So sorry for the lack of blogging its been a craptastic week here at chez zyllah. Found out we are not able to move to STL this fall and will in fact be stuck here for the next two years or so. Anyway so I’ve been knitting a way on the trekking socks. I hate them. I hate the yarn…I hate how the striping is working up so frogging will commence and the yarn will go into the box of stuff to get rid of at some point. My friend claire also hated both opal and trekking. So its not just me! I guess I’ve been spoiled. I’m getting much better at giving away yarn I loathe which is a good thing I guess. So now I will have to pick another sock yarn to torture. Thermal is plugging away. I still think it’s a fun knit but it’s a bit slow going since well you know sz 2 needles. I must say the best part of thermal really is the fact that at a glance I can tell what row I’m on cause of that nifty row counter. So I’m almost done with ball two and I begin to fear I will run out of yarn. I suppose I’ll be going with 3/4 or shorter sleeves if that happens. Anyway time to knit…
Yeah, I’m thinking I’ll either run out of yarn or I’ve misplaced a ball. I do think I have some essential bare, but it’s not tweedy, and there’s only one big hank of it. Thermal’s on hold for a day or two while I wrassle the Pi Shawl into submission. I switched to size 4 needles for this incarnation (still on the 3rd, and I’m up to 512 sts, but I have many rounds to knit before I’m ready for the edging, and I’ll probably run out of yarn for this too). The upside is that I really like the fabric with the size 4 needles.
I’ve heard that Trekking, striping issues notwithstanding, can be scratchy or stiff to knit with, but that it blooms and gets softer with washing. I’m excited to knit with mine, which will be blogged about SOON.
My blog is getting dusty. I should say something there tomorrow, just to clear out the tumbleweeds.
That sucks that you won’t be moving here. =( But at least most/all of the major road construction will be done after you get here? I stink at consoling people…heh.
Is Trekking similar to Opal? I hate working with Opal too, so I guess I won’t waste my time with Trekking.