Yes, I did say WIPs--plural. I am usually a pretty monogamous knitter, but my attention span has been a little short lately. I don't know whether it's hormones, the weather, or just lots of distractions, but I've found myself casting on for multiple projects in the past few weeks. Here are some of them:
I know you've seen this one before:
This is Red Ruffles, which suffered the unfortunate accident with the left front--the one I somehow managed to knit as some sort of mutant half-right, half-left front. The offending section has been unseamed and ripped, but so far, I haven't been able to summon the enthusiasm to reknit it. A shame, that, since it has the potential to be a very nice sweater.And then there's this one:
This was a test knit of Vera for Snowden Becker, and I love the design. Sadly, I stalled out when I realized the second skein of the hand dyed yarn I chose for this project was a completely different color than the first. I can't bring myself to rip it, and I can't stand looking at it. So it sits in limbo, waiting for a decision that may never come.And then there's my Tweedy Aran Cardigan:
I've wanted to knit this for ages. I've had the perfect yarn in the stash for months. I don't know why I haven't cast it on before. So I did. I worked exactly 20 rows. And then...I don't know what happened. I only know that every time I pick it up, I put it back down again. In fact, the only thing I want to work on is this:
Plain garter stitch log cabin blocks, but in a rainbow of gorgeous Noro colors. I think I'm finishing block 11 of 20 at the moment. I'm not sure I can explain the appeal of these. They are incredibly simple. No pattern, no fancy stitches, no cables, no lace, no nothing. Just garter stitch and Noro, around and around and around. It's mesmerizing. Addictive. It's all I want to knit these days. Just...around and around and around. I am ignoring the fact that, eventually, I will have to pick up and knit--and then graft together--all the borders for these squares. That will not be around and around and around and will not be at all mesmerizing. But for now...if anyone needs me, I'll be with the Noro.
7 comments:
I love the log cabin blocks!
I love the blocks too!
I think the blocks are like the fast food of knitting, but without all the fat and salt and crap. They are easy and mindless and undemanding. And so, so fun.
Those squares make me want to make noro blocks. in easter egg colors to go with my easter eggs.
That's how I feel about the hexagons I'm crocheting. It's like having an addiction!
Those blocks are so pretty! I've had success with block sewing only when I choose to single crochet around the edges, then single crochet the blocks together.
As for the different color skein sweater, you've had such great success with overdying... would that help?
Do you use 2 skeins and switch off in each block or just one skein for each block?
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