Phase III Began Today!!
(I am laughing at my post from yesterday, where my title indicated it would be about mitts, and the first pic I included was a pair of socks!! Talk about burying the lead!)
Today I began Phase III of the CWA - working in all those ends. I'm deliberately going to do this in smaller batches, so I don't get completely frustrated - most of the time, I find this work incredibly dull and trying.
I did manage to clear one full row of blocks, however (bottom of pic):
Here are the resulting trimmings:
I also finished the mitts today; even though Wool-Ease is mostly acrylic, with some wool, they had a good soak in Eucalan and are now drying:
As I've mentioned, this is a fun and straightforward pattern; so much so, that I'm going to cast on for a second pair later today - but in Hunter Green (more Wool-Ease). I'm also going to change the increases for the gusset from KFB to right- and left-leaning M1s. I think that will give a smoother line, especially since the mitts are otherwise very plan (they're cute as hell, though!). I'll let you decide once they're underway!
In wildlife news - I met a friend for a drink yesterday that turned into dinner, with Oogyhubby joining us! We left at the same time but were in separate cars; coming up the driveway I was in the lead. A deer jumped in front of me, and a second (perhaps more?) reversed their direction and headed back into the treeline. I was actually expecting to see deer, so my only surprise was that there weren't more of them!
Today I began Phase III of the CWA - working in all those ends. I'm deliberately going to do this in smaller batches, so I don't get completely frustrated - most of the time, I find this work incredibly dull and trying.
I did manage to clear one full row of blocks, however (bottom of pic):
Here are the resulting trimmings:
I also finished the mitts today; even though Wool-Ease is mostly acrylic, with some wool, they had a good soak in Eucalan and are now drying:
As I've mentioned, this is a fun and straightforward pattern; so much so, that I'm going to cast on for a second pair later today - but in Hunter Green (more Wool-Ease). I'm also going to change the increases for the gusset from KFB to right- and left-leaning M1s. I think that will give a smoother line, especially since the mitts are otherwise very plan (they're cute as hell, though!). I'll let you decide once they're underway!
In wildlife news - I met a friend for a drink yesterday that turned into dinner, with Oogyhubby joining us! We left at the same time but were in separate cars; coming up the driveway I was in the lead. A deer jumped in front of me, and a second (perhaps more?) reversed their direction and headed back into the treeline. I was actually expecting to see deer, so my only surprise was that there weren't more of them!
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