Today's entry is named in honor of a rather bizarre decrease that I think I finally understand. The problem with so many of these decreases is that they just don't show you enough pictures of the process to be able to figure out what they're doing in any of the knitting books. I swear, I was never entirely sure how to do a YO until I saw Theresa's Tech Knit on YF then K...
Anyhow, I've been knitting away. And some purling, too. No P2tog tbl's lately, but I have finally figured out (I think) the right way to do it if I have to in the future.
I've been knitting, though, some. I started an intarsia afghan square (I made a diamond shape and will photo when the square is done), and I also am almost done with the Popsicle Colinette Mercury. Two more blocks to go, and I will be praising the powers that be that I am done with this yarn. I mean, I love it, it's beautiful, and I love the colors. But I just am so sick of this yarn. I have knit other Colinette yarns before (I am particularly a fan of Colinette Prism, recall my seed stitch scarf and my hated top down raglan), and I have some Point 5 sitting around waiting for a project. I'm also coveting one of the beautiful needlepoint kits they have on their site. Theresa made one of these kits, and it's really quite lovely. They're evidently not easy to get in the States, though. I have a relative in London, but she's rather busy with an 8 month old baby (yes, I knit him a blanket when he was born), so I don't want to ask her. Hopefully I'll be going to London for a bit this summer, and maybe I can just get them to ship it to the hotel... Or maybe I can visit the mill shop... bwahahahahah...
In other news, it's my "regular" blog's 1 year blogiversary today!
Posted by Jon at April 9, 2004 03:54 AM