I knit a lot when I'm stressed out, and looking through this blog I must be really stressed. Notice something in the picture? It's another FO! I got it done so fast that I didn't even get to list it before. That's the old Spiderweb Capelet from S'nB Nation, I'll spare you the details because this is the second one I knit up. I started it and finished it up today, all that's left to do is block it and lace some ribbon through it.

I'm not so sure what I'm stressed about. Maybe it's how quickly summer passed by and knowing that winter is just around the corner. Have I told you that I'm not much of a winter person? I really like fall, but there's something so sad about the leaves giving way to snow that I just can't get over. Fall always seems so fleeting, especially as the seasons get shorter according to some stores (I shouldn't be able to find plastic bats in August!). Winter brings snow and ice I refuse to drive in and x-mas which gets me down year after year. I love making and buying gifts for others, but there's something so anticlimatic about the actual day each year. Can I just skip it for this once?

Perhaps, if I knit up some arm-warmers then they will make fall last just a bit longer. I'll call them "hurry up fall armwarmers" (yep, I'm soo original) and use some lovely Diakeito Diamusee to cheer myself up. No Noro Kureyon for me thank you very much, it's just too scratchy. I think I'll also knit up a second sock in some bright caribbean blues in order to not look like a fool with one sock anymore. I'll also do some fall cleaning instead of the much hyped spring cleaning. Why clean up when everyone else is?

Posted by bitter purl at 5:50 PM | Permalink | Comments (8)

Yarn: Crystal Palace Merino Frappe in New Sorbet 1 Skein
Needles: Clover Bamboo US 15 Circulars 24"
Pattern: Stitch 'n Bitch Nation
Date Started: 5.5.2005
Date Finishe: 5.6.2005

I hated knitting it, but I love the end result. I think its one of the most beautiful things I've knitted. The color combo I chose really helps. I used a brown velvet ribbon instead of the cord with pompoms as a tie. It's undeniably girly now.

The pattern is quite frustrating, so I would suggest writing every row out on a piece of paper so you don't have to keep searching in the book. Somehow I ended up with more stitches at one point so I just decreased evenly throughout one of the purl rows. I used way less than one skein though the pattern asks for two, so with the leftover yarn I made a sash to go with it. Even with all the annoyances of the pattern it was a quick knit; I would have been done earlier if I hadn't taken so many breaks to eat, surf the web, email, or scream.

I'll be making another one of these for myself since I made this one for my mom.

Posted by bitter purl at 1:34 PM | Permalink | Comments (2)

The Spiderweb Capelet is done!! And thank God for that!!!

I hated this pattern. (It's in Stitch n Bitch Nation) The way it was written was so clunky and plain wrong. (Maybe cause it's written by a Yalie) And I got so tired of knitting into the same stitch four times, my right arm started to hurt.

It looks good though and that's all I care about right now. I hope my mom likes it.

I'll post pics of the FO tomorrow morning.

Posted by bitter purl at 8:30 PM | Permalink

or lack thereof.

I had to frog this sucker three times after the third row! For some reason I always ended up with a big hole at the end of it. But I think I have it now, though I may buy new needles tomorrow since it seems that metal ones are too slippery for this yarn.

I also worked started a bag with the same yarn as the scarf. It's an interesting pattern with ribbing, lace, and cabling...phew. I think I'm going to restart it though cause I don't like the left slanting decrease the pattern calls for. It ends up looking too sloppy for me. At least I know what the pattern is like now, so it wont be too bad. I'll post pics when there is something to show.

Posted by bitter purl at 10:23 PM | Permalink