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ambericaLast night I went to Stitch N Bitch at Crafty Planet and got to show off/work on Liesel. ^_^ Got a lot of compliments - it was nice. (I'm doing it in Cara Mia in Melon, as per the pattern - nice stuff, and it's on clearance for $5 a ball at JoAnn right now! Maybe I should go grab a few more before they are totally out. They won't be carrying it anymore :( Awwww.)I had a small "issue" when I somehow dropped a stitch and couldn't grab it in time, and it disappeared in the lace somewhere. Damn near pulled my hair out. So I ended up ripping about a row and a half back, carefully re-inserting my needle behind me, and I actually saved it with relatively little difficulty! Yay! It was just a little time-consuming, but quite worth it. I was also kind of tickled that when I picked everything up after frogging, almost every stitch was backwards, and instead of taking them off one by one, putting them on right, and THEN knitting them, I knit and purled into the back loop of every stitch. Not a huge deal, but it's not something I get to practice very often, and this being a WR row, it was mostly purling. Purling TBL is kind of complicated if you're not used to it, but I daresay I'm a pro by now! Twee!
(Not sure what "Twee" means - it's just something I've started saying lately when I'm really quite pleased about something. Mostly I only say it in my head. It kind of sounds like a smile in my twisted imagination.)
So after the dropped-stitch adventure, I decided to finish the repeat I was on and take a break from the lace. I didn't need too much drama on that. I had also brought the beginnings of my Skull Illusion Scarf to work on - the yarn is Lion Wool-Ease in Black (for the background) and Dark Rose Heather (for the skulls). I worked maybe 6 or 8 rows and got SOO bored with it that I actually pulled it fully off the needles and started ripping! I just am NOT having fun with this pattern at ALL, and isn't that the point?? I might think about re-starting it on smaller needles - I was using 8s and somehow I didn't feel like the gauge looked right - it seemed too loose for my taste. But more likely, I'm going to keep the yarn for something else. I've been wanting to do a cardigan or shawl for myself, maybe I will get a few more balls of it and do that. But UGH! That stupid skull illusion seemed so simple and cool-looking, and now I suspect I'm bored with it because it's TOO simple. I've been spoiled on Liesel.
This might mean that I can never do anything but lace again! And maybe socks. I still think socks are kind of fun, and I want to try doing two at once on two circular needles. Sweet.
(Not sure what "Twee" means - it's just something I've started saying lately when I'm really quite pleased about something. Mostly I only say it in my head. It kind of sounds like a smile in my twisted imagination.)
So after the dropped-stitch adventure, I decided to finish the repeat I was on and take a break from the lace. I didn't need too much drama on that. I had also brought the beginnings of my Skull Illusion Scarf to work on - the yarn is Lion Wool-Ease in Black (for the background) and Dark Rose Heather (for the skulls). I worked maybe 6 or 8 rows and got SOO bored with it that I actually pulled it fully off the needles and started ripping! I just am NOT having fun with this pattern at ALL, and isn't that the point?? I might think about re-starting it on smaller needles - I was using 8s and somehow I didn't feel like the gauge looked right - it seemed too loose for my taste. But more likely, I'm going to keep the yarn for something else. I've been wanting to do a cardigan or shawl for myself, maybe I will get a few more balls of it and do that. But UGH! That stupid skull illusion seemed so simple and cool-looking, and now I suspect I'm bored with it because it's TOO simple. I've been spoiled on Liesel.
This might mean that I can never do anything but lace again! And maybe socks. I still think socks are kind of fun, and I want to try doing two at once on two circular needles. Sweet.
