March 25, 2009

Blood Red Update

     Alot of people have been asking me, "Is your red dress done?  Well no, it's not.  I've been working on a bunch of custom projects for customers and haven't really had time to work on it.  I will be mentioning those projects in later posts.

     On a recent Sunday, which is my designated day to work on Blood Red or any project that only has to do with me, I finished the second sleeve.  Yes, in one day I popped that puppy out!!!

     I then decided to start the skirt portion of the dress.  I cast on 440 stitches and began the pattern.  After a couple rows I got off the couch for whatever reason, and when I got back my instincts told me it was twisted, and it had got that way because I had put it down.  

     You'd think that I would have trusted my own instincts, but noooo I didn't.  I re-looked at it and thought "It's not twisted", so I then proceeded to knit.  

     So i'm just knit, knit, knitting along, and i'm getting excited because i'm only about 1/4" away from my first set of decreases.  That's when I realized my skirts really was twisted! 

     Well, you'd think I would be cursing and seeing "blood red", but I simply pulled off all 440 stitches, yes 440, and re-cast them on.  I started knitting again.

     I recently went on a trip to California for my annual knitting retreat with my mom.  I took good Blood Red with me as my only project, so I could make a dent in it.  I did make somewhat of a dent on the plane.  I got to my first set of decreases, and I am now about 2" away from the next set of decreases.

    Unfortunately, Blood Red will not be getting worked on for awhile.  I just got an order for a huge project that is going to take all my attention, at least for the most part.  This project is a king size bedspread, knit with Blue Sky Alpaca Bulky!!!  I ordered 65 skeins last week.

     Too all of you, remember this, if it looks like a mistake or even feels like one, take the time to make sure it is.  A good friend of mine told me "A Stitch In Time, Saves Nine"

     




1 comment:

Kelli said...

Spoken by a woman who has an instinct. Some of us aren't that lucky.

I feel like one of my other evil "personalities" knits the mistakes and then leaves me to find them rows and rows later. ~ksp