Proof that I can crochet:
It's so purdy, and it was easy. Yet I cannot seem to figure out any other crochet patterns. Maybe my problem is that I'm trying out free web patterns and no one knows how to write a pattern. After all, the snowflake above I did to match the picture. Had I followed the instructions, it would have looked nothing like it does. It would have looked like an octopus made of crochet thread that exploded.
Last night I started a sock, one of two that will be given as a Christmas present. I will not say for whom, but suffice it to say that only special people get Koigu socks done on size 1 needles.
I am pleased that I'm so damn fast, even if I'm knitting a bit of a lace pattern on the front. Maybe it's BECAUSE of the lace panel, as I am not getting (too) bored. In about an inch, it is heel-turnin' time.
I didn't say anything about Knitty yet!
I really dig this issue; everything is much more polished and detailed, compared to previous issues. Of it all, I can only say that I don't really like Cape May, if only because Rowan has a very similar capelet in some book or other and both patterns look just plain unwieldy. That is a LOT of really bulky yarn to be dragging around on your shoulders. I <3 the Wavy scarf, and I now know where my leftover armwarmer yarn is going. But, y'know, it's all great.
There was a discussion in LJ Knitting about the sizing, but by now I've realized that it ain't never going to change, so why bother. I do wish there were some sort of standards, but what can I do? I'll likely have to resize things anyway. (This is good motivation for losing weight: not having to resize patterns anymore.)
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