Chilly Day

The weather continues to be chilly, but not really cold. The other thing that it's not is typically rainy. There have been some remarkably rainy days, but not every day as I had been led to believe. So far, I am not suffering from sun deprivation. But then, I spent the past 20 years indoors in a cubical without access to a window. Sun deprivation for me, I think is quite a different story than sun deprivation for someone who has spent the same amount of time out of doors to begin with.

I went to the knitting group yesterday and had quite a good time. It is just good to be around people. And the two women who had so annoyed me on my first visit have not returned. Maybe they found me just as annoying. The knitting skills for most of the women who are there seems to be far above my own. They all seem to be working on intricate lace and color work objects that require them to work from charts. But when I talk with them, they seem to lack knowledge of some basic skills too. It confirms my conviction that knitting is mostly a splinter skill practice. One principle is not necessarily based upon the last.

I was working on a cabled hat. I'd knit most of it beforehand and ripped it out. The original pattern called for worsted yarn knitted on size 4 needles. It was a very tight knit and not really what I wanted or needed. I re-knit it starting with a size 7 needle for the brim and then changed to a size 9 for the body. But while I was talking at Sit and Knit I made a mistake in the cabling and didn't notice it until much too late to correct it. I decided that I'd had quite enough to the hat and just finished it off. All and all I don't think that it looks too bad. But I'm going to try it again with a different yarn.

Now I am working on a Christmas stocking for myself since mine is packed away in my storage shed in Georgia. I will be using scrap yarn from Millie's sweater and from the hat above. I have another whole skein of both if I need them, but I'm hoping that I won't.