Ah....I needed that. I took a lovely break from frustrating patterns and
made a insanely fast beret. Seriously fast! As in a long afternoon it could be
completed. Took me 3 days of early morning knitting with time left over on the
third day. With the leftover time, I quickly grafted the toe of Evil
Pink. That went so smoothly and pain-free that I kept looking at it
thinking, I must have done it wrong. I didn't though and it looks lovely.
Beret is blocking for the second time. First time I used a pie tin as
suggested in the pattern. While the shape was ideal, the size was not. It's
blocking on a dinner plate (also suggested) this time.
I awoke the following day ready to tackle the second Time-Out Sock! I'm almost to the gusset so it is moving right along. I'm playing it smart this time and adding a lifeline every 8 rows. That only takes a minute and will save a ton of frustration if something happens.
To go along with the sock knitting, I
decided to start a lace shawl. I
know I said no more shawls but when I was looking for hat yarn in the stash, I
took a hard look at the stash. I have 5 skeins of lace yarn yet I haven't knit
lace in over 2 years! Then I have more sport and worsted weight than I would
like. It's time to put some of that yarn on the needles. I'm going to try
keeping a non-sock project on the needles, for a while, along with my usual sock
or two.
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