I've been knitting continental
I knit on and off for a good part of 6 hours on Saturday, working on this impromptu felted bag to kill time. I'm knitting on big, honkin' size 11 needles, which I'm not used to. My other WIPs are on size 1s and size 7s. I don't like knitting on big needles.
Apparently it made my right finger hurt too. Sunday night I picked up the bag to knit while watching The Sopranos and my finger was killing me. I'm an English knitter, after having initially learning (wrong) continental. I've been wanting to re-learn (for potential 2-handed colorwork) so I had at it. Surprisingly, I remembered how to do it. And I picked up some speed by the end of Big Love. I'm not all that fluid and still need to find my comfort zone where I could do it efficiently and not look at my hands but it works. I suck ass at purling continental but since this bag is in the round, there's no worries about that. I'd like to become an "ambidextrous" knitter, and practicing on something that will be felted is a good idea. My tension seems to be great though.
I've been working on the Mariah sleeves, doing both at one time seems to take f.o.r.e.v.e.r but at least when I am done they will both be done. I haven't touched my sock. I really need to pick up my River stole again, and soon, mom was asking about it. Being that Mother's Day suddenly seems too close I had better work on that again for there to be any hope of finishing it.
Apparently it made my right finger hurt too. Sunday night I picked up the bag to knit while watching The Sopranos and my finger was killing me. I'm an English knitter, after having initially learning (wrong) continental. I've been wanting to re-learn (for potential 2-handed colorwork) so I had at it. Surprisingly, I remembered how to do it. And I picked up some speed by the end of Big Love. I'm not all that fluid and still need to find my comfort zone where I could do it efficiently and not look at my hands but it works. I suck ass at purling continental but since this bag is in the round, there's no worries about that. I'd like to become an "ambidextrous" knitter, and practicing on something that will be felted is a good idea. My tension seems to be great though.
I've been working on the Mariah sleeves, doing both at one time seems to take f.o.r.e.v.e.r but at least when I am done they will both be done. I haven't touched my sock. I really need to pick up my River stole again, and soon, mom was asking about it. Being that Mother's Day suddenly seems too close I had better work on that again for there to be any hope of finishing it.