Jon's Knit Blog

Monday, Monday...

Well, I got a few rows done last night on PPD, but nothing to warrant taking a picture. It really looks the same as it did before.

I also did a small swatch in Trinity Stitch to see how it would go. It's a stitch I've wanted to try, and I was contemplating it for an afghan square. I should probably make it just for practice with M3's and p3tog's which are useful, if not fun, stitches to be able to do quickly. And it does make an interesting fabric.

I also want to make a square in Kureyon, but I only have three skeins of it in ze stash - all in the same colorway - which is intended to become an Multidirectional diagonal scarf. So I think I'm going to pop into The Yarn Co. on Thursday, when I have plans to be on the Upper West Side anyhow, and pick up a couple different single skeins to turn into afghan squares.

Yes, I know the point of the afghan square thing is to reduce stash (and to use the acyrlic yarn Mom bought for me in Ohio) but I also want to try something different, and it'll be a practical way to explore some new yarns. Yes, yes, yes, you're right, I'll use any excuse I can think of to buy yarn. In fact, I'm so insane about buying yarn that I came this close to buying a plane ticket to Indiana to check out ThreadBear in preson... then I realized that the $207 for airfare and the $ for a rental car and a hotel room would be better spent on a long distance phone call or 8, and then directly for yarn purchase. Maybe not as fun, but a whole lot more practical. And hey, the Columbus Migration could still happen.