Tattva1 knits

That’s right, another Finished Object!

Pattern: I made it up. I’ll tell you more.
Yarn: Peaches N Creme, leftovers from other dishcloths, less than a fourth of a ball
Needles: US 5 bamboo dpns

So, I’ve got two nice bars of soap that I can’t buy more of until I get a job.  This soap lasts maybe a week in the shower on the soap shelf, and I didn’t want to waste it.  So I borrowed the stitch pattern from here, modified to knit in the round, borrowed construction hints from here (clearly the scrubby, not the baby booties), and knit it.  The base rectangle is 14 stitches and 4 rows, so that you have 14 stitches for the lace sections (on both sides) and 4 stitches for the stockinette panels.  Then all in stockinette for a bit, a K2Tog YO row, more stockinette, and a normal BO.  The drawstring is just a crochet chain.

Of course, I haven’t actually gotten to use it in the shower yet.  My bodywash it at that point where there’s hardly any left, but there still seems to be enough in there every day for at least that one day.

I finished some socks!

Pattern: Blackrose Socks (Rav)
Yarn: Yarn Pirate Merino/Tencel in Dogwood (aka, the cursed yarn)
Needles: US 0 (2.00mm) Bamboo DPNs
Started: There’s a long story, but sometime in July I started this particular pattern
Finished: August 19th, 2009
Mods: Well, I only printed out the page with the CO numbers and the lace chart, so I just winged the rest of the pattern. I did a short row heel (gasp! Don’t die of shock on me here!) and a wedge toe.

I was going crazy with this yarn. I first started a Monkey at the end of April (doctor’s visits pre-gallbladder surgery), but it was doing that spirally thing that I personally don’t like in Monkeys. So I ripped and started a 60st stockinette sock, but stockinette wasn’t really what I was wanting to do at that time. So I ripped again and started the Mad Color Weave pattern (during my trip to Chicagoland in May.)

That one looked great. It just didn’t fit. So I ripped again.

I was so pissed with myself and this yarn that I found the first pattern that I vaguely wanted to knit and cast on. And so it did that swirly thing, but since most of this pattern is stockinette it’s OK, and then there’s a little biasing with the lace. The lace isn’t terribly visible, but that’s OK too, because I managed to arse it up in one spot, and I just didn’t care to rip back to fix it.

(Oh yeah, I took a totally screwed up color picture of the short row heel, and since I took it you get to see it.)

But the yarn story doesn’t end here. Since i have small feet and I knit shorter cuffs, I had mucho yardage left over. So I knit some booties.

I think you can figure which pattern these are. (If you really don’t know, just ask and I’ll answer.)

And I still have yards and yards left. So Pidge is getting some socks, but you don’t get pictures of those yet.

But sensible and practical doesn’t mean ugly!

They’re purple. I know it’s hard to tell. I was looking for a nice metallic neutral, but found deep amethyst purple. I couldn’t say no! (And they were on sale, to boot!)

Pattern: Ten Stitch Blanket, minimized to dishcloth size
Yarn: Lily Sugar ‘n Cream stripes (blues and white) and solid (yellow), leftover from the Ballband dishcloth

Pattern: Grandmother’s Favorite
Yarn: Lily Sugar ‘n Cream solid

These took me less than 2 days each.  I can’t help but say, I love dishcloth knitting.  I haven’t quite hit the saturation point to where I don’t need any more nice hand-knit dishcloths – I suppose I’ll get there when I throw out all the old crappy Wal-Mart ones and the drawer still overflows.  And even then, looking at Mom’s dishcloths, I think I’ll still have a recipient when I feel the need to make another one.  (And I will.  Oh yes, I will.  I love a pattern where I can just grab the yarn and get to it, without looking at anything as a reference first.)