A Few WIPs…

… And a few rants.

Hello~

The good stuff first. My apologies about the crappy webcam pictures with me peeping from behind (its difficult to position the objects when I’m behind the object instead of behind the lens, IYGWIM). I have yet to get my claws on obtain a battery charger to charge the camera batteries.

A shawl/scarf I’m making with some blue cashmere I bought in March this year. Improvising as I go along. Maybe something along the line of Ishbel.. Then this will be Ishbel-ish, right?

I spent less time on this than the blue shawl/scarf. Lace definitely goes faster than garter.. Garter seems to take forever to grow. Same goes for cables, but I digress. I’m sure I’m not the only one in the secret club that does not like knitting garter or cables much… I frogged the Romantic Pullover V.1 to make this mohair shawl/scarf because

i)    I don’t have enough yarn to finish the pullover
ii)  I want a mohair shawl/scarf in pink and I don’t have any pink mohair yarn with me now.
iii) I decided I will make the romantic pullover in another mohair yarn, or maybe not at all because lace mohair is not that practical for a garment…
iv) I need a shawl/scarf.

It was painful ripping that mohair. Partially because it was almost complete, and partially because its lace mohair and you know how lace mohair frogs, right?

This is a cashmere entrelac vest I’m knitting for the bf’s dad. I acquired the yarn in March, together with the blue cashmere up there. This knits up quite fast but the big size means its just as slow, anyway. (-__-) I prefer knitting for myself because the size makes everything faster.

But all those are currently on hold. I am going to finish up the last couple of rows of my endpaper mitts and use the handyed yarn for a scarf based on the Beech Wood Cowl.. Because thats the only yarn I have that is of the correct weight and not monotone. (I do have a beige handyed yarn but I intend that for socks, and another KnitPicks green kettle-dyed sock yarn I am keeping for a leaf lace shawl..) Perhaps I will swatch it to be sure.

I had brought some Beaverslide McTaggart yarn along to make a scarf for him, but he does not like the yarn. He says it feels synthetic. Seems like he is more of a yarn snob than I am.

And last night he stopped dead in his tracks when I showed him one of the finished endpaper mitts. He asked “where are the fingers?” And after explaining to him “fingerless mitts” he almost got angry. Apparently, fingerless mitts are totally useless and are a complete waste of time because fingers are the first to get cold. So whats the point of “fingerless mitts”? I have no idea why he thinks that the things I knit have to be made for the extreme cold. I can wear the fingerless mitts under gloves for extra warmth without losing flexibility. Or I can wear it in the house if my hands feel cold, right? Anyone from temperate countries care to explain the usefulness of fingerless mitts? Or maybe I’ll just go back and add 5 fingers.

I was going about my usual stuff when I remembered how my sis scolded me in public in front of my mom’s sister after a dinner. We were just meeting up with relatives before I come to Mongolia and my sister thought that was a fantastic timing to say a few words. She is usually hardly at home and never talked to anyone except to ask for something. Somehow she have this idea that my parents are sponsoring my trip, and that I’m always using my parents’ money. But I’m proud to say that every single cent we’re using now are saved from honest work (from our summer job) and thriftiness. Even when I was studying, I worked for my pocket money and saved up for my travels myself. Very unlike the way she did, asking for pocket money and even including pens, stationaries, transport fees, etc. I won’t feel bad at all if I never see her again. I just hope to shut that chapter of my life, or until she finally stop being an ass.

Enough washing of dirty linens in public… I do have an FO to show but maybe in the next entry, when I can use my camera.