Even though I whined like a little bitch over it and shoved thermal in the bad sweater box for a time out, I finally got the sucker fixed. So last week I was gazing at the beauty of it and noticed one wee little mistake WAY WAY back. So I considered the options, did I want to ignore it and hope it went away, did I want to rip back, or did I want to attempt to fix it. I chose option C, so I dropped the stitch 24 repeats down which makes it actually much worse than the pic I posted before. So I dutifully weave it ALMOST all the way. Now I had been weaving from the wrong side since I find it faster to weave knits rather than purls. So anyway….what do I discover but I had missed a few bars. It was at this point I decided to punish thermal and put it in its box to learn it’s lesson. Now of course I had a problem…one wip and the wip was being punished. So I had to start something else. I wanted easy and pretty and something to work on at knit night. So I started the corugater in Malabrigo Velvet Grape. It’s like knitted buttah. I know it will pill like a mofo. I know it will look so ratty after next winter I’ll stick it in a box and weep but I just don’t care. It’s that amazing. However my initial love soon was broken by my resistance to scarves. I mean sure they’re fun for the first few inches when you get to see how it will work up and then the realization hits that you’re going to be doing the same thing for next 6 feet or so. So I think it will be a knit night knit. Utterly mindless and I have scarves so I’m not really in a rush to finish it.
I haven’t been knitting much because of house stress and because I have company. Yes I always have an excuse on why I don’t get more done. However Justin is going away for most of the next month so I expect to get lots done then. Unless of course we finally pick a damn house and I’m packing. I think packing trumps knitting. At this point I’m so sick of the process I’m just ready to never mention it again. He wants some sort of iron clad guarantee that we’ll make a profit and I can’t give that to him. I’m not freaking psychic nor do I play one for psychic friends. Anyway… So once I actually sat down and got a system going stitching thermal up really wasn’t that bad. Besides once she was fixed I’d realized I missed her. I missed the soothing long rounds that I could pick up and do when I had a few spare minutes. So onward thermal I shall go…
Hooray, Thermal! I can totally see myself knitting another one. I should make an attempt to work on mine more often, but I’ve been spinning (CD spindle! Homemade CD spindle! Pictures soon!) and making a bath mat for my sister’s upcoming move. Note to self: yes, kitchen cotton is da bomb when it comes to price and washability, but please consider your poor hands next time you jump into a project where two strands of it are held double.
Purple-icious…it made me pick up the purple projects I have too.
The whole reason I could resist the Malabrigo I saw at Knitorious was that I knew it would pill, pill, pill. I have to admit these kinda things early so I save myself the agony. It’s still gorgeous, though, especially your colorway there.
Anyway, poor, poor Thermal. It’ll get done eventually…
Thermal looks awesome! I love the colors of that scarf you’ve started too.
Keep on truckin’ with Thermal! I’m a big hypocrit, though, as my own Thermal is shoved deep in the bottom of my knitting bag.
Yay to be cruising along on Thermal again! It looks great so far, though your photos of the fix scared me a little!
I’m with you on knitting scarves. My few attempts at “scarf knitting” have all ultimately become “washcloth knitting.” I just don’t have the stick-to-it-iveness for knitting 6 feet of the same thing…