flyinmysoup

last post, i mentioned that i had encountered a dyelot problem with the Ribby Cardi. let me expound on that a bit. i bought the yarn at the Michael's yarn sale where it was super cheap. i've not had a lot of buying-yarn-at-Michael's experience, and i had apparently blocked from my memory digging through the bins of yarn trying to find sufficient amount of yarn of the same dyelot. (looking back, i remember it..grrr). anywho, the blue yarn that i decided on for my sister's cardi--the main body color, incidentally--was stocked in at least three separate dyelots, none of which contained enough yarn separately for the project, of course. so, i had to get one lone skein of a different dyelot. (she's rather particular about colors she will wear). i decided that i would just work from two skeins alternating between them to minimize the difference. HA!! see the stripping? it's not supposed to be stripped! GAH!!! at this point, of opted for the "fuck it" method of fixing this. the sweater will still look nice made up, all be it stripy and nuts--at least on the back. this little incident slowed down the progress a bit. that and the fact that said sweater has been delegated to the "knitting while i watch streaming tv shows" area. it doesn't get knit on all that much lately.
in happier news, i picked up a set of the Susan Bates double pointed needles from Joann's (yeah 40% off coupon). i've been lusting after them for a while simply because they contain a set of 1.5mm and 1.75mm needles. i haven't a clue why i want to knit socks on these, but i really really do. here's a pic comparing the 1.5mm needle (the blue one) with a 2.25mm Britany needle isn't that a trip?
on the HBDS front, chart set 3 is going swimmingly.
i've got about half of the set to go, and i've not yet encountered any real problems. thanks to everyone for your nice comments on the HBDS so far--i love the encouragement and hope that i can help at least someone from experiencing the same stumbling spots that i have by keeping up the play by play. keep up the commenting. it really helps to have a participative audience!