Searching for the yarn that the designer recommends -- Reynold's Odyssey -- I hit six LYS's in two days (central Ohio is a knitter's paradise). No Odyssey to be found, but lots of other yummy substitute possibilities. At the last store, I broke down and bought the Manos that I'd been eyeing everywhere else.
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In no time at all, I had 200 stitches cast onto my 60" size 9, and I was off, guided by the toss of six coins (a la I Ching) on this Moebius adventure.
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Not bad, but I wasn't completely satisfied. I went ahead and ordered some of the recommended Odyssey on-line, so that's on its way. But too impatient to wait for it, I bought some Mountain Colors Twizzle, a beautiful and soft blend of merino and silk.
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No I Ching guidance for this one; just 4 rounds knit, 4 rounds purl, repeated three times. Mike is happy -- he'd been clamoring for a soft purple scarf, and this fits the bill nicely. And it wasn't nearly as boring as the plain garter stitch scarf I thought I'd wind up making him.
I'm kind of in a scarf rut now, with three lingering scarves-in-progress, more moebii planned, and a felted chainmail scarf creation still lurking in the wings. I've also got three pair of socks started and an unfinished sweater: more WIPs than I've ever had.
5 comments:
Don...I swear I had to do a double-take when I clicked on the link to the moebius scarf! I thought the man modeling the scarf was YOU! :) Wendy G.
Fabulous! I'll do that as soon as I figure out if I've ruined these socks I just started! Yes! I've gotten stuff and I'm knitting. I may need intervention soon, as this is my first project in . . umm . . . 10 years?
Wendy--
That's the designer Witt Pratt in the picture.
Cat--
Let me know if you want sock guidance.
Thanks for the offer! I might call on you, but for today I'm going to head over to the Merc (as Jerry calls it) after church.
Cat did amazingly on her sock!
She's a natural.
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