Plain ‘Ole Update (and a short needle review)
January 23rd, 2007
I’ve got the yarn for the second mitten, and it will hopefully be done in the next few days. I’m not sure what I’ll do with the one I’m scrapping, but we’ll see. In the meantime, some pictures…
The first of the pair; the cooperative mitten looks nice eh? It feels so comfortable on my hand. Not much more to say about this.
I’m creating a neckwarmer for Corey that was originally supposed to be a Christmas gift, but I knew I wouldn’t have time to make it. I hadn’t gotten a whole lot of progress on it until today, and it wasn’t until recently that I realized why. The DPNs that I was using were too short, and made it a pain to knit. I caved today and went out to buy a set of circular needles, and despite my initial reservations about them I’m very pleased.
I instinctively requested Addi Turbos while at the knitting shop, but they didn’t have any of the right length in the size I needed. She brought out some Susan Bates circulars that had a more fitting length for what I was doing, so I decided to buy them. On my walk home I was having second thoughts because the needles are plastic. I had even more second thoughts when I opened the package and saw how short it was! I instantly had it in my head that I would have to return them to get the longer Addis instead.
I’m really glad that I decided to try them out first, because I’m quite satisfied with these needles. I don’t have problems with snagging at the join, the plastic needles don’t bother me as much has I’d have thought, and they are the perfect length. I think these will be getting some significant use in the near future while I make some hats and more neckwarmers with them. Also, they were cheaper than the Addis.
Look at the beautiful striations that I’m getting with the Malabrigo yarn on this neckwarmer. I like the way it looks a lot more than how it’s coming out on my afghan squares. It looks more stripey, and less random.
Love the colorway on the neckwarmer. Looks gorgeous!!! Interesting story about the SB plastic circulars. I usually am an Addi snob, but recently started switching, with some fibers, to Clover bamboos. I think they’re my new faves.