Yeah...three blogs is apparently too much to maintain. But...I'm not giving up. I'm still knitting, so I'll still write about it.
I changed up my queue quite a bit after Hexmas. Re-did the hat for Ma, but then pulled the cashmere vest off the needles and loaded up the dark green cashmere Somewhat Cowl instead. And now THAT'S languishing while I work on the Apricot Jacket*, just because I couldn't wait any longer. Stupid Ravelry queue reminds me of all the fun things I want to be knitting. And I have can'tfinishitis. I'm one seam and some ribbon away from finishing the cute little dress, but can't seem to bring myself to do it. And Caroline gave me a big bag of cotton to knit up some bibs, that I just can't bring myself to do, either. I need to not knit for people who ask me to, and only knit what I want and give it away, I think.
*Notes on the Apricot Jacket: Holy hell, is that a crappily-written (or, possibly, well-written, poorly edited and then even more poorly translated) pattern. Thank GAWD there was a KAL on Craftster, and people on Ravelry took good notes, or I would have never figured it out. I mean, "edge stitch?" WTF? So, to translate what I learned, you can do something fancy for the edges that will be seamed (I slipped the first stitch of each row) or just start the WS with K2 and rib away happily. Also, after you've gone through one full set of the first 8 rows of the pattern, move your stitch markers in four stitches, stockinette to that point, and then repeat the first 8 rows again. You don't do rows 9/10 until the pattern meets up in the middle, and then you just repeat those two rows until you're done. They could have saved a page and a half of instruction in the pattern if they'd just written that instead of the clunky direction given.
I'm now on to the Left Front, mostly going by looking at the picture and hoping for the best. The pattern isn't hard, per se. You just have to use The Force a lot to figure stuff out. But I will soldier on, because the end result is so super cute, and will look fabulous in the obnoxious pumpkin yarn I'm using. I can hardly wait to wear it. I might even be so bold as to wear it with the matching skirt. Won't that be a sight?
