Category: Knitting
I don’t think I did the arch 1 by 1 ribbing long enough. But I’ve learned my Continental knitting makes that stitch a lot easier than English (right-handed) ribbing. After much practice I can switch off so neither hand gets too tired.
My next pair of socks will be a stab at Fishlip socks. I bought the pattern. It seems complicated but folks seem to swear by it.
Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is โsap/spa/asp/pas/PSA.โ Use one, use them all, use them any way youโd like. Bonus points if you use them all. Enjoy!
PSA: This day has been dedicated to the following hat. Though I ran out of the colorway of the bottom of the hat, I think the one with brown still worked out. If you want details check out yesterday’s blog.
I followed the YouTube for the Fleegle Heel Toe-up Two At A Time Socks. I used ChiaoGoo Red-lace Circular Needles US 8. I started out on the 40″ cables. When it was time to bind off I found it easier to do one sock at a time putting the sock on 9″ corded needles. I’ll share the bind off YouTube, too.
I may or may not have the chance to blog for the next couple days. I’m trying to be rugged and go camping. Close to home and family ready to come get us if it goes weird, or I’m too tired. My inner kid is excited.
Instead, I thought I’d better capture the greenery while I can. We are green usually only early Spring. But here we are nearly July when yellow and hot dust is the norm for the desert Outback of Oregon.
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So, I think I know what I want to wear for my daughter and her fiancรฉ’s October costume wedding.ย Crone witch! I can make my own hat and cape! The crone part is built in!๐คช
So at the beginning of the weekend I was working with Scarlett Royal’s loomknit witch’s hat. But I learned there would be a lot of sewing.ย
I had socks on the Flexes so I transferred by way of a skinny set of ChiaoGoo Red-lace Circular Needles. I had started on the 12 pegย loom for the brim and the 36 peg for the hat. That was when I noticed I’d have a lot of sewing ahead.
In the past, I learned I could do a nice decrease using the Flexees. But for this witch hat I needed to get a good point. I didn’t feel I could figure that out. Here’s her YouTube if you want to try.
I think this next one by PleasantSeas may do the trick. After tinking and frogging all weekend, I found and started working on it.
I read the pattern featured on the YouTube page. That I can do. I told myself. It starts similar to my Toe-up Two At A Time Socks. So I followed the pattern about 17 rows in. Then I noticed that it seemed the author got the numbering wrong. Once again, my tracking was off. Still I was liking how it was turning out.
Here’s what I should have done:
But here’s what I have at Row 17.
Anyway, I think I’ll continue as I am going until the “wearable” part of the hat gets close. Then I’ll increase faster as PleasantSeas does. I think I want the point high or curly. We’ll see how that turns out.
Meanwhile, the socks I pulled off the Flexee looms, looks like this:
Sadly, the Flexees are empty. Back to just needle knitting for now.
But now I need to drop the needles and hop on the stationary bike to see if I can make up the mile(s) we missed this morning.
Then again, I did a bit of that, too.
I’d love to say I’d hit more piano than one song, but I still feel happy that I did what I did. Trying to keep it fun so I want to go back.
We just hit our 20th year married, 30 together. That should be considered an accomplishment! Still in love and laugh a lot!
Just a picture of the pairs with the most progress.
There’s a couple more I’m working on but it’s late and I still have Duolingo to do before midnight.
Happy weekend!
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