I adore Flight of the Conchords deeply, so I figured I’d share this video. I’m also feeling some inner sinus pressure. Who could resist a pun like that?
I started sewing buttons onto my sweater yesterday. I placed two correctly. And then? And then. I messed up, and sewed one button about one stitch too far up and then I based another button from that button, and now I have to take them off and re-do them. It feels insurmountable until I look at those shiny new buttons.
Aren’t they lovely? I love metal buttons in general, but gosh, I love these buttons. This colourway of Lamb’s Pride Superwash Worsted has a silver tone to it, and the silver buttons pick it up. Here’s a more detailed shot.
Does anyone know what those crests symbolize? I’m working under the assumption that they don’t really mean anything, but I don’t want to be like the one girl I knew in High School who wore a Le Tigre shirt because she liked tigers.
My Manos del Uruguay mittens are making me sad. I took them into Ariadne and weighed them; the completed mitten weighs 32 grams and the ball weighs 19 grams. Tragic! I think I’m going to end up ripping out the cuff to see if I can re-knit the cuff in another yarn, and hopefully, that increase the yardage enough to make two gorgeous mittens.
I also cast on for Elizabeth Zimmerman’s baby sweater on two needles from her Knitter’s Almanac (Schoolhouse Press) last night. I’m using Mission Falls 136 Merino Superwash in Raspberry. Knitting this sweater is a bit strange; the pattern isn’t as, well, blocked out as more modern patterns, but the writing flows nicely. I like how the knitter is invited to change the pattern at will. I’ve also decided to do yarn overs instead of invisible increases so that there will be space to pull some pretty ribbons through the sweater.
I chose the colour because it’s feminine but bright. Babies are born basically blind, so bright colours are more easily visible to them. Pale, pastel colours for babies don’t make a lot of sense to me. The mother of the baby looks great in vibrant colours so I hope she’ll like it.
How’s the inner city pressure treating my kitties?
Second Storey Knits 