I'm Bookin'

I went stark ravin' mad yesterday! I had so many books on hold at the library that they had to keep them on a special shelf behind the counter instead of the usual hold shelf. And if that was not enough I picked up 3 more books in the new section. What were they about? Knitting , of course. All of them.

I tried to knit socks the other night- it was a disaster. I couldn't figure out where to start once I got the stitches cast on to the needles. Luckily, along with the multitude of books I have there is a video of someone (can't remember who) demonstrating how to make basic socks. Maybe that is where I can start- I will find the video and watch it and that will enlighten me as to where to go from there. I am overwhelmed , but it is a good kind of overwhelming. This will be a fun weekend for sure.

I finally found a 40" circular so I can continue on my shawl/shawls from the "Greetings from Knit Cafe" book. I have one in pink and then I started this one to fill in gaps until my new yarn arrives. I am loving how this one is coming along. The yarn is really nice to work with as it is my "no name" yarn from a seller on ebay. It is handspun and the colors are really earthy and it is super soft. I decided to just do the width of the stripes randomly so I don't have to count rows and I think it will add to the rustic feel of it. It looks a little mottled there on the second row from the bottom but that is just a glitch in the camera angle. This baby is perfect- I wanted the stitches to be really even and no dropsies. I ripped about 20 rows towards the beginning and re-knit them because I saw a stitch that wasn't quite perfect for me. I am usually not that anal about such things but it really stood out and I knew it would bug me later so I said to heck with it and just did it over. I know, I know it looks more like a sweater than a shawl but I really like it and once I get the fringe going on it will look like a big warm, cozy sweater shawl that you can wrap up in on a cold night and look at the stars. I want to get knittin' on it right now so...Cya!