Ninja Knitting

No photos, but I'm stealing a quick minute to update since I've been out of the posting loop for too many days. I have been doing some blog hopping and did catch all three episodes of the Knitcast on my iPod. I found that I really enjoyed that. I'm a reader, but I've never been a book-on-tape listener. I just sort of zone out and suddenly realize I have no idea what I've been listening to. But for some reason, I really liked having the knitcasts to listen to. I sat and knitted and listened to them and halfway paid attention to whatever M had on TV the other night.

(No. I haven't found my iPod charger or the firewire cable, both of which I did have with me in KY in January. But, the USB cable works for now - and charges it, too. So, maybe I'll stumble over the others soon. I'm sure I brought them home and stashed them somewhere safe in the flurry of things going on at the time. I REALLY need those little RFID tags from Brookstone that you put on things and then can press a button later to locate the items when you can't find them!)

So, I haven't been knitting a ton, but I have been working on a new design for the boys in Koigu. Matthew picked out the color from my stash. It's one that I wasn't sure I liked in the skein. I'd ordered it sight unseen and didn't love it in person. But he instantly bonded with it, and once I started working with it, I fell in love. It's a wondeful blend of limes, browns, and some pinkish tones thrown in. Very Nina Turtle. Very celtic in some way. Very postmodern. Very cool.

He also picked the cable pattern I'm using. It's a super basic one, but he liked the "ropes."

So, I was making his version of the design first, but because of the change in tension with the cables, it ended up being Spencer-sized. That threw me a bit, and then I ran into some other issues with the sizing. But, I think I'm on track now in charting the design, and I'm ready to start the second one. I'm going to make a few adjustments this time, though, so it's sort of like a new project and a new pattern.

Still awaiting the Must Have Cardi pattern in the mail...