Jon's Knit Blog

Fine, Fine Points

Have you ever been to Cleveland? If you make it out there, be sure to check out Fine Points. It's a lovely shop with an interesting selection. Kind of chaotic in terms of their organization, but some great yarns. I played with some really interesting novelty yarns from Prism and Great Adirondack, and ogled lots of Colinette, especially the Prism in Raspberry which I almost bought. I decided that without a definite project, I probably shouldn't stash up on it right now. I also decided I was sadder than I previously expected about not heading to their mill when I was recently in the UK.

What did I buy, you may ask? Five skeins of Cascade 220 in a lovely plummy purple color, and two skeins of some really interesting sort of wave-y ribbon type yarn which is still in the suitcase that I haven't had time to deal with yet. It should make a very interesting poncho for my sister who has said that she wants a poncho. I have an interesting construction idea for this poncho. I am going to make two rectangles, each 20" wide, until they're 8" long. Then I will knit all the stitches from along the live side and knit them in a row, with a double decrease at the center. That will be the back. And then I'll do the exact same thing for the front. I think I'm going to do it in Garter Ridge Stitch (K three rows, P 1 row, etc...). I did a swatch in something like purse stitch but it was too open. I may use it for a border.

Anyhow, now I'm back in NYC, having not spent too much money on yarn, and having been to a lovely funeral for my grandmother.

My days are being spent doing double duty at the Republican National Convention (shudder) and at my regular job. It's neat to be at the Convention, partly because it's simply a change of pace from regular work, partly because some of the volunteers and a lot of the security guys are really hot, and partly because it's actually interesting. I'm working with/for the media through a non-partisan thing which I don't really feel comfortable going into here, but it's neat. I was even on TV. And on the Convention Floor. (I wanted to take a shower after that, let me tell you!)

Anyhow, for actually knitting content, not just stashing content, I did some more work on the Black Purl sock. I think I'm done with the ribbing now and can start on the pattern stitch... photos once the pattern actually shows up.

Bear with me. I promise that once the Convention is done, this blog will start to get pretty again. And it may even feature a trip to Knit Happens as I have a DC trip planned mid-September.

Posted by Jon at August 30, 2004 10:16 PM