Knitting: September 2006 Archives

I picked up this gorgeous new Debbie Bliss SoHo wool rather randomly thinking "love this maybe I'll knit a hat in it?" so thought I'd do the cable pattern hat from the Rowan book that Max (http://www.noodlesanddoodles.com) sent me, as I was using a different wool to the pattern suggestion and the pattern said 8mm needles while the wool recommended 51/2mm I'd better be good and do a tension square. Having done that I settled on 10mm needles to get the right size?!? I did think that's a bit odd but the tension square's the way to do it - so how come that 12 rows up with 23 to do my hat is already over halfway up my head but shorter around the brim than previously successfully knitted hats??? it looks like my lovely hat will reach down to my chin while squeezing my head tight?! So I will persevere as I am, because I'm really no idea what to change and maybe have to roll it up a lot - I'll keep you posted!

Here's my lovely little bag finished! (although I think I may line it when I find some suitable material) but isn't it the cutest little bag?!

Yaay! after a long evening I have unknitted to the back to front cable and corrected it and knitted back to where I was! very tedious and concentrated job (much more so then knitting in the first place!) but I do feel much better now! I'll post a pic when it's finished.

I must first apologise, I've been very bad at posting lately, I seem to have been bogged down with work lately and no energy at night to blog, but I'm off for a week so should get some more posts on!

For a start here's the Rowan Dolly bag which finally arrived and I got stuck into - it was going very well until I stopped last night and spotted the big cock-up in the cable on the left (I must have held the cable at the back instead of front I think) really really really frustrated, I first thought oh sod it I'll just make that the back of the bag but we all know that a big blip like that will bother me forever. Tonight therefore I will attempt to carefully unknit it! this is I know going to be hell to get all the cables right but it's got to be done!

I joined the rowan members club last week, mainly because of the free gift of the wool and pattern for a very lovely dolly bag so I haven't started anything else as I know I'll want to do it as soon as it arrives - but I've been waiting a week since the letter to say it'll be following shortly! and my fingers are getting twitchy for a good project. The crochet's not going so well - I just about cracked basic stitches and I made a circle but following a pattern has me beaten at the minute, so in frustration I want to get some knitting in before I try again!