Knit Squares
I was having such a hard time getting to a certain local yarn shop that sells Mission Falls 1824 Cotton. It was becoming a joke between Pine and I. My schedule is very hectic, but I kept going to this shop when I had time and it kept being closed for some random reason!
Finally, though, I got in there last weekend. I wanted this particular yarn, because I’m knitting some squares for a friend’s baby blanket and she mentioned liking this yarn. It is really nice to work with!
I’ve just started casting on and I imagine it might take some experimentation to find exactly how many stitches will equal a 10-inch square. Oh, there’s such a thing as knitting a gauge swatch. And I know you’re supposed to always do it or disaster will strike!! But I truly hate it and never, ever do it. I don’t plan to start now! (I do plan to start when I knit my first baby sweater or something like that, because I really don’t want to spend a billion hours knitting something and find it horribly mis-sized.)
Anyway, I’m going to do something with cables for my first square. I hope it turns out wonderfully! I’ll be working on it this weekend, so maybe I’ll have a picture to post in a few days.
One more thing: While at the yarn shop, we felt some Oh My! yarn. It really is…remarkble. It’s so soft that it’s kind of disturbing.
That’s the knitting news for this morning!
