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October 18, 2004

Munch munch munch

That's the sound of me eating my words

I am sitting here laughing at myself because I am in the middle of knitting a why bother sweater of sorts. I bought some yarn in Austria which I was expecting to be slightly variegated. It's not that at all. It's kind of like Phil'Onde. It starts as bright turquoise and gradually one of the plies turns darker and then another and another, then they turn back again. I can't imagine making a stitch pattern in it. I wanted to use decorative decreases. I'm not. So I am sitting here knitting a plain old stockinette stitch sweater (not like me) in a thicker wool (not like me) on size US10/6mm needles (not like me) in a yarn that in certain areas may be approaching the color teal (not like me-I hate teal with unreasonable passion) and besides, I'm knitting it for me (not very like me since besides my stole I haven't finished a project for myself in three and a half years). I'm just hoping that it all comes together to be a sweater for me. So far I'm not sure. So it looks like I'll have to eat my words from a couple weeks ago. On the other hand, the thing is, I would never knit this if the pattern was sitting in front of me in a magazine. The only reason I'm doing it is because I created the pattern myself. I'm going to do something nice with the neck. And maybe the sleeves. We'll see.

So far it looks like more of an obi than a sweater. If the color of the sweater turns out bright and clear overall, I will probably like it. If it looks dark and dingy or in the slightest bit teal I will hate it. Hopefully I'll know before I spend too much time on it. The yarn is Gedifra Fashion Trend Color. I really like the drape and I like the yarn, but I wish I could find my freaking addis. I'm knitting this with denises since I can't find my 6mm addis and don't seem to have any 6mm bamboos. I might have to go pick up some Inox or something today because, frankly, the Denises are making me nuts. I like them. I never lose them because I always put them back in the case, but they are not the needles for this yarn. It's dragging on the cord. It's catching on the connection. It's really, really aggravating. I'm sure I work at least 50% more quickly if I had some addis. grrr. That's what I get for being messy.

Posted by kate at October 18, 2004 07:56 PM