Friday, October 20, 2006

Hi-ho, hi-ho, with Rambling Rows we go…

Oh man - we had such a good time at Chatters last night!  New friends and old from as nearby as the next state to as far away as the other side of the globe and tomorrow morning.  What a blast!  Thanks everybody - next week I’ll bring the beer :)

Ahem…

I got the cable sock finished - and it fits beautifully :)



Cable sock



I started with 72 stitches around hoping that would compensate for the compression factor of the 2-cross, 9 stitch cables.  It did and while the leg is by no means snug, the next possible number down - 60 stitches - would have been too tight.  Even though the leg is a bit loose, the solidity of the cables keep the sock up :) Convenient, eh?  I may experiment with the second sock a bit to see if I can achieve a happier medium.  I won’t re-do the first sock - it will be just fine, but a little closer fit would be better and is definitely a goal worth working towards.  There will still need to be extra stitches to compensate for the cables; on this sock, I decreased 12 stitches evenly around before starting the heel flap.  With this weight yarn and size 3US (3.25mm) needles, 60 stitches is perfect for my foot.

I also finished the seed stitch scarf…



Seed stitch scarf



It’s about 4 inches wide and about 68 inches long.  Very fun project for seeing the possibilities and potentials for color shading and mixing.  I’m going to be doing more of this, I think!

Interestingly, the sideways scarf must have been the focus for some kind of universal, harmonious, knitting convergence.  Take a look at this beautiful example, (scroll down a bit) created by Ryan over at Mossy Cottage.  Not only that, but Colleen over at Musings of a Silver Rose has started a lengthwise scarf too.  I promise we haven’t been consulting each other - apparently the universe just decided to hit all of us with the length-wise scarf stick :)

And, I believe I finally know what my next big project is going to be.  Last night, Mary in PA reminded me of this:



Rambling Rows Afghan



I have had this pattern sitting in the cabinet for...well...for a long time.  It was one of the first things I bought when I really started knitting (as opposed to just farting around) because it was garter stitch and not too threatening.  But it got shuffled aside and I never really did get down to it.  Well, those two cabinets full of Red Heart aren’t going to get any smaller by themselves and it seems to me now’s the time.  You know me though, the likelihood of my sticking exclusively to garter stitch is remote in the extreme :) I will be playing with texture and color combinations just to see what will work and what won’t.  This is going to be fun :)

We’re supposed to have a very cold, windy night tonight so I hope all your weekends are cozy and warm.  Stay safe, stay happy everyone and I’ll see you on Monday!

Babbled by Robbyn on 10/20 at 12:34 PM
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  1. You said, “fart!” Titter, titter, hee, hee!

    Lovely seed-stitch scarf, Robbyn.  And you made me realize there’s more than one way to solve the age-old question of “how do I photograph a scarf that is so dang long and skinny?” You don’t. You fold it up all creatively and photograph that arrangement instead. Thumbs up!

    Posted by Ryan  on  10/20  at  11:49 AM
    Location :

  2. oh sigh, i am just positively determined to ‘join’ all you happy chatters eventually- it seems to me that every thursday night fate looks down at me, gives an evil snicker, and creates some form of household chaos that throws a roadblock in my path-

    the attack of ‘seed stitchiness’ going around does make for pretty finished products, doesn’t it? i think it’s interesting to see how people working independently do on occasion align themselves on similar projects- i can remember my mom saying ‘… it’s in the air’ when coincidences occurred-

    stay happy-

    Posted by  on  10/20  at  11:55 AM
    Location : right here- waving at you...

  3. Ryan - I take no credit.  It’s precisely because I couldn’t get a nice picture of the whole thing stretched out flat that it wound up in a jumbled pile in the first place :) And then it seemed to me that it looked kind of interesting that way :)

    Posted by Robbyn  on  10/20  at  11:58 AM
    Location : Hunting sunny spots with the cats...

  4. Barb - Funny about seed stitch, isn’t it?  I’m going to cast on a swatch for the afghan this afternoon and that’s one of the things I want to try - a couple of rows of seed stitch here and there :)

    Posted by Robbyn  on  10/20  at  11:59 AM
    Location : Hunting sunny spots with the cats...

  5. sigh.  Beautiful socks, bee--aaa-uuutiful scarf and I forgot last night was Thursday.  Or rather, I was lying limply on the couch with my knitting sitting on my chest, recovering from a wild week at work.  but I am really bummed that I missed Chatters.

    Posted by Rob  on  10/20  at  12:26 PM
    Location : at work

  6. Rob - Thank you kindly about the socks and scarf :) I hope you did manage to get some rest last night - sounds like you’ve had a rough week!

    Posted by Robbyn  on  10/20  at  01:37 PM
    Location : Hunting sunny spots with the cats...

  7. *sigh* Now you’ve outed me, Robbyn, I’m just going to HAVE to post again soon.  I’ll have pics of my Dulaan stuff up next week, at least. (To whom will go *my* experiment with the sideways scarf.)

    Posted by Colleen  on  10/20  at  03:02 PM
    Location : of course, I can log on to your blog at work, but

  8. Colleen - Ahh -didn’t mean to make life difficult for you.  It was just such a neat and intriguing coincidence that the three of us seem to have all decided, quite independently, to work on the same type of project :) I thought that was pretty cool!

    Posted by Robbyn  on  10/20  at  04:54 PM
    Location : Hunting sunny spots with the cats...

  9. *laugh* Oh, so do I…

    Posted by  on  10/20  at  05:37 PM
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  10. I love knowing that you were knitting that sock during chatters last night! And I am just in heaven about that sideways scarf - what a beautiful colour combination you have pulled out there!

    Posted by nat  on  10/20  at  10:04 PM
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  11. Nat - Gee, thanks :) I’m always working on something - last night it was the sock.  ANd next week it will probably be the mate to the sock!  Heheh…

    Some of the scarf yarns were only a few yards long - it was interesting matching things up.

    Posted by Robbyn  on  10/20  at  10:19 PM
    Location : Hunting sunny spots with the cats...

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