I know that I had the pattern all picked out for my sock pal...but I cannot find it anyplace on my HD. ugh. I was so delirious after looking through many many patterns, that I thought I saved it in the appropriate folder...THOUGHT. I looked today and well...nuthin. man.
This means that I have to search and slog through all of the patterns out there all over again to find it...I haven't the faintest idea what it was called (yes that would have been helpful)...but again, many many patterns, eyes crossed and red at conclusion of attempt, thought I had saved it so I wouldn't have to remember the name.
Something interesting...I wound my cruller hanks into yarny cakes and the Little Bunny FooFoo seemed light. At first I thought it was b/c it was in the Seduction weight...but it wound up SO quickly. Hmmm. A quick plop on the scale and hmmm, 3-3/4oz, not 4. The other 2 cakes weighed on the heavy side, but they were both mediumweight. I wish the site gave gram weight. Oh well. Oh, and even though the yarn for my sockpal is called Nodding Violet, the swatches didn't show that much purple. It does have purple, much more than I thought it would. I have learned my lesson...go by the name of the yarn, not the color swatch shown. Well unless the yarn is called something like Lucy...and in that case I was hoping for a bit more of that lovely blue...it only had a couple of splotches. Hmm.
I thought I'd check the Nodding Violet gauge...the specs say US2 (2.75mm) = 8sts/inch. Have I become a loose knitter?! I am getting 7sts/inch on addi US1 (2.5mm). Even more odd, I dropped down to INOX1s (2.25mm) and am getting the same gauge, just a skoshi tighter. That and the ugly join on the INOX needles. Ugh. Having to pull over the last stitch at every end of a round is cumbersome. What to do, what to do...
Maybe after some food and coffee I will try again...
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