*TWITCH*

[labellementeuse]

So I spent the better part of today working on adapting the gorgeous owls pattern for knitting in the round, in DK. This took some time but I feel pretty good about my fudged numbers and I'm squeezing my yarn and looking at the outfit I wore today and thinking about how much cuter it would have been with an owls sweater instead of the principals jumper that everyone on the planet owns and what a neat shade of green my yarn is and how much I can't wait can't WAIT to cast this thing on. And godDAMNit, I don't know where my 3.5mm needle tips are but I'm pretty sure they're in a box coming back from the UK and I must. cast. on. this. jumper. right. NOW.

and I'm pretty sure Nancy's isn't open for me to get a second set of 3.5s at 11:30 pm. Arrrrrrrrgh.

Off to work out my anger on the shawl I'm supposed to be knitting at the moment. I'm at that point that you get to in a triangle shawl where you've memorised the pattern but your rows are now long enough that each one takes forever, so progress is extremely slow. I just want to cast off already. :(

Comments

[deutscheami.livejournal.com]

Oh wow, that's a gorgeous sweater. It makes me want to learn how to knit!

[labellementeuse.livejournal.com]

Isn't it lovely? (And hey, people have learned to knit for sillier reasons! In fact, "I want that" is probably THE reason to learn, and a great one too!)

[intertext.livejournal.com]

I wish I could knit, and make one of those (as long as they don't suddenly decide they want to be flowers...)

[labellementeuse.livejournal.com]

Well, the wee buttons are very owl-ish. :P

[cactus-cat.livejournal.com]

Cute sweater! *covets*

[labellementeuse.livejournal.com]

inorite? designers are so clever! I can't wait to wear it.

[duskshadows.livejournal.com]

PLZ TO BE GIVING ME MODS ONCE YOU HAZ TESTEDED THEM.
because i've been trying to convince myself i don't need Owls, not really, even if i did turn it into a cardigan. WHICH I TOTALLY WOULD.
ugh. i'll finish your shawl if you finish my giant crochet blanket? LOL XD which shawl you knitting??

[labellementeuse.livejournal.com]

Wilco! Who knows what they'll be like, I basically just fudged it, but the nice thing about top-down is that it should be relatively easy to tell if my fudgings are disastrous, so.

I REALLY need Owls. I need lots and lots of things actually, like little birds (http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/little-birds-3) and a cropped cardigan to replace the one that I'm currently wearing out (that I didn't knit) and some fingerless mitts and and and a lot of other stuff. zomg. knits! I loves them.

I am knitting Candleflame (http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/candle-flame-shawl-archived) only in 4ply and lacy and it's taking f.o.r.e.v.e.r. It's a cute pattern and I think it'll look great blocked by I am SO OVER IT right now.

[duskshadows.livejournal.com]

omg i love little birds <3
meh, at the speed i knit i wouldn't finish it in under a year! i have six things going at the moment, i'm desperate to finish something so i don't fel o terrible for casting on more socks, which i really want to do... attempting my first lace, so far having failproblems readings charts properly. i'm sure one i get used to it, i won't suck so much XD

[labellementeuse.livejournal.com]

lace charts! I would recommend starting with a pattern that has both written and charted instructions. Read, and knit from, the written instructions for the first repeat, and then switch to the chart and keep looking back at the written if you need to. Yeah, it's just a skill, don't worry! (Plus, you don't HAVE to knit from charts, there's plenty of written-out lace out there.)

[duskshadows.livejournal.com]

tht would probably be a good idea, but i want *this* lace and i want it *now*! XD i'm (trying...) to do the Springtime Bandit shawlette-type-thing in fingering weight, i just seem to be stuck on a bit where no-one else has been stuck. XD someone's given me the stitch count for the row before, so i just have to tink back and see where i wnet wrong... i think i should probably start again on larger needles too, it's coming out a bit tight. *sigh* i'll get there! i want to be able to read from charts, it makes me feel like a smarty-pants XD