Stick around and watch me try to pull something lacey out of my Knitting Bucket!I have just now requested to be signed up for the Amazing Lace. Knitters around the world will get up off their couches and take their knitting out for a little summer adventure. The main requirement seems to be to knitting in public and putting holes in it...on purpose!
It's called Lace when you put the holes in the right place?
Having never actually knit anything that was supposed to have holes in it, I plan to start off small.
First up will be Old Shale 2-Yarn Socks. If it goes well, I see several pairs of these socks tucked away as Christmas presents. That does mean I'll have to resist the urge to pull them on and walk around in them as soon as they come off the needles.
I suppose.
After that I intend to knit some Over-The-Knee Socks from Holiday Knits.
I have this book through the inter-library loan program and the pattern is all printed out. Perhaps I should buy it. CONCERNED? Well yes, I am. By Round 2 I'll be consulting the abbreviations & Special Techniques section to see how the hell I'm supposed to *P1, RT; Repeat from * around. RT? Mother of god. (Haven't actually specified which year someone might get these as a gift ;)
This Knitting Bucket is a gift from Sam. A Kindergarten thank you gift from last year's Letter People adventure and one of my most prized possessions! It says: This is your Knitting Bucket. ABCDE...XYZ.
An excellent use of the . . . !
UPDATE: Anxious to get started with my first Amazing Lacey Sock, I cast 64 stitches onto size 2 needles. Did I mention I knit a little tight? Pattern says to use size 1. These stitches would be a bit snug if I use 1's!! Not to mention needles would be bent into paper clips after a few Knit 2 Togethers!
By the 3rd YO I wondered randomly if I was YOing in the right direction. The 2nd SSK went dreadfully wrong - slipping off the needle, causing me to rip the first 16 stitches out and start over. Followed by frantic grabbing for a crochet hook to pick up the stitch I had just dropped.
Onward I went through the 4 rows of the first repeat and started the next. Quick check here and it turns out I was NOT yarn over'ing in the right direction and my lacy holes were not so, I don't know... LACEY? I tore out 6 rows and managed to pick 64 teeny little stitches BACK UP - most of them facing the right direction!
I was ready for a lie down while I reflected on my ability to knit holes on purpose.
I finished the 3rd repeat this morning - I hope I'm not last at the check-in.
Will this be an elimination pit stop?
2nd Update: Went to ACMoore's with 40% coupon in hand to buy 2nd set of needles so that both Amazing Lacey Socks might be completed at the same time. The 2's were the wrong color? Bought another set of 1's because they seemed to be the correct color. Disregard the paper clip comment. Apparently my knitting has loosened up a bit.
I was knitting with the 1's all along. I'm an idiot? No, that's harsh.
I'm clueless.
4 comments:
Lovely photos! And I like that Knitting Bucket, too! I think lace socks are a terrific first lace project...and yes, you put the holes in deliberately!!! lolol
(((hugs)))
Lace...yikes!!! No matter how challenging it gets you'll still be ahead of me in the game. Loved looking at your projects. Most impressive!
That's so funny. Needle size, pattern confusion, yarnover stuffups, all very familiar, and perversely very funny when reading about it on someone else's blog.
Good luck in the Amazing Lace.
Not an elimination round! Just a little stumble! Onward and upward!
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