Idyllic Chick

I finished my Monkey Hanging from His Tail socks on Wednesday. But when I went to put them on for work on Thursday I realized that the cast off was so tight I could barely get the socks on my feet! Ack! I'll have to rip it out, add a few more rows of ribbing, and do a loose cast off. Brenda likes this one. Since her magic sock formula hasn't done me wrong yet, I'll give it a shot. I'll probably do it at S&B this weekend as, believe it or not, I'll need help on the half hitch increase. Half hitches was how I was taught to cast-on, but it's been so long since I've used that method that I don't remember how to do it at all. I suppose I could look it up on-line, but that's not as fun as learning from one's friends.

I've been thinking about goals a lot recently, and remembered that one of my goals for the last year or so has been to learn as much about different knitting techniques as I can. I've been working on the lace thing in my wee head and in practice on my poncho. And today I'm going to learn to do double knitting! Yay! I'm going to make this hotpad for my friend Cathy that will match the teapot handle coozie I made for her a few months ago (A special request from her) and the simple dishcloth that I whipped up for her this week. I'll make a second dishcloth (Using a new stitch-to-me, natch.) to complete the set. Only then will it be posted as a finished object.

Other than planning a super secret project for a special friend, that's what I've been up to! Off to double knit!

Labels: Knitta please