Sunday, January 27, 2008

Bad Cables! Bad!

So I started the Ariel Hat the other day, and the cabling is killing me. Check it out:
Having trouble? Lemmee help:
There are more mistakes too. I'm debating whether or not to rip it out and start over, but I don't think I will. I'm not that much of a perfectionist, I need this hat ASAP, so speed takes precedence over beauty, and, personally, I don't think anyone of consequence (other knitters) will be getting close enough to it to notice.
So I push on, vainly trying to ignore the sporadic nature of my cables, and just try to finish the darn thing.
I've also been working on Clessidra again, but I'm at the point at the beginning of the cables, and I don't want to do this without 1) my new row counter and 2) ridding myself of the stigma of the irregularly cabled hat. Wish me luck!

Tuesday, January 15, 2008

A Vow of Silence

Ok, not really, I've just been really busy. I have been knitting too. I made this:

This is the Ice Queen hood. It took less than one skein of lacette and size 8 needles. It's ok. not my favorite.


This is another Entrelac headband. I've made about 6 or 7 of these. They're great fun to make.

I finished one Petticoat sock. I don't remember if I posted a pic of it yet, so there ya go.

I made a pair of mittens, but they were too small for my finger, so I gave them to my grandma. I love the way the colors turned out of them.

I'm sure I've forgotten something, so I'll post again when I have time. I'm student teaching this semester, so I'm really really busy this semester, but hopefully I'll learn how to do this really well, and be able to get a job. I still don't know where I want to move, but I still want to move north and east. I'm really nervous about this, because I'm only 21, and the oldest kid I'll be teaching is 19, so I feel silly trying to keep the kids in line, and having them call me ma'am. Sigh. And it's so much work. Isn't there a job where I can be lazy every day and make twice as much? Cause there should be. It would be awesome. I wish I was all creative and stuff and could invent knitting patterns like all the cool knitters on the internet. Maybe I can get my mom to think stuff up for me...