KnitMe

travel knitting

We went away for the weekend to Central Oregon, and the big decision was...what to knit? I decided to take the Dacapo, and start a sleeve. I also took the Midnight Sun tam kit with me. Faithful readers will remember that my last tam attempt, the Autumn tam, ran afoul and amok. Although I like the resulting tam, it wasn't the Fair Isle perfection that I knew was possible, so I was glad that I had a second kit. Let's see if I can get this one right! This time I had plenty of yarn in the right colors, and it is amazing how much easier that makes it to follow charts! I finished it this morning and here it is!

It is very hard to impress my family anymore, and when I expressed my thrill at successfully completing the charts, I recieved responses that ranged from, "It's just a hat, how hard can it be?" to "It looks like the socks you just made." (that were made out of Regia). I educated them on the difference and made it plain that this is ART. It looks NOTHING like the socks. They made appropriate noises, but I am not sure my teenaged son was convinced.
Nevermind, On to the Dacapo. This has to be the most tedious, boring, thankless knitting that I have ever done. Other than knitting an afghan in garter stitch, this has to be the worst. Miles of garter stitch on size 3 needles...ugh. This photo shows where I am now, with 60 ridges. I have to reach 85 ridges to reach the next phase. At this moment, that seems a long ways away. Somewhere, I imagine Hanne Falkenberg laughing, "Aha, I've suckered another knitter into doing this project!"

You may now start placing bets on when this sweater will be done. I don't believe in UFO's, and it will be finished, but I am going to need a lot of breaks!

Anne

Posted by at April 25, 2004 09:10 PM