Author: laranettle

Derwent Howard – Magazine

Just got the Scarf Issue….. Underwhelmed….

Slow knitting weekend – someone made me go to a great party and stay up all saturday night, so I was a sad and sorry wastrel on sunday….

Good progress on the Binary Jumper, almost half way to the armpits, and I have cast on the sleeves for the cardi (again). This time I am attempting to knit both using the double circ method. I am sure I will be fine once I get a few rows done, but it was rather hairy on the train in to work this morning.

I received my square in the post from Thelma, so I better get busy and cast on a square for her for the Basis Exchange (Brothers and Sisters in Stitches – the idea is to knit 2 x 6 inch squares a month and send them to a different partner each month, at the end of the year you should have enough for a blanket).

….Actually, reasons I like knitting, but who is watching anyway ?

• It keeps my hands busy, and helps me to resist the urge to choke the living shit out of people that irritate me
• I’ve got something more tangible and permanent to waste my money on, instead of just drining it
• I always have pointy things handy
• I always have scissors handy
• You can’t smoke and knit, or eat and knit, so temptation is further from me
• I’ve always got something to do on the train
• I can make myself things I could never buy in the shops
• It freaks people out to see a young person practising such an arcane art

Sock progress has slowed to a crawl, I am almost up to the heel, and haven’t yet decided how to do it.

Still trying to decide what this will be, or if I will frog it again. I love the concept, and the execution, but I think it is a little too subtle for a bag. A scarf maybe, but I’ll need a shorter circ.

This is my first attempt at cabling, and I think I am addicted already. Perhaps an aran is in the works.

Here is a detail of the cable.

There is a mistake (10 points for the first person to spot it), but it should read from top to bottom L A R A

The first line was a bit puckered, but I am getting better, the top line is almost good.

Yup… Disco Knitter. A completely pointless and showy name that has very little to do with reality. How Me….

I am loving the new colours, but the black at the sides has to go. Yellow ? Green ? Red even…..

Rhubarb and Custard Rule the World !

I mean, it is mostly about my knitting, not about the most gorgeous bunnies in the universe.

The Knitting BunnyHugger ?
Buns With Sticks ?
Bunny Yarns ?

I need Simone, she is punnier than me….

The Binary Jumper gets off to a flying start. I finished a 4 character swatch on the weekend, and started the body while I wait for my new needles from Styk, so I can do the sleeves for the Cardi of Doom.