Twinknit

First and foremost — I feel so terrible about my Ravelry outing yesterday.  Chris’s comment about being the last picked for kickball went straight to my heart.  I didn’t mean to rub it in (if I did)… I begged Veronique for that invite ’cause she had abn extra to give away (and you know I need more to distract me from dissertation writing!).  If I had invites, I’d dole them out.  I’m pretty sure you can sign up for an invite, and I think the whole thing is gonna be public soon, so… I’m SORRY!  I won’t talk about it anymore (except to say that after I finished my writing last night, I stayed up way too late uploading stuff onto it and surfing around.  Y’all are gonna love it!)

Check it:

Pattern: Ampersand Socks, from Knitting Through the Loops (the pattern is free on her sidebar)

Yarn: Cherry Tree Hill in “Monet”

Needles: Inox dpns, US 1.5

Thoughts: I think of these as my Project Spectrum socks.  ’cause they are.  I bought this yarn months ago and had it stashed away for myself.  When this round of Project Spectrum began, I knew I  needed to use it.  The Ampersand pattern seemed great for variegated yarn (a lot like Jaywalkers in that way) and so I dove right in.  I love the yarn (though it looked much more muted on the skein… these are a little intensely pastely for me.  But they’re on my feet, so who cares) and I love the pattern, but I’m so not happy with my knitting.  For some reason, my ssk’s and my k2togs aren’t equally tight, and I get a column between my knit stitches and my k2togs.

It looks sloppy and bothers me.  I can’t figure out why, either (which might bother me more than the sloppiness).  It’s not a tension issue.  I didn’t have a break between my dpns there.  And this has never happened before.  It’s all I can see when I look at them.  I’m hoping it will relax with wear and not be so obvious — they look great when they’re not on my feet.  And the eye of partridge heel is absolutely delicious in this yarn.

I highly recommend the pattern — only modification I made was to use a twisted 1×1 rib, which I do all the time now.

And, ’cause I’ve been all into Project Spectrum lately:

Don’t be fooled by the fluffiness of this puppy — she’s really ferocious.  She is, afterall, a South Philly dog.

Now I’m going to go lie down.  I threw out my back yesterday.  How, you might ask?  Get this — by sitting at my desk for too long.  Hard chair.  Bad posture.  Ravelry karma?  Who knows.