Tag: continental style

Colorwork Socks—Tinking

(Also known as ‘tinking’.)
Unknitting each stitch to get back to my mistake.

Last night I decided to finish my ‘round’ (really the second halves of two socks) even though it was late. I wanted to have less than ten rounds of colorwork to go.

Hubris. I was tired and didn’t count properly and missed two stitches of the Opal (the lighter color). So this morning I’m ‘tinking’ (tink is knit backward) to my mistake point to fix it. I could have done duplicate stitch afterwards, but that wouldn’t feel the same to me. But un-floating all of these floats is a very good motivator to be more careful & alert from now on!

Fiber carefully, or share my fate! 🧟‍♀️

 

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Tri-Fandom Shawl

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I’m so glad I was able to get some of this yarn, it’s amazing and I’d never be able to dupe it!
Current work done on my travel shawl!

This shawl gets worked on in spurts. I’ll get several segments done in a day, then the bag is left to rest for a few weeks or more with no attention, and that’s okay.

This is my travel shawl, the mostly mindless garter shawl I bring along when I know that I might be waiting a while at some appointment or waiting with one of those infernal tickets at the DMV, especially when someone has given up and left, and they call the number over & over… (I had to make a minor change to my license recently, I was glad to have the knitting!).

It also gets me the oddest looks.

So don’t expect to see this pop up often, but when it does, massive work will probably be done.

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Urban Aran Hat, Variegated

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Hand holding open a partially finished hat, still on circular needles, knitted in variegated yarn. There is a cable on the right side, ribbing on the majority of the bottom, and moss stitch to the left.

I’ve been working on this for a bit over a month, but in my defense I started in a larger size on bigger needles, and not only did it not match gauge, but halfway through the pattern I could tell I was going to be playing yarn chicken at the end—and losing.

The pattern is the delightful Urban Aran Hat by Robbie Laughlin. It’s half-chart, half-written, and for the most part pretty clear. (If you’re new to charts, or even if you aren’t—this is charted like free lace. It confused me until someone pointed that out, and then it was clear sailing.)

I’m only on row 15 of this go-round, 5 rounds past the ribbing and well into the moss stitch. I just shifted the cable over for the first time. (You may have noticed I bracketed the cable section in very plain stitch markers. I have some brain damage, and it’s easier to block those off so I don’t ever mess up the count. That set will always be the cable stitch row. If you have trouble with this for any reason, feel no shame and mark it off!) That means less moss stitch, not that it’s too wearing knitting continental (although I worry about losing track).

Expect updates!