I’ve just bound off the loopy edge on my pinwheel sweater. Hurray! Only have the sleeves left and I’ll be picking up those stitches shortly, I hope. I accidentally knit the edge on size 9 needles instead of size 7. oops! oh well. I still had enough yarn to do it but it does look a little bulkier than it probably should. I doubt Amelia will care, so I’m not concerned.
I’ve been wanting to learn continental knitting, so I cast on the swatch for my sister’s pedi socks and decided to knit it continental, just to see. Not as tough as I remember from when first I start knitting, but I feel just as clumsy right now. And my stitches are so tight! But they are coming out pretty even so my tension in knit and purl are about the same. But gosh, my left hand is a little sore from being so tense holding the yarn. You’d think it would be easier than this since I do a lot of crochet as well. Pedi swatch will be frogged and redone normally. But I will keep practicing continental till my hands get comfortable enough to actually knit something that way. It’s sort of fun trying something new though.
I got into a kick to start sewing together some of the blocks in my gingham afghan. I have enough squares done to sew 3 rows together. So after a bit of research on sewing granny squares, I got home and got to it. I’m not particularly thrilled with how it’s turning out, but I’m following the instructions. I didn’t even make it through one row before I snipped my finger with the scissors trying to trim the ends. Ouch! Fortunately it was only a surface cut, but my pinkie is still a little sore. But I got a few squares sewn together.
I’m working on the loop edge of my pinwheel sweater and I’m not sure if I’ll have enough yarn. I might just make it, but it’s going to be close. And holy cow, it seems to be taking me forever. It’s like it won’t ever end. I will be glad when it’s finished and I can move on to the sleeves. I do have to say, I like the loop edge though. Gives it just enough frill for a little girl sweater. If I make one for myself, I’m not sure I’d keep the loop edge.
The autumn afghan is falling apart. Agh! Apparently the seaming I did was crap and it’s coming apart in places. So I have to revisit my seaming of this blasted thing. But the good news is that my sister loved it so much, she put in a request for her own. I’m not too keen on making another, so I sent her some links of other afghans that would give the same thickness and weight (which is what she loved about it, since she is always cold). Hopefully she will pick an afghan that is much easier on me than this thing was to put together. Both her and dad are looking forward to their socks. I hope to cast on sis’s socks this weekend and since they are going to be ankle length and toe-less, they should go pretty quick. At least I measured both their feet so I have a rough estimate of how long to make the foot portion of socks.
My birthday is on Monday. I’ll be 32. Nope, I don’t mind telling people my age. So anyway, for my birthday, my husband bought me a set of Denise Interchangeable Knitting Needles. I’m so excited. I cannot wait to try them out. And he got me the pink set. woohoo!
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