Dashing

Dashing
Yarn - My own hand-spun in worsted weight denim
Guage - 6st = 1 inch
Needles and size - Clover Bamboo dps 7

This is a quick knit, 2 days total, and I used some denim colored 2-ply yarn that I spun up in January. The fiber blend is wool/nylon and was for socks but I didn’t have the yardage and I’m not a big hat wearer so fingerless mitts seemed the obvious choice for this beautiful yarn.

My current project is Josephine from Interweave Knits Summer 2007. I’m using Louet Gems with size 3 needles. The starlight needs to have one more sleeve sewn on, some stitches picked up for edging and the lace edging applied and it is done. It’s not a difficult knit; in fact it’s not a slow knit either so why is it spending so much time in time-out? Well because I need about 60 minutes to sew the final sleeve in and hide all the loose ends; I need another 60 minutes to pick up stitches along the right/neck/left edge to do edging (the knitting of the edging will go quickly); and I want to do each of these items in a sitting at home of which 60 minutes here and there have been elusive recently. The mitts I did while doing annual doctor’s office visits where you might get a row done or a project, you just never know and 30 minutes here and there. The current knit needs only 25 minutes to complete two rows. Which means slow going but it’s a time thing.