As The Yarn Turns

Revenge of the Summer Top

This is what happens when you abandon a summer knitting project too long. It turns on you.

Yes, that's right, it unraveled. I had finished the front and back and attached the front to the back at one shoulder with a three needle bind off. Since I was going to finish the neck before seaming the other shoulder, I put the live stitches on stitch holders. I picked up stitches to finish off the neckline and put the whole thing in my knitting bag. That was back in September. This is where the top gets its revenge. I got distracted by my vacation and other knitting and Socktoberfest and Halloween and just life in general. So today I decided I would get the top out to work on it. As I was pulling it out some of the yarn ends seemed longer than I remembered. That's when I realized. The yarn ends weren't longer, the sweater was unraveling. Apparently the stitch holder came out while it was sitting in my knitting bag. (Yeah right. We know that knitting has its ways of getting revenge.) Luckily I caught it before too much damage was done. I only had to knit a couple of rows and put it back on the stitch holder. Guess I'll be working on this top before it gets really ticked off, even if it is November.

As soon as I get my Socktoberfest goodie bag from DiscountYarnSale.com, I'll post pictures. I know Lolly is anxious to see what's in my goodie bag and I'm really excited to see it. I love surprises!

I'm off to keep an eye on my summer top.

by Sydney  |

A Winner

Yes, a winner. How cool is that? Turns out I'm one of the winners in the Socktoberfest random drawing yesterday. Usually if it has the word "random" in it, I have no chance of winning. Not this time. The best part is that it's a goodie bag from DiscountYarnSale.com. I'm one of those people who has a really hard time passing up a surprise package or goodie bag or... Well you get the idea.

Other than being a Socktoberfest winner, I have been making progress on my Mountain Colors Bearfoot sock. Now that our Halloween magic show craziness is over, my knitting time should be calmer.

The nice thing about a little bit of craziness and chaos is that you can knit while everyone else is losing their heads. That's also another good reason for having a simple sock pattern.

I'm off to rest up from yesterday's festivities.

by Sydney  |

New Socks Sunday

Well actually I started these socks a few days ago. I ended up deciding to use the Mountain Colors Bearfoot yarn, Silverbow colorway. At first I was going to use a sock pattern with a texture or perhaps a simple lace pattern. In the end, though, I decided to do my plain sock. It just seems like a big waste of time to use a textured or lacey pattern with a multicolor yarn that usually hides the pattern. Besides, this is a yarn that begs to be shown off to its best advantage. So plain sock it is.

I really like this yarn. The colors are nice and the yarn has a soft, fuzzy quality to it. They will make excellent winter socks I think.

Now all I really need is some time to work on them. Right now we're getting ready for our annual event, a magic show. Every Halloween we put on a magic show for the neighborhood out of our garage. We usually give some of the neighborhood kids a chance to be in the show too. So not only do we have to get ready for the show but we have to clean up the garage a bit. Plus right now our house is complete chaos, worse that its normal chaotic state, with magic stuff scattered everywhere. It takes some work just to find my knitting. But everything should be back to normal in a couple of days, or at least as close as we get to normal. Maybe then I can clear off enough space to block my Shetland Lace Scarf and start working on my fleeces.

by Sydney  |