The blanket for my grandson in Arizona is on its way. A friend is taking it to Pennsylvania, and will mail it from there. FedEx was going to be $146 plus taxes. Yowza! I am very excited to see the package opening!
In other news, I was working on my February socks — the Reveurse from Operation Sock Drawer. If you define “working” as looking at the project bag and picking something else up, that is. I had gotten almost to the heel of the first sock … the realization that I was not enjoying the project made me stop and think. Then I frogged the entire sock. I immediately cast on for a vanilla sock, and reluctantly stopped knitting at 10:30pm and 52 stitches. Far more fun!
This was the second project from the book. Both patterns had errata. I am now a bit concerned about the remaining patterns being correct as published. To be fair, the corrections were easy to find via Ravelry. Even so, I do not have warm fuzzy feelings about the remaining patterns being accurate.
In store knitting, I had finished a little cotton sweater (Catriona Pullover from Ella Rae). I had not gotten gauge and figured a wee munchkin would grow into it. A dispassionate review of the sweater made me realize that it would only fit Humpty Dumpty.
Much to the dismay of the Wednesday afternoon group, frogging occurred. A gauge swatch occurred. I had to drop to a 3.0mm needle (from 3.75m) to get gauge. I have now restarted.
The store is hosting a KAL of the Bumble Sweater from Tin Can Knits. I even did a gauge swatch before starting that!
My Thunder Snow continues. I have started Clue 5 and am still loving it. I usually do two or four rows an evening, in the solitude of my bedroom. Then back to simple stocking stitch, or some other equally non-challenging pattern.
I am currently reading The Algebraist by Iain Banks. Heavy science fiction but still an interesting read.
Since it is a beautiful sunny day, I am now heading out for a walk. See you soon!
