Actual knitting content!

The sun is shining and the breeze is blowing so I guess I have better things to do than dwell on yucky stuff.

Its better to knit, I say.

After all busy is good and wool is better and planning and charting and swatching are better yet.

We're all falling into a pretty good school routine now that we're heading into week 3. I've found that I can sit and doodle and fill in little graph paper squares while I wait for one kid to finish a literature story or another to figure a few more math problems.

I enjoy fiddling with graph paper almost as much as I enjoy the actual knitting. Its just like doodling with stitches once you get the hang of it and lets face it I can draw and erase much quicker than I can knit and rip and there's a lot less swearing.

I must admit that as I sit here and go over some charts and some swatches I am a bit disappointed in myself because really... I got noth'in done over the summer (knit-wise). Things just kept getting in the way and derailing the best laid plans and there it went.

So I'm trying to get back on track and just trying to keep moving forward, knit-wise and other-wise.

So here's the deal. Twist stitches. Ya know the traveling, crossing over, knit-through-the-back-loop kind. I love 'em. Love 'em to bits. Typically these sorts of things are knit in the round and there's good reason; often there are stitches that need crossed on every row and who wants to do crosses and twists and such on the back? Well... I've done it and I survived and its not that bad. Hats and sweaters and such can be done in the round to accommodate Twist stitches but what if you'd like a scarf or some other flat item? Or what if you're a 30-something housewife with too much caffeine a few sticks and a bunch of yarn and you think it would be great fun?

Either way its fine. And I'll explain it all and show you and give you a reason to give it a try as long as can keep my head out of my ass long enough to accomplish something.

Comments

[bezzie]

Wha? Twisting your stitches on purpose? Why I haven't twisted stitched since I was a little noob!

[Debbie]

I'm intrigued! Can't wait to see what you're up to now!