Tinking life

ahh if only this were a possibility.  I have so much I'd like to tink back sometimes.  Thankfully, the Moose has the patience of a saint, and the faith in me that only one of those would have as well.

Back to other things though, the mystery project may be coming back to life.  I knitted and felted my gauge swatch for the top, and was pleasantly surprised by the way the Knit Picks wool felted, though the jeans gave it a kind of dingy look that even the sparkly crochet thread I knit in didn't offset.  I'll need to remember to felt it with something else of a like color, if at all possible.

In the quest to make the perfect mystery project, I am learning a lot about bust darts.  There are some really cool sites out there that have some awesome equations and tutorials for getting perfect darts.  I plan on getting started on a test for those shortly.

However, since the mystery project can only be worked on in hours of solitude, and yesterday was spent entirely with the Moose's family, I got started on Hush-Hush with my Lorna's Laces Shepard Sock in Flamingo Stripe...no way I'll finish this by the November 1 deadline for Knit for the Cure, but it would be fantastic if I could do so.

If not, I'll just keep it for next year.

What that translates too is that for the next 11 days, all I'm allowed to work on is Hush-Hush.  At 400 stitches per round right now on size 3 needles, needless to say, this is going to be a challenge to my patience.  Not only that but the yarn winding itself has been challenging...seems like every hank I open up of the LLSS is tangled.  Very frustrating.  I had to resort to winding by hand yesterday instead of on my yarn-ball-winder.  I suppose once I get it wound by hand, I could go back and create a nice neat center-pull ball on the winder, but that's time taken away from knitting.

My plan of attack for today?  At least 8 more rows on Hush-Hush.  It's football night in San Diego though, so I might not get that much accomplished.  We'll see.