catch-up Sunday

Since the school year started, homework and other things have cut badly into my knitting time. Or, if not into my knitting time exactly, then into my picture taking time. However I've had the satisfaction of casting off some warm items in the last few weeks.

Again with the moebii! I can't stop! I've done two Arrow Pathways scarves in the last few weeks.. I love this pattern - only two rows and a 14 stitch repeat. The first one is in Estelle Tussah silk and the second in Noro Silk Garden.



I only wanted to use 2 balls for the Estelle silk scarf, so I tried to save yarn by using just 2 stitches for the fingers. I still ran out of yarn with 8 inches left to cast off! Grrr. So I ended up buying a 3rd ball, which I will maybe make into a hat.

After blocking the Estelle Scarf, I realized that it was longer than I really wanted, so instead of the 168 MCO stitches called for, I shortened the Noro one to 140 stitches. The length is perfect, and I had enough yarn for the full sized 9 stitch fingers. I like the longer fingers...they look festive and jolly to me.



This project also taught me that when you think something feels wrong while you're knitting your moebius, it probably is wrong. In my case, I had more than one cable crossing, resulting in a twist and a half. However, I got this far before I was really convinced it was wrong. See the twist at the bottom, though? You get this weird ruffle thing that not only tells you something is wrong, but makes it really annoying to move the stitches around on the needle.



Pomatomus socks were also finished last weekend. I have resisted knitting lace socks, because it seems so pointless to me to wear socks with holes in them in Alberta, but the stitch pattern for this was just too interesting to pass up. It was a super fun knit, and the pattern was not so overwhelming as to fry my brain, but interesting enough to keep me enjoying it all the way through.



Here's a better pic with more stitch detail. I love the way the pattern stands out even in the variegated yarn:



Anyway, I can still keep my legs warm even if I'm wearing holey socks! Legwarmers in Araucania chunky, simple 2 by 2 rib on size 9 needles:



I keep trying to do complicated things with legwarmers, like this corrugated rib, but I'm really thinking, simple is better for these. The rib is just not flexible and elastic enough for legwarmers, although I like the effect. Maybe for just the bottom and top?