One of my favorite blogs is Knitter's Review. This entry about needle tips came at a perfect point (pardon the pun) in my project, as I have changed needles a couple of times to get a better "feel" for the yarn. I find that I can't do lace with the speed of metal needles, but need the slight stickiness of bamboo, even though I can't get the sharp points that seem to work better with laceweight yarn. Knitting, like life, is a compromise.
Here's the progress from yesterday ... only had to restart once more. Now I am on my way into the first pattern.
This reminds me of when I did a lot of backstop weaving! Each type of material led to an interaction - wool, cotton - and, especially, where I strung up my loom. I almost died of pneumonia (exaggeration, sort of) from trying to weave sitting on the floor of our cabin in Alaska one cold winter. Talk with you soon!
ReplyDeleteWell, I haven't died or succumbed to pneumonia! But is a project that is taking lots of concentration. No idle, television-watching knitting for this shawl!
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