Easy Knitting

May 31st, 2007

Do you ever get this feeling? You just need to knit, and it has to be simple. If you had a sock on the needles it would be perfect. You have no desire to start something, because that often involves ball winding, calculations, casting on. You just want to knit, knit, knit (with a bit of purl here and there). I’m feeling a little stress because I have to go to the hospital today (nothing major yet), and that’s exactly how I felt last night. I didn’t have anything on the needles that was suited to this desire, but I did think of something really easy to start.

I’m too lazy to take a picture right now, so you can imagine it while I describe it. I’ve started another kerchief out of the green bamboo I bought for myself. It’s the best way to start something simple. It’s really just the basic shawl pattern with four increases every other row to create a triangle; it’s the base for most of my kerchiefs. Keep going until it’s the size you want, and finish by knitting the ties before binding off. Easy peasy. Now I have something to knit while in the waiting room.

No lace pattern this time. Just pleasantly simple stockinette, but when you’re working with a beautiful yarn such as this bamboo, it doesn’t need anything else!

You know I’ve been feeling a distinct lack of projects on the needles lately. I don’t have many ideas that don’t require buying more yarn, and I can’t exactly afford more yarn yet. I keep forgetting about my Heel Compendium project, which doesn’t require me to buy more yarn, and will give me a chance to try out some of the stuff in Knitting Vintage Socks. I’ve got one heel done, I still need to bind-off and photograph it.

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