More finished (and almost finished) objects

I've finished my Flickering Flame socks, and am almost finished with Charlotte! Unfortunately, I'm not posting this from my own computer, so am not in a position to post pictures. I'm now trying to figure out where to block Charlotte. Too bad I didn't finish it a few days ago. I am now house sitting (again) at a house with a nice deck in the back. I could have blocked it on their picnic table, or even their hot-tub cover, and let the sun do it's thing! As it is, this is my last day here. I'm just sending a post prior to packing up and going home. I'll probably either use my bed during the day, or borrow a card table and block Charlotte outside.

Kersti is the reason I haven't yet finished Charlotte. I spent last weekend eagerly working on a pair of Kersti gloves (OK, still working on the first glove). The only "pooling" I've noticed is that the black/dark gray part of the colorway has formed a spiral until it reaches the palm. The other colors proably spiral a little, as well, but the black is the most pronounced. I love the softness of Kersti, and would like to try some of the colorways I've seen in Blogland. I may even make a sweater of it, or maybe some socks as Sharon has done. Although I haven't compared, I suspect Kersti is similar in gauge to the Schaeffer Little Lola I've used before. I'll post pictures of all of this (I hope) in the next couple of days.

As to my upcoming projects, I ended up frogging the "Robbie socks" I mentioned a couple of posts ago. I had not gotten very far on them. I will go back to them after I've gotten a few other objects out of the way. With the exception of Kersti, I haven't yet started any of the projects I mentioned in my "knitting queue." But with only 3 works actively in progress, I've done a lot on all of them.

I now have another unscheduled UFO to do. Several months ago, I machine-knit a Knicks sweater for my boyfriend's friend in Poland. Longtime readers of this blog may remember a mention of it. For the past couple of weeks, DBF has been in Poland visiting this friend. He returned with the sweater, in which the sleeves and bottom need to be lengthened. Luckily, the bottom ribbing was done from the stockinette down, then bound off (as opposed to your standard hand-knit ribbing, where the cast-on edge is the bottom of the ribbing). So I can probably undo the cast-off edge, put it on circulars, and finish from there. My one concern is that the bottom ribbing will be about 4-5 inches, which I've seen on women's sweaters once in a while, but I don't remember ever seeing this on a men's sweater. I'll also need to make a swatch (or 2 or 3) to compare gauge. Since it's machine knit, I can't go by what needle size I used before. But, it should be a short knit, just an afternoon or evening (or workday), and I can now post a picture for you.

Well, talk to you all later. I now have to get everything home, so I can get ready to go to DBF's high school reunion.

Comments

[MJ]

Ooh, machine knitting! I've seen it at the store and was curious... Is there a big learning curve for that? At this point I'm still into hand knittng, but sometimes all the stockinette stitch drives me crazy!

Can't wait to see some fo pictures. I'm curious to see your Charlotte!