The Last Day of February

Some people are "process" knitters--they knit for the love of knitting and care very little about whether or not anything actually gets finished. Others are "product" knitters--they're in it for the sweater. I am a much lesser-known breed of knitter. I'm an "obsessed-with-the-little-tally-on-the-right-of-her-blog" sort of knitter. So, in a shameless push to have a big yardage total for February, there was no post yesterday while I worked onThe ribbing looks a bit long right now, but this is about the length of ribbing I normally use for a sweater, so I'm sure it will be fine. I used the same K1, P2 ribbing that I used for the bottom of the sweater. It's nice--the extra purl stitch really makes the knit rib stand out. And that one last skein brings me to 3498 yards for the year so far. Still less than where I would like to be, but not bad.

Also in a desperate grab for yardage--and to at least get Andy's Valentine's PJs done during the same MONTH as Valentine's Day....Bottoms AND tops this time. And another 5 1/2 yards of fabric used up for the year. I'm pleased, but I don't thing the cats are that impressed...
but they are a tough audience.

The fate of the lace scarf has yet to be decided. This is what the pattern is supposed to look like:and this is what the scarf looks likeI think it might be beyond the hope of blocking, but I am going to think about it for another day or two. In the meantimeI've been using up a lot of the things in the "gift bin" in the back room, so I decided to start a scarf for a nice, easy, portable project. I almost cast on that marvelous sock yarn, but I really couldn't even pretend that I'd be tempted to put the socks into the gift bin, so a scarf it is!

I'm not really a selfish knitter....just with fabulous discontinued sock yarns.......

Comments

Janet said…
I don't blame you, discontinued sock yarn is very hard to come by if you wish to purchase any more. It is not selfish, good job on the yardage used, you are within striking distance of being "on target" keep up the knitting!
February 28, 2009 at 5:37 PM
Daniele said…
Girl! You are totally jamming on the yardage! I never really thought about "all" the yarn until I read something on your blog about how many "balls/skeins" you had ordered. Then I started tallying my last order in my head and thought - OH! hell!

Thanks alot!! :)
March 2, 2009 at 12:48 PM
RobinH said…
Wow! Love that Aran. And the PJs are spiffy. Great work on the yardage!
March 2, 2009 at 6:55 PM
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