Progress Report
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Lets see….when last we talked, I had the brim of the little hat knit and turned, and sock #2 well on its way towards the heel flap. Oh! And some of the fleece processed. There has been progress. See. I have more fleece in the basket than in the bag, the swatch-hat is done - except the pompom which is waiting for a pompom maker, because, I have found, that I’m not good at making them either, so I’m hoping the gadget will help.
The sock is getting close to the toe in a few thousand more stitches couple more inches. Love the fabric you get with size 0 needles - but it’s sure a journey of a thousand stitches, isn’t it?
And, last but not least…
The hem facing and first pattern of the ladybug sweater are under way.
I am, indeed, planning to re-knit the hat. As it turned out, my bright idea of knitting it with my looser way of knitting really was TOO loose, and it just doesn’t look good in the area where I was knitting Continental, and then switched back to throwing. So, it really was a swatch, Timmie the Doll gets another addition to her knitted wardrobe, and I learned how the pattern will come out with the tension I’m using to knit it. I’m going to do the sweater with the method that works best for me, still using the Addi with the long cable for a magic loop method because I don’t have a Profi that small. Eventually I want to upgrade to Profi’s in all of my favorite smaller diameter size needles. Their cables are really wonderful. Apparently, they’re also made by Skacel. I didn’t realize that until looking around further on the Internet for them. Astrid has the best prices for them.
That’s definitely some progress. I think that’s part of the reason I haven’t knit socks for a while, they just seem to take forever on the little teeny tiny needles. I really should make some though, my feet are always freezing and wool definitely does help a bit.