There's a thousand things a day I want to stop and blog about, but I always forget. So, I'm totally gonna distract you with a massive knitting update!
First up, a project so super-secret that it can on;y be revealed now, in it's finished entirety! Actually, it just got lost in the cracks of my blog, so I don't have in-progress pictures. These are the Long Long Lacy Gloves from Lace Style.
And, a shot of them being worn. In real life. I was wearing this outfit at Goodwill (because I *heart* Goodwill) and there was a lady there who stopped me and said that I had "a unique style," but that she liked it. And I was all, "Thanks?" It was kind of weird. Like she liked my style inspite of it uniqueness, not because of it. Eh, whatever.
And something I've been threatening forever, but hadn't started until very recently.
So I was working on it, and after I took these pictures, I started in on the shaping for the neck. And kept coming up short on the stitch count. And as I looked at the pattern again, I realized that I'd increased for the bust shaping incorrectly. What else could I do? I ripped it all out.
Ad that's what it's supposed to look like. I just have to finish the bits around the arm and neck holes. And then I'll be done! This is the Back-to-School U-Neck Vest from Fitted Knits.
We all know how I'm incapable of not having any socks to knit, so it shouldn't come as any kind of surprise that I have a pair on the needles. They're the Raindrop Lace Socks from Fiber Trends, and I'm making them in Knit Picks Palette. I can't remember the colourway. Rainforest? Marine? Something wet.
So, I had this beautiful sock (not my favorite, I think, but very pretty, regardless) and the directions told me to, whilst shaping the toe, decrease to ten stitches. So I did. And ended up with a toe that looked like this:
Not being an incredibly pointy-toed person, I found this turn of events highly unsatisfactory. So I ripped back until I had eighteen stitches and grafted them together. The result?
Unmitigated success. And any way you slice it, that's a good way to end a blog entry.