May 22, 2004
Garter Stitch is Underrated
I've been insanely busy at work lately. It's just been crazy. And my sleep schedule has been messed up and so on and so forth.
So last night when I came home, I wanted to knit.
But the three main "active" projects that I have are either at a stage where picking up lots of stitches is the next step or a lace pattern row.
And I just wasn't in the mood to think. I just wanted garter stitch. Plain old simple "don't make me think" style garter stitch.
So I thought of Ann & Kay's afghan squares and the lovely stash oddments Kay sent me to play with for this project. I found two that are sort of in a comparable gauge that look nice together, and made up a pattern. And after two or so hours of mindless, barely-paying-attention-style knitting (and watching the season finale of "The West Wing" on TiVo), voila:
The lighter color is Rowan All Seasons cotton (and I want to play with this yarn more; I really am enjoying its springiness) and the dark a no-band chenille. Yay!