I am not. I love the part of knitting that's all creative and flexible.
I hate the part where things need to add up. Properly. Sizing is not creative and flexible. But I've had my head in the calculator for the past three days and finally think I'm done with the niggly bits and details on this guy. It's my fave cardigan redux (to replace the one that's dying) out of Berroco Vintage and I'm thinking it's going to be a good one. As long as I've gotten more than half the math right, that is.
For tonight, it'll stew in my computer, and tomorrow it'll go off to the tech editor and test knitters. And although I hate the math part, on a 1100000 degree day like today, it was probably good to be dealing with "paper knitting" over the actual wooly kind. Especially a Top Down at Almost Done Stage kind of knitting - that's like having a sheepdog on your lap.
It is waaay too hot for actual sweater progress.
But it's kind of perfect for swatching, don't you think?
I'm not sure what I'm allowed to say on this yet, so let's just say it's going to be swatched.
And it's a lot of The Plucky Knitter's deep gray worsted weight merino. And that my photo doesn't do the deep color justice, but I've put those little skeins all over my damn house and I can't get it right. So if you really want to see the gorgeous color, click on the link. I think I got me some Sammy Samerson.
And, mmmm, before I can really get started, a little something to keep me cool.
I hate the part where things need to add up. Properly. Sizing is not creative and flexible. But I've had my head in the calculator for the past three days and finally think I'm done with the niggly bits and details on this guy. It's my fave cardigan redux (to replace the one that's dying) out of Berroco Vintage and I'm thinking it's going to be a good one. As long as I've gotten more than half the math right, that is.
For tonight, it'll stew in my computer, and tomorrow it'll go off to the tech editor and test knitters. And although I hate the math part, on a 1100000 degree day like today, it was probably good to be dealing with "paper knitting" over the actual wooly kind. Especially a Top Down at Almost Done Stage kind of knitting - that's like having a sheepdog on your lap.
It is waaay too hot for actual sweater progress.
But it's kind of perfect for swatching, don't you think?
I'm not sure what I'm allowed to say on this yet, so let's just say it's going to be swatched.And it's a lot of The Plucky Knitter's deep gray worsted weight merino. And that my photo doesn't do the deep color justice, but I've put those little skeins all over my damn house and I can't get it right. So if you really want to see the gorgeous color, click on the link. I think I got me some Sammy Samerson.
And, mmmm, before I can really get started, a little something to keep me cool.
I'll say this is a GINgerale.
(I still don't have the peach vodka and Fresca I need to be drinking with this project - and I won't even TRY to find the Vernor's stuff you are all chatting up, so I improvised.) And I know it's not ALL of you who even know what I'm yapping about. So, some of you are scratching your head, but apparently Vernor's is a kind of really amazing ginger ale locally available in the upper midwest and it's really not going to appear in my Stop and Shop.
SO, I used to make gingerpear sauce instead of applesauce and it was pretty good, and when I noticed the pear nectar on the shelf next to the gin, well...
(I still don't have the peach vodka and Fresca I need to be drinking with this project - and I won't even TRY to find the Vernor's stuff you are all chatting up, so I improvised.) And I know it's not ALL of you who even know what I'm yapping about. So, some of you are scratching your head, but apparently Vernor's is a kind of really amazing ginger ale locally available in the upper midwest and it's really not going to appear in my Stop and Shop.
SO, I used to make gingerpear sauce instead of applesauce and it was pretty good, and when I noticed the pear nectar on the shelf next to the gin, well...
2 oz gin
2 oz peach nectar
ginger ale almost to the top
ice cubes
Let's just say it goes down really easy on a hot afternoon. Verner's or no.
I think it'll help with the creative swatching process.
2 oz peach nectar
ginger ale almost to the top
ice cubes
Let's just say it goes down really easy on a hot afternoon. Verner's or no.
I think it'll help with the creative swatching process.
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