Too Many Started

June 23rd, 2007

I recently saw a picture of someone’s complete Mon Petit Chou by Kate Gilbert, and reminded myself that I had some spending cash left for this month. I went to the WEBs online store, looked for the yarn I needed, and ended up buying 55$ more in yarn than I intended! It was 20% off! How could I resist?? I stayed within my budgeted amount; I was good.

However, with new yarn comes the urge to cast-on millions of new things. I didn’t quite cast on millions, but I did start two more projects. Some day I will be able to link you to my Ravelry page with all my projects, so you can see how many I’ve got going ;) I did start the Mon Petit Chou hipsters, and I must tell you knitting with stretchy yarn isn’t the best thing in the world. If you ever decide to do it, make it a small project. It’s not hell or anything, it’s just not mindless knitting fun.

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Nor is this pretty thing mindless knitting fun. I was inspired by this iteration of the pattern, which was made in a wonderfully fiery orange/red. Perfect for something called “candle flame”. The yarn is a large cone of Valley Yarns alpaca silk, and it’s so soft and comfy looking. The color is perfect, and I’m realizing just how great a choice this pattern is for this yarn. This lace really doesn’t want to be blocked, because the texture that it produces is just so interesting. Since alpaca doesn’t really block well (although silk does), it’s perfect!

I imagine myself wearing this over my shoulders when I’m dressed up, or tied around my hips with a pair of jeans to dress it up a bit. I’ve never really been drawn to shawl in my fashion (if you can call it that), but the thought of having my own handknit shawls appeals to me a great deal. Hopefully I can keep the stamina long enough to get this one further along than the first one I started (still no progress).

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3 Responses to “Too Many Started”

  1. Annie says:
    June 23, 2007 at 6:09 pm

    Ooo, I love the shawl you’ve started. I have the same dilemma with shawls – I think they’re gorgeous but whenever I try to wear one I can’t figure out how to make it look right and fashionable. Of course I’m sure that won’t stop me from knitting one eventually – I could always use it as a gift!

  2. Beth says:
    June 28, 2007 at 2:07 pm

    Theeeeee cutest needles:

    http://www.craftycrafty.tv/2007/06/yay_or_nay_teaching_kids_to_kn.html#more

  3. Kri says:
    June 29, 2007 at 10:56 am

    Aww, those are cute. I’ve also seen some funny ones that light up.