116 - All The Fails

Ep 115 recorded  4/30/23 All the Fails

WIPs

Socks for Thing 1 – I turned the heel and ran into trouble, more on that later.

Davit designed for Berroco by Amy Palmer, knit using Silk Noir by Great Adirondack Yarn Co bought at Rhinebeck last year. I finished one side’s short rows and all I have left to do is the other side’s short rows and sew the back edges to the shoulders.  So close!

Find Your Fade designed by Andrea Mowry, knit in Midori Bamboo from The Fiber Lady in a discontinued colorway, plus cotton/bamboo sportweight from Great Adirondack Yarn Co. 

Tanwen cowl (Ravelry)– designed by Thayer Preece Parker.  This is the prize for the Knit For Food Knitathon winner.  I’m working it up in Lana Grossa Elastico, a plant-based yarn with elastic in it so it works cables beautifully.  

Summer Happiness Crochet Top designed by Concept Creative in Scheepjes Whirl in the color Sherbert Rainbow, a pastel rainbow from pink to blue.  

Knitting Fail

Thing 1’s socks -so proud of myself turning the heel walking from the Washington Monument to the Capitol Building when I realized the sock didn’t look right.  I’d grabbed the wrong needles!  I meant to use US 2 (2.75mm) but I grabbed US 1s (2.25mm).  

Tanwen – I worked on this a lot riding the DC Metro and while driving with friends to the Air and Space Museum out at Dulles, the one with Space Shuttle Discovery.  This pattern is an 8-row repeat that is easy to memorize, but the cable pattern is tight.  It’s easy to think, oh, the next right side row is the cable row, it doesn’t need a cable yet.  Wrong, it is the cable row, rip it back.

Summer Happiness – I’m on the 3rd of 4 repeats that make up this top and at this point the rows are getting long.  And while on the train to DC I finished one row and got nearly to the end of a second when I realized that I had screwed up way back near the beginning of the previous row.  And it wasn’t a mistake I could fudge around, there weren’t enough holes in the resulting fabric to place all the next row’s stitches.  So I had to rip back alllllll my work.  Grrrrr. 

Spinning

More progress on my current spin, some beautiful green lightly-speckled cotton from Buchanan Fiber. I brought my Nano2 on the trian on our visit to DC. It worked like a charm!  I finished the 2nd bobbin and as of today I’m nearly done with the 3rd.  I hope to finish it this week.

On the Run

We walked soooooooo many miles in Washington DC – 9 miles alone our first full day!  

Out and About – upcoming Fiber Events around New England

NH Sheep and Wool – May 13 & 14

MA Sheep and Woolcraft Fair - May 27-28, Memorial Day Weekend

Maine Fiber Frolic – June 3 & 4

I’ve Got Sunshine

As I’ve mentioned several times, we went to Washington DC last week for school vacation.  What I didn’t say is that one of my childhood besties lives down there.  We got to hang out at least a little every day and it was marvelous.  She and I even snuck away for dinner one night, leaving all the kids with our husbands, and we got a little girl time in