Fingers are hard

I went yarn shopping yesterday and I have the yarn for my sweater. However, I’ve got my gloves to finish. I’m up to the fingers on the first glove and I’m not having fun with them. I kind of want to put the gloves to sleep and dive into the sweater, but the cat’s on my lap and the gloves are the only knitting within reach.

made a decision!

I’m going to do Dark and Stormy by Baby Cocktails. I haven’t decided what yarn to use yet, but that will come this afternoon when I’m going yarn shopping with my mother. My inclination is towards Cascade 220 Heathers because they’ll be pretty and not too expensive, but maybe I’ll splurge and get something more merino.

Sometimes I feel useful

I recently got a Nike+ system for tracking my run, planning to get one of the litte pouches for attaching the sensor to my shoelaces. Last night I realized that I have the skills, tools, and material to make one for myself. I stayed up a little too late finishing my I-cord, but this morning when I went running my sensor stayed in place!

I have to admit it’s getting better

I picked up another set each of size 4 and 5 circulars today and frogged my glove. While I was at it, I switched to a cabled cast-on; much better results than my normal knit-on for this pattern.

Doldrums

I’m just not happy with my experience knitting the Ringwood gloves; it isn’t the pattern and it isn’t the yarn. It’s the needles. I’m using metal dpns I snagged from my mother years ago when I first started knitting. I haven’t used dpns in ages. I’m a firm magicloop convert who has no qualms with two circulars. But I didn’t have a circular long enough to loop with in the size I needed to get gauge, so I plunged ahead on the dpns.
I’m all the way up to the fingers now and I just can’t stand it. I’m going to have to frog the glove and start over because I’m not settling for the loose stitches at the needle change points.
In the meantime, I had settled on a cardigan pattern and just needed to go yarn shopping when another contender or two popped up in my friends feed on Ravelry. Now I have to redecide which sweater comes first! Life is hard, eh?
The best news is that I finally got around to weaving in ends and blocking that shawl from ages ago. The cat threw up on it while it was drying, but I managed to wash it out and didn’t need to reblock. I’m in love with the final product and I’m looking forward to my next lace shawl project. Someday I’ll even take pictures to share.