The Skinny
November 18, 2018
My knitting mojo is back big time. On top of the few projects I already had on the needles, I started 4 new projects since Rhinebeck, 2 of which I started last weekend. Craig went off for his yearly Rhinebeck (deer hunting at Pineapple Lodge) and being alone all week made knitting all the things seem like the right thing to do.
I'm pretty sure he was just out of the driveway when I got out the loom and warped it using my Miss Babs Yummy Toes mini skeins for a Mad for Plaid scarf.
Then I did a bit more work on my first panel for Twitch.
Then I got really ambitious and starting this:
The Shieling blanket by Kate Davies. I love knitting blankets. They're always the right size, they're incremental--one square at a time--and who doesn't love snuggling under a blanket?
This one might be a challenge...it's fingering weight AND fair isle. And completely addictive. Two squares done and I'm smitten. It's beautiful and fun to knit.
I have a few other things on the needles and I noticed they're all fingering or lace weight. Skinny yarn and big projects.
While I love a chunky cowl or a worsted weight sweater, there's something more refined in a thinner-yarn garment. They're more clothing and less hand made. There's more space for a motif or colour. And really there's more knitting which isn't ever a bad thing.
Go little on something big...or go home.