Oyye.
22 Jan 2012 Leave a Comment
So, do you guys remember this little quickie?
Yeah, me too.
It’s a cheaters moebius, made by knitting a strip then putting a twist in before sewing it up. It never lays right. It fights me, and it looks horrible. So the moebius and me had a litttttle talk over a strawberry daiquiri.
It went something like this:
Moebius: I never wanted to be a cowl, bitch.
Me: Well, tough titties. You are.
Moebius: I wanted to be a hat.
Me: – raised eyebrow- A hat?
Moebius: Yeah, A hat. And you have the pattern on your fancy thingamabobby that holds all your PDF patterns.
Me: Oh! Dude your so getting frogged now.
Moebius: Uhh…wait..no need for a rash decision….
Me: Nope, too late.. RIPIT!
And so now, that orange ball of beautiful bulky alpaca and wool is now going to become a Russian Princess in Exile. I’ve been eyeballing this pattern for years, just never got up the gumption (or yarn) to knit it. So, here is a picture of what it looks like right now – And that’s after ripping the first 7 rows because My befuddled coffee-deprived brain decided that B was F, and that F was B – which resulted in cabled crossings being done the wrong direction.
So after throwing it against the wall (hint: It’s more satisfying to throw a bulky weight project against the wall, than it is to throw a cobweb weight project against the wall.), ripping it out, and starting again, I’m doing a little better.
Not much better, because now I can’t tell that I did any cables at all.. And by the way.. Who’s bloody idea was it to START OFF WITH CABLES ON THE ROW DIRECTLY AFTER THE CAST ON?!?!?!
Screw it man, I’m doin’ it anyway. Maybe it will sort it itself out in the end. I hope. The yarn is pretty epic, so even if it’s doesn’t come out like I want it to, it’ll still be warm. (FYI – it’s still Blue Sky Alpaca Bulky, and it only cost me $0.50/hank, at goodwill. )
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They released the needle & yarn requirements for the Mystery 220 for February. There are 4 mysteries running this coming month, I’ve chosen Mystery # 4. It’s done in worsted yarn, on size 8 needles.
Apparently, I will need a set of straights, and a set of DPNs. I’m guessing it will be a hat, but only time will tell. (As a side note, I guessed early on that last month’s mystery would be a curly scarf. I was right.) So here’s the yarn I’ve selected – I’ve had it in my stash for ages.
It’s a wool/mohair/acrylic blend with a slow secondary color change.
For those of you who are interested, the group is called Mystery 220 (on ravelry), and it is AWESOME. 
And now I have to go fight with this bulky yarn some more. *whipcrack*
