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Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Work In Progress Wednesday v.3

Okay, technically, it's actually late on the evening of "Tinking Tuesday", which is lots less fun than Work In Progress Wednesday, but I have to go pick up Mr. Right from the airport (yay!) tomorrow night, and am experimenting with the whole post-this-later feature on Blogger.  We'll see how it goes...

I made lots of progress on Avast over the weekend in Albuquerque, but had to stop at 16" to make sure the armholes will be in the right place and I need Mr. Right for that.  So here it sits, looking like this:


Not bad for a couple of weeks.  I'm looking forward to starting the armholes and knitting some sleeves and doing something slightly more interesting than miles of stockinette.  It is nice once in a while to be able to knit and think entirely about other, more interesting stuff -- like what's for dinner, or how this episode of X-Files is going to end (I <3 Netflix!).

Since I've had to set the sweater aside, I decided to start on those Hedgerow socks I mentioned last week.  I don't have much to show yet, but it's a start.  So far, I have one cuff and one 4-row pattern repeat (minus the 2 rounds I've had to tink back...) done.  Here it is in all its glory...


I have a few things to share about these socks.  First, a public service announcement for anyone considering knitting charcoal sock yarn on size one ebony needles -- DON'T.  If I'm not blind by the end of the week, it will be a minor miracle.  Yeesh.  Secondly, this isn't the most fun pattern in the world to knit.  The rows are only slightly different, which leaves me muttering the stitch pattern (sometimes out loud, some times in my head) to myself over and over and over.  I suppose it will sink in eventually.  But the flip side is that they're super cute, and if I like wearing simply patterned socks, which I do, then I should learn to live with it. This must be what they're referring to when they talk about suffering for one's art...

Can't wait to see what everyone else has been working on this week! 


9 comments:

  1. You're brave - all that stockinette LOL

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  2. OO, love the start of the sweater! You'll have to show us when it's done.

    I know your pain with the socks. Yesterday I got the idea to crochet with a C hook and crochet thread. I'm lucky if I'll be able to see after it as well!

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  3. Don't you worry, Tami! You'll be staring at that sweater every Wednesday for at least another month or so! :)

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  4. I am suffering from the same sort of yarn color/pattern blindness right now too. What was I thinking.

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  5. Keep up the good work with your knitting! Good luck on your family mystery research, too. We have a few of those & have never made much progress on them.

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  6. Great progress on your sweater! I can't wait to see it as an FO:) I bet it is going to look awesome:) My husband will wear green socks, but sweaters...he doesn't have even 1!

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  7. Cute socks! And I hear ya about miles of stockinette, I just finished the arms and torso for my owl sweater. I was overjoyed to get to the owl cabling part!

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  8. I love the green color of the sweater. The socks look good, to bad about the dark color needles.

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  9. Dark yarn is often hard to see, but on dark needles it can be almost impossible! I'm speaking from experience. I feel your pain. Good luck! Your socks and sweater look great so far! I love the colors!

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