I Told You I Was Knitting
The story thus far:
Yeeeep
Yes, it’s growing. The original stash bag long-term knitty readers will recognise as the big tapestry thing on the right. The original project bag is the purply flowery one on the left. Above the original project bag are two more project bags. In the centre the same long-term knitty readers will recognise the original Mobile Knitting Unit, which used to be a black and pink evening bag. There are now three Mobile Knitting Units: the little green tapestry bag is Number Two, and the little red* leather bag is Number Three.
Lotsa hellhound blanket squares
So, this looks like a lot of hellhound blanket squares, doesn’t it?
It is. It is lots of hellhound blanket squares. I told you I was knitting.
LOTSA hellhound squares. Er, hellhound blanket squares.
Not nearly as many as it needs to be however: that’s twenty-six of the marly** ones, nine grey and one pink—plus five knitted by other people which do not appear here.*** I need nearly three times that many. Not least because my squares (mostly†) aren’t square and they’re too small.††
Knitters get their thrills in some strange places
This is the end of my second skein! So exciting!!!! The first one ended very politely at the end of a square, so I haven’t yet had the breathtaking Beginning of the New Skein in the Middle of a Square experience yet. But . . . second skein . . . with the off-screen extras this means I’m only getting about fifteen squares per skein. Aaaugh. I need more yarn.
Um. Pink. THE HELLHOUNDS WON'T MIND.
In theory the hellhound blanket is going to be mostly marl with some grey and . . . er . . . pink for variety. There wasn’t a whole lot of choice in the chunky-acrylic category when Fiona and I went in needing to buy yarn for my hellhound blanket. I knew before I began that I was going to have to do it in more than one colour or go mad and . . . well . . . pink. There’s only a little pink. This is my first pink skein and I’m over halfway through my first grey one.
The Second Project Bag. Containing Mysteries.
However this is not all. The second project bag contains Secret Projects #1 and 2.††† And having consulted anxiously with Master Knitters it has been agreed that #1 is not immediately identifiable as its eventual self, and I can therefore afford to demonstrate. . . .
Even more squares!!!!!
Next time I will tell you about my passion for fancy knitting needles. . . .‡
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* No, really, it is red. My camera is once again struggling with dim indoor light and my dislike of the flash. And the somewhat weird angles that most of these are shot at is me trying to keep me out of the photos since what light there is is pretty much coming in from everywhere, which makes the shadow of the cameraperson a ubiquitous ratbag.
** Unbeautifully called ‘orchid marl’. Orchid? Marl?
*** Which I feel would be cheating.
† Speaking of mostly . . . my knitting is mostly a lot of things, and most of them vary.^ I imagine if my non-squares were reliable rectangles, since this is a rectangular thing, a blanket, that would be fine. But they are not reliable. Trying to stick them together at the end is going to be . . . interesting. I keep saying that ordinary sewing doesn’t scare me, but . . . the prospect of trying to make a rectangle out of my non-squares scares me. Badly.
^ For example, all of it still contains gleeps and blergs.+ But the gleeps and blergs vary.
+ Sigh.
†† I am clearly becoming one of those knitters who Does Not Make Gauge. Sigh. It’s not like I’m surprised.
††† Also my scarf, which is a little curled-up wisp at the moment. I’ll show it to you when there’s a bit more to show.
‡ The Third Project Bag (whose contents I will also show you some other blog) was a present from Fiona:
So be nice. Or else.
Mwa hahahahahaha.
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