Distractions

The LA Marathon is tomorrow. I live along the route, between mile 4 and 5. I plan on getting up early to see the front-runners marathon by. It's always fun to cheer the runners on as they go by. Gf and I usually get a few laughs in.

Oh, I have just a few things to show off today. No...I didn't miraculously finish Flo. Maybe next week.



Backstory

Pattern: Aura from the Rowan Calmer Collection
Yarn: Rowan Calmer
Needles: US 6
Exposition: A cap for a friend. Nothing really to say about the knitting of this. The only thing I would change would be to add an edge stitch to each side to aid in seaming.



Backstory

Pattern: Cabled Leg Warmers
Yarn: Pingouin Fleur de Laine
Needles: US 8
Exposition: I made a few changes to these. I added an extra two rows to the top ribbing. I eliminated the bobbles after being scarred by the ugly of the first one I tried. I eliminated the garter stitch in the back, opting for plain ribbing. I cut the bottom ribbing off after 14 rows.

Nothing much to say about these either, other than it was a welcomed distraction from my regularly scheduled knitting.

Dam The Flo...or...Hello Cable, My Old Friend...

So last night, during my Guilty Pleasures TV Block [AKA America's Next Top Model and Project Runway], I finished Flo's Sleeve #1. Before casting on for sleeve #2, I decided to take a break and wind the yarn for the baby sweater. With that little task out of the way, I casted on sleeve #2. Then I thought of the miles of stockinette. I looked down at the two rows of moss stitch that I did and I felt sick. I packed the baby yarn in my knitting bag and went to bed.

I need to step away for a moment.

Today I fully intended to start [and possibly finish] the Ribbed Baby Jacket. The yarn I had in mind was Pingouin Fleur de Laine in a nice rose pinky color. 100% wool. Then I though about my friend. And I thought about the care of this 100% wool yarn. Needless to say, I nixed the pairing. So what to do? The other yarn that would be a better match is at home. As is Flo.

I'll cast on something entirely spontaneous. Enter the Drops Legwarmers With Cables. The gauge and needles were right on, and it's knit flat so I don't have to worry about not having dpns.

I casted on.

AAAAAhhhhHHHhh....Ribbing and cabling. How I've missed you. That little dingleberry hanging down there...that's supposed to be a bobble. My very first bobble.

Witness the photographic evidence of my first knitted bobble.

The tragedy.

It was a little loose and strange and I hated it immediately. Needless to say, I frogged back and decided to knit a bobbless version. I've also axed that strange garter section in the back. You can't tell from the picture on the website, but it's there in the Ravelry pictures and I don't think I'm having it. So instead I'm just going to knit ribbing.

Time to get the hell out of here for the day...thank god...tomorrow's Friday!