Sun 31 Jan 2010
I lasted until about Tuesday before casting on with the Chiaogoo needles, despite their blunt tips. I had visions of just sucking it up and knitting the whole shawl with them. I tried to convince myself that they weren’t too bad.
And then yesterday, I was out running errands and stopped by the yarn store that I knew had Addis.
What a difference it makes to have the right tool.
I’d say my speed has doubled. As long as you don’t count the part where I had to pull back 3 times because I made a mistake that I couldn’t seem to fix. (It’s fixed now. )(I hope.)
I now have the right needles, and I’m pretty sure I have the right yarn this time.
My gauge doesn’t seem to have changed much, but I’ll probably do a light blocking on the needles in a few rows just to be sure. Wouldn’t want to have to pull all the way back, even if the knitting is faster this time around! For now, I’m calling this a swatch.
I also finished the warping this afternoon. There were a few tangles, and some odd problem that caused a few warp threads to break (still not sure why), but we are out of the woods now. I even have a little bit of fabric begun.
(That dark color is really green, not brown…)
Though warping takes forever, the weaving is indeed fast.
There might be a glimmer of hope that this will be a productive week.
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I love the colors of the weaving!
You’re right — good needles make ALL the difference! And will you stop tempting me with the weaving? 😉
Oooohh….pretty weaving!
I agree, having the right tool for the job (whatever it may be) can make all the difference – and in the case of needles, they just have to be the right pointyness, no way around it.
Ah, you are inspiring me to go hunt up the dpns I need for baby sleeves instead of trying to make do with a circular that is too big and has too stiff a cable to make magic looping remotely pleasant.