Lately I’ve been knitting, frogging, and reknitting. It’s the way of the thing, I suppose, but it seems like two steps forward, three steps back sometimes.
First the Sweet Socks - made with yarn I won from Chawne! My first attempt was very blotchy. I did not like the color pooling (left photo), so I frogged and restarted, adding four more stitches. I’m really glad because I love the spiraling stripes that are now happening (at right).
Then there’s the Fairly Easy Fair Isle cardigan from the book Stitch ‘n Bitch Nation by Debbie Stoller. It is pretty easy! However, I’m unhappy with the edgings she has, so I’m switching to a basic 2×2 ribbing. At left is the sleeve, from cuff up. The colors don’t show true here at all — it’s deep pine green background color, with a wine red called Chianti at top, a creamy white stripe, and a turquoise blue green at bottom. I’m going to frog the main body (left photo) because the bottom curls too much. Good thing this is bulky yarn on size 11 stitches, it goes pretty fast even with all this ripping out.
I did finish the Elizabeth collar, and it is a wonderful pattern to work with. The final product is lovely but very, very warm. I need some more below-freezing temps to really make good use of this beauty. Here was my work on my very first picot edging:
Picot is so cool! Even if they used to call it mouth’s teeth. 
It is a neat process. I don’t have a photo of the final project but I’ll try to post one soon.
Not a ton of other stuff going on lately. We are heading down to southwest Washington to visit Jeff’s grandma this weekend. Lots of car knitting time. It feels quiet with my sister and nieces gone to Arizona. It feels kinda empty. I miss them!
I’m midway through the current Knit the Classics read, Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh. This is the first time for me reading any Waugh, and he is definitely an excellent writer. I found the novel not very interesting to start, seemed like a good ol’ white boys’ club reading, but as the plot develops I’m getting more into it. I probably won’t have time to knit anything for the book, yet again, because I’m consumed with my other projects. If I had time, I’d make the gosh-darn-cute Stella Cloche Hat by Jen of pieKnits. It would suit the ‘tween the Wars period of Brideshead.
Speaking of pieKnits, have you seen brand new her to-die-for crafting room? I’m drooling with envy…
