Knitting at Night

Fun with Ravelry

nobody@vox.com(Angelique) — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 13:25:26 -0500

Ravelry is good for mindless cruising, my fave cruise being a trip through the Kitty Pi project gallery.

Always a pick me up! Today's gems:

Kitty's pissed

http://www.flickr.com/photos/75502789@N00/1662976286/

Kittens Pi!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/8303671@N02/534478000

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Thoughts on circular needles

nobody@vox.com(Angelique) — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 11:44:44 -0500

I love Knit Picks. Love 'em. However, having just finished my Tangled Yoke Cardigan sleeves on two Options interchangeable circulars I notice that the cords got rather bent up.

One of my least favorite features of the average circular needle is the eternally kinked cord. And while the Knit Picks cords (interchangeable and fixed alike) are a huge improvement over what you get from Susan Bates, Clover, Balene, etc.; they don't take a real beating the way some others do.

Skacel Addi Turbos cost a fortune, but they are so durable and smooth that I don't mind the investment. I've also got a pair from Inox that I'm test knitting. I used them once for a pair of socks, and that went pretty well. The nice thing about Inox is that they are way more affordable than Addi.

I was so excited to finally get my Options set, but now I'm sort of relegating the kit as backup to my collection of fancy fixed. And slowly I will have either gifted, discarded or put into deep storage my quirky, cheap circulars picked up from JoAnn and the like in my early days of knitting.

Of course, I wonder if the Boye or Denise interchangeable sets are any better? Thoughts anyone?

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Endless orange

nobody@vox.com(Angelique) — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 16:52:17 -0600

Quite negligent on the updates, but that's me. I am almost to the yoke of the Tangled Yoke cardigan. The sleeves have been dragging on forever especially after having taken a little baby blanket break:

Pinwheel baby blanket

The sleeves I am doing on two circulars, and I am so glad I did or I'd never finish this thing. I've got about 20 rows left on the sleeves at this point, and then it's time for tangles:

I'm itching to start about 5 different projects: more socks, a beret for myself (though cold weather is basically behind us for now), hand towels, more sweaters ..... and on, and on.

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