Sloppy

Here are Bunny’s April knitting goals:


1. Knit one ball on the muppet stole.
2. Knit six repeats on the lace scarf.

1 and 2 are both done.

Yeah, not much to look at. The lace continues to look like ass, and it is probably going to take me several more months to finish. I’m using metal needles, size 2. The thing about lace is, if you drop a stitch, it’s hard to fix the mistake without it showing pretty obviously. The metal needles are really too slippery and make it more likely I’ll drop a stitch. I was resisting the urge to buy new wood needles on account of the Economy Plan, but my resolve waned on Sucky Wednesday, and I got some new wood needles. Also, it’s not so easy to tink if I get the pattern wrong, and frogging is out of the question. So, it requires more concentration than usual, which means I can work it while listening to music, but not while watching TV or listening to books on tape. So it’s going to take a while. However, when it is done, if that ever happens, I will just have to buy a fancy set of blocking wires, Economy Plan be damned, so that’s a plus.

3. Finish the ribbed mirror image socks. Check out this live-action photography:

That's a yawn, not a scream. See how nicely his hair is growing back? I don’t think I’m going to make it with this goal. Maybe. It’s simple knitting, but boring and tedious. They look pretty good, though, and I only have about three inches plus toe to go.

4. Finish the January sock club socks.

Done, packed, and going in the mail as soon as I feel like going to the post office. Off they go to someone who probably regrets not being able to think of a kinder synonym for “sloppy” to describe the fit of the socks I have been knitting for her. Perhaps if she had told me the first time I asked “How do they fit?” that they were a little loose on her narrow feet, then we could have avoided the whole “sloppy” incident. But she didn’t, so I have been sending her multiple pairs of socks in the same “sloppy” size because she told me they were fine.


This lovely purple lace weight was an impulse buy on Sucky Wednesday.

Unlike most of my impulse buys, I know exactly what I'm going to do with this. Also, I have bought yarn for a sweater. Naturally, the yarn I want is discontinued. Naturally. But I found it online.

The Man's "red" socks are done. I have decided that Regia sock yarn is too splitty and slippery to knit with metal needles. Bamboo or hardwood only from now on.

I have started over with the muppet stole. I'm trying 48 stitches wide. It's still too muppety.

The mirror-image ribbed socks are coming along and I have done anther repeat on the lace scarf. I should be knitting that with wood needles instead of metal, but I don't have any in the right size and I have fought the urge to go the yarn store for new needles because I know I would end up coming home with more yarn, and the stash is not ready for more yarn yet. It's only April and the stash already has a net increase this year.