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March 05, 2005
Round and round on circular needles
I finally started my first knitting-in-the-round project on circular needles... the pink multicolor hat. I have a pattern (I really do) but of course I decided the pattern wasn't as cool as I am, and once I got the hang of working with the circular needles, I made up my own pattern as I went along.
Or, at least I thought I had the hang of working with circular needles.
Halfway through my completed project (Hat! I'm making a hat! Breaking out of the rectangle and making me a hat!) I discovered that I was knitting it inside out. Ahem. Luckily it's just a hat and you can turn that sucker right side out no problemma.
The best part of this circular knitting thing... drumroll please... when you knit in the round, in some magical, mystical way you use the simple knit stitch (no purls needed!) all the way around and yet it makes the most beautiful, even stockinette pattern you have ever seen. Magic!
The bad news is my freeform Who-Needs-A-Pattern? ways have made the hat slightly lopsided. I was just decreasing wherever the moment felt right and now there's a distinct, um, ridge in my roll-brim hat. It's only truly noticeable to me, but I think I'm going to rip the whole thing and start over. Because I am an OCD perfectionist freak and DAMN PROUD OF IT.
My nearly completed but soon-to-be frogged scarf:
I'm making Shannon a hat next, after I finish mine. I love me some hats!
P.S. No class attendance today either because I had to take Roy to the doctor. Will I ever return to class? How can I be the truly obsessed knitter of my dreams if I'm the one teaching myself from a book?
Posted by laurie at March 5, 2005 05:00 PM
Comments
Hey - I just read your March 4th comment and I totally agree - Unwind is great. I too love the Stitch Cafe - I always feel welcome and Thursday nights are the best for hanging out and knitting. Plus they are so ahead of the game they are now offering yarn dying classes which rule...check it out for sure. J
Posted by: Jamie at May 1, 2005 04:09 PM
