Isla
That’s the last colorway that I did last weekend. It reminds me of a watercolor. Lately, I have been finding it very hard to get the light and color right in the photos. These have been worked on and are pretty close. I have finally gotten them up on my Yarn for Sale page if anyone is interested.
The Swallowtail Shawl….hmmmm… arghhhh!!!! It was going so well. Then, I relaxed and knitted one extra 6 row repeat. SIX. FREEEKING. ROWS! I tinked back for nearly two hours. Done. Then, I got to the nupps. The NUPPS! First time around I just wasn’t paying attention. I admit it. I was in the truck, not paying attention. Instead of knitting and yo’ing into the same stitch, I merrily knit and did my yo’s in line. Tink back. Done again. Did my nupps. Next row, purl those stitches and yo’s, all five of them together. NO WAY! It took me TEN MINUTES to get the five stitches onto both needles so that I could purl the stitch. Enter a number 2 sock needle… down to FIVE minutes. Got that row done. I’m shaking in my boots. There are alot more rows, and alot of nupps ahead. As soon as can see again, I’m going to pop over to read all of the suggestions made when Cassie knit her shawl. She warned me to keep them loose. Guess I wasn’t loose enough. Right now, I am not enjoying the pattern anymore.
This weekend: The Vermont Sheep & Wool Festival is very early this year. It’s a small show. But, local small shows are often my favorites. The fall colors are just beginning up here, not the usual high season weekend that the show usually occupies. Leaf peeper traffic shouldn’t be a problem yet if you are thinking of heading north to the Burlington area. Hope to see some of you there.
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9 responses to “nupps for nothing”
I’ll be at the S&W fest – maybe we will stumble across one another (tho I have no idea what you look like…so if I walk right past you let me apologize now…) ;o)
Oh and nupps? The main reason why I am not finished with Madli over a year after I cast on…
Sounds like a fun weekend – but yah – VERY early. Maybe they read your post about the turning colors and are trying to beat the snow too? 😉
I am not a nupp lady myself… would a crochet hook help? Slip sts onto crochet hook then yo and pass through?
You’re skeering me off of Swallowtail.
Have a good time at the festival. 😉
Good luck nupping. Enjoy the show!
Enjoy the festival Judy! I plan to go to Dye day at Jan’s in Charlestown.
Cassie’s tips seemed to make it do-able. I had trouble with K3tog for the Marla sweater, can’t imagine the nupps.
perhaps i’ll see you this weekend.
i hope to score from norma…
Well, I hope you didn’t try the nupp-purling row in the car too! I would offer a phototgraph of how I do the nupps loosely, but my photographer (the good one) is away at college – sorry. There are lots of suggestions in my comments about alternative ways to manage them, though. If you get too frustrated, it might be worth a try. Have fun at the S&W – I wish I was going.