The Evendoon is
finished – and I mean finished-finished. Blocked and laid out to dry on the
spare room bed. I secured the extra circumference I wanted without difficulty,
and since I’ve spent the last few days lengthening it, that dimension shouldn’t
be too adversely affected. We won’t know for sure until Helen gets back from
Greece. In the old days, when Perdita and I were younger than we are now, she
used to pull pins out of severely blocked Shetland lace as I was putting them
in, and I was terrified that she would try to eat one. So I have blocked the
Evendoon without pinning it. (The spare room is now Perdita’s room, where she
can get away from That Dreadful Cat; I couldn’t possibly shut her out.) Without
pins, will the wool contract as it dries?
I am left with
nothing to do – nothing, anyway, that I much want to knit. Finish those socks
for Ketki. Find the Machu Picchu. KD’s Coofle doesn’t even seem to have made it
to the sidebar. I started it on our first cruise last year, finished the initial
corrugated rib (no small achievement) and a couple of plain-vanilla inches
beyond. The trouble with that is that it’s Millarochy Tweed (KD again) and I
don’t really like knitting with it all that much. It doesn’t flow through the
fingers in a very satisfactory way. I hope I’ll hear from Fergus soon about
what he wants for his Calcutta Cup sweater. And I’m keenly looking forward to
my Westknits MKAL. But both of those are in the future. What about tonight and
tomorrow?
It's an unusual
situation for me. Usually when I finish something, the next project is there
and crying out to be cast on.
We had a lovely
autumn day. Daniela and I didn’t get very far into the garden, but at least we
tried. Archie looked in briefly – he is all alone with the dog until Helen gets
back from Greece at the end of next week.
Wordle: Four for
me and Thomas and Rachel. Four is my favourite score; it’s better than three,
even, because I want my fours total to be better than my fives. It’s currently
within two – 66 to 68. Alexander and Ketki got it in three. Mark is today’s
star with two.
My husband got today’s in two, as well. I needed FIVE. Jean, Rainbow Knit Blockers may be useful to you — each has a set (row) of pins imbedded in a hard plastic base, making it impossible for Perdita to isolate a pin and ingest it. I find the bright colors make blocking less tedious. (And I have no affiliation with the manufacturer or with any vendor.) I’ll put a link below. (The Other Kristen)
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I use those sets of pins too (also for cat friendly reasons). JennyS
DeleteWhen you bought the Lilias Day kit, did you buy the Mooch kit as well? Would that be something to think about now?
ReplyDeleteIt should be all right. Sweaters are expected to be flexible and stretch as required, unlike lace which is expected to hold itself open.
ReplyDeleteHow about doing a row or two on the random EPS in the sidebar? That doesn't commit you to anything, as it can be put down at any point.
You have inspired me to sign up for my first ever MKAL. I'll be knitting with the Malabrigo Matisse Blue, one of the few kits left. Fortunately, I like it very much.
ReplyDeleteI often use socks as a palate cleanser, but sometimes, it just seems too boring. I received a text and photo of the procession from one of my brothers today who was in Edinburgh during the funeral procession. I knew he was planning a trip to Scotland, but didn’t realize how it worked out. He said it was not really so good to be there for the historic moment because of crowds, crush, and everything being closed.
ReplyDeleteOn the other hand, he can say that he WAS there for the historic moment. Perhaps in retrospect that will be worth remembering.
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