Knitgirl's Stash

It's a caps widget!

So, we all know that I'm a Caps fan.... I found this on sicklipstick's blog (because all the knitting Caps fans should know about each other. Thank God for Ravelry!!) If I can figure out how, I'll put it on the sidebar.

               

Just a quick post

... to say how freakin' cool is this? The Yarn Harlot made the Double-Tongued Dictionary (they define a new catchphrase each day... or many times a day) with "Kinnear". (You know, the more you type "Kinnear", the more it looks wrong. I'm just sayin'. LOL.)

Okay, back to your regularly scheduled lives... For all the Americans out there, have a happy and safe Thanksgiving wherever you may be.

Fair-Isle:1, Knitgirl: 2

So, the Fair-Isle bug bit me... and hard. Yes, for all of you who guessed it was going to be the Ivy League Vest, you know me well. (Or you looked at my Ravelry notebook. Whatev.) I swatched - I even blocked it, for goodness sake - I cast on, and while I found the corrugated ribbing fiddly, it was easy. Not mindless, but still easy. I had it done in 3 nights. I started the chart. Even that was easy-ish. I knew something would have to go wrong and it would be big. I was right.

After my first decrease round, I had to figure out how to take the chart into the new stitch count. Once I confirmed with Elspeth that my hunch was correct, I continued on with the chart... to find out that I ended on a different size. Oops. I counted my stitches and found that my front had significantly less stitches than the back... the side marker was in the wrong place - hence, the side seam was in the wrong place. Grrrr... I tried to do some surgery, but that didn't help. The only option left? Well, look at that picture - the one to the right. Yup, it had to be ripped. Only back to the corrugated ribbing and after it had spent time in The Candy Bowl of Time-Out with one of Steph's projects. Need a close up?

The macro function is kinda cool, isn't it?

After painstakingly picking up all the stitches, my only goal for last night was to knit it back to where it was before the ripping. Last night once I got home from Late Night and fed myself, I finally got back through Row 7. Actually, I continued on to the next decrease row... but stopped myself before attempting it. Something told me that trying to take another decrease into a pattern row at 1 in the morning would not be a good - or smart thing to do. So it's sitting on my computer at home while I attempt to knit other things today - which is not easy. Not at all. Damn Fair-Isle bug. I'll have to knit a Fair-Isle hat now. Just to take the edge off. At least that's what I'm telling myself.

Gratuitous macro shot of the pattern up to the decrease row. Hey, even the colors are pretty accurate!

I don't want anyone to die of shock, but...

it's another post! It's a short one, though...

What do you think this might be for?
It's going to be fabulous (if it doesn't kick my ass)!