Greetings dear Unravelers and Happy Wednesday!
It has been a week with a good bit of actual unraveling here… sigh. Yes, on the Great Cabled Sweater… because of course. This time it is 100% knitter error… I somehow** skipped an entire section of the “straight” portion and went right on to the decreases. (Somehow** = the pattern author was lazy and instead of writing out instructions for the “right front” {which is a mirror of the left front, in theory, correct?} she has you follow the left front sort of. So you are shuffling back and forth between the fronts. Sigh.) I somehow** missed 16 rows of a repeat. So I ripped back on Monday and have not had much time to get myself caught up. All the shuffling means that this is not a good “TV” project. But maybe this afternoon I can catch myself back up!
However, the sock knitting… well it is going gangbusters! No unraveling, just the joy of pure mindless knitting!!
ALSO!! I have a new year-long stitch project to share with you. I spent a good bit of time in December thinking about stitching in the New Year. I knew I wanted to stitch, but I did not want to have to pull together all the “parts” to do so, so a temperature project was out. Way back in 2018 I spent a year just stitching. I did a “sampler” each month. This was truly my favorite stitching ever… no pattern, no temperature tracking… just my own inspiration. I wanted to do something “like” that again… and I stumbled across Karen Turner on Pinterest and the more I thought about it, the more I wanted to use her “starting point” for my inspiration. And so I began and I am loving it. I have one small space to fill each day and it is easy to get done with my morning coffee.
The reading is not going bad either, I have finished two (!!) books this year… Starter Villain and The Apology. And I am currently reading two more… I am listening to Somebody’s Fool (which I am loving despite not really caring for the second book in the trilogy) and on my Kindle I am reading The Caretaker.
What about you all? What are you making this month? What are you reading? Inquiring minds want to know!
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Yay for having socks on the needles during this cabled sweater challenge! What a good way to push the refresh button! And I love your new year-long stitch. Wow!
Ooft that’s a painful unravel! Easily done though and you have your stitching to take solace in. It looks beautiful.
I’ve been unknitting as well!! Must be something in the air. Love the cheerfulness of those socks, a bright pop of sunshine on these rainy dreary days or snowy days…
Oh dear, I’m sorry the sweater has been difficult. But you are so close now that I am sure you will catch up quickly! The sock is looking wonderful — truly letting the yarn shine, as it should. I’m really intrigued by your stitching project!
Oh. Knitting. (So shall you “sew,” so shall you rip . . . whatever the craft, there seems to be a fair amount of ripping from time to time.) The sock looks like perfect dreary-January knitting, Kat. And I’m sure your sweater will be back on track soon. XO And I love the beginnings of your stitching project!
Your socks are so cheerful and Spring-like! I’ll bet they are a joy to knit. I’m sorry about your sweater unraveling…hopefully all is back on track now. WOW to your new 2024 stitching project. That looks like such fun. The little blocks of space for each day seem so manageable. I hope you continue to have fun with it. The Caretaker looks very interesting (I had of heard of this author previously, but his other books look good as well). My reading is still slow, but my knitting is going very well!! I simply need more hours in each day!
Excited to follow along with your stitching project this year, Kat! Sorry about the cabled sweater… if it’s any consolation, it happens to the best of us (tho I’m sure you already know that)!
Sorry about the unraveling, but I hate shuffling pages back and forth, too. It will be a lovely sweater but you will have worked for it! Your pink handspun is beautiful and cheery. And you come up with the best stitching projects! This one looks like fun, which is what it should be.
Such happy, happy socks!
Those pink socks are fab-u-lous and perfect for this gloomy weather we’re all having. I am sorry about the sweater but I hope you’ll be happy back on track soon. I always appreciate that moment where I’m using “fresh” yarn again and know I’ve gone past my error.
Oh rats. That sweater pattern seems like it maybe could have been better written. None the less, that sweater is going to be beautiful when finished. Is the sock yarn hand spun? It looks like Valentine’s Day. I’m working on a shawl and a hat. I’m listening Maya Angelou read I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. I had forgotten about the beautiful writing in this memoir. The stitching project looks lovely. I forgot to link my post but have taken care of it.
A big nono to pattern writers who expect too much from their knitters. Well done on biting that bullet and unpicking the section.I love your stitching project such a great idea. I love freestyle embroidery. I wondered what your back ground fabric was please? I shall have a look at those links. I am making steady progress on my jumper and Advent project. I was at the theatre on Wednesday so will be back next week for unraveling.
The fabric is linen from JoAnns!