’ve got yarn designated for around eight or nine of them myself. I just started my first ChicKami, which kicks off on #3s; this is my first time knitting with anything smaller than a 6. Hmmm, do I need to change my description?
Posted by: mindy
Seed stitch on over 280 stitches??? You are my knitting hero.
P.S. Don’t you dare change the title. Let Sadie nip into the knitting basket on occasion, if you have to. But please don’t change 🙂
Posted by: Becky
My Sadie steals stuffed doll heads and chews them up… 😛
Posted by: teresa