Useless esmerelda
Oh, dear. I seem to have fallen into a funk lately. Everything takes a supreme effort. Work is long and hideous. Despite the increased sunlight March is pushing our way, I see as little of it as I did at the beginning of February. Something hidden in our kitchen smells repulsive and I cannot for the life of me work out what it is. And I seem to have turned into Eeyore.
ETA: I worked out the smell, at least. Should have taken out the rubbish bag ages ago.
Look, another finished knit:
Specifications -
Pattern: Herringbone Mittens (sans Poms) Ravelried
Author: Elli Stubenrauch
Yarn: Wensleydale Long Wool Aran in Blue & Purple
Needles: 4mm Addi Turbo circulars, worked in Magic Loop
Moderations: I could not find a suitably sized smaller circular to work the cuff, so I CO’d 45 stitches and increased in round 13. I also, you will notice with your clever deductive cleverness, buggered up the thumb increases and therefore the striping, although I hear all the cool kids are calling this sort of mistake a ‘design feature’.
The problem with these mittens-and I hasten to add that the pattern is precisely written, simple, and elegant, and the wool lovely and sticky, making it perfect for colourwork, yet soft due to the long staple length (is that what it’s called, spinners?)-is that they are two months overdue. They are destined for my swap partner in the No-More-Humdrum-Mittens Swap, Round 1. Yes, that’s right, lads and lassies, the swap progressed to Round 2 whilst I remained firmly rooted in my ridiculous mental blackout about the first one.
Quasi-mandatory innards shot. I must say I quite like this side. These will be going in the mail tomorrow, provided I can sneak out of work for a paltry twenty minutes without them rearranging my project again. I don’t think I shall be swapping anymore, and frankly after this public declaration of incompetence, who would want me as a partner? I can never manage it to a level that I would call acceptable, and I seem to be permanently late these days, in all walks of life. I just don’t see the point anymore.
February 27, 2008 at 11:16 pm
Don’t be too hard on yourself. The swap is not over for another 2 weeks. Beautiful mittens.
February 28, 2008 at 7:18 am
They are gorgeous – that colour combination is lovely, as always your knitting is a wonder, and oh how I love Wensleydale! Even if they are late, they are a beautiful swap gift. Sorry everything is a bit blah – email if you need to vent!
March 1, 2008 at 12:23 am
You are an awesome swapping wonder…. be nice to yourself.
March 7, 2008 at 4:00 am
YOU ARE THE BEST! I cannot thank you enough for my beautiful mittens and all of the gorgeous yarn that you sent to me. I absolutely love it all of it. The mittens were well worth the wait. I have never had anything knit for me before and I am so grateful for the lovely pair that you made for me. In fact I had been coveting that very pattern for quite some time now, so thank you. The color combination is lovely as well, just bright enough but not so loud that it won’t go with my winter coats! Perfect. And the yarn! The YARN! It is gorgeous, I adore it. Thank you so much for putting the thought and time into my package, and though it was late, it was worth it, so thank you again.
March 20, 2008 at 8:36 pm
I think those mittens are beautiful. I have just been given a book called Mostly Mittens and it is patterns from the Russian Komi people.I can’t wait to start a pair.