Now that Granite is going much more smoothly, I have been a knitting fiend. The US Open and televised coverage of Mercedes Benz Fashion Week have contributed mightily. I should never have learned about the fashion week coverage. It was a happy accident. And it has been good for my knitting, but probably bad for everything else in my house.
The back of Granite is on the blocking board, and the front is moving along quickly.
I have learned a few things:
1. I much prefer knitting on circular needles. I suppose I knew that, but I didn't realize how much faster I knit on circulars. I also think the weight of the yarn on straight needles may have been a contributing factor in my gauge issues.
2. If I am knitting on straight needles (as I am for the body of this sweater) I knit much more quickly, and much more consistently if I carry my yarn in my left hand and pick, rather than throw the yarn. I never realized this. I taught myself to knit either left or right-handed fairly recently. It never occurred to me that there might be times when it was better to carry in the left, as I naturally gravitate toward using my right hand. Now that I am carrying the yarn in the left, the knitting is speeding along. Cool.
3. If I like knitting on circulars, and all my size 7 circulars are occupied in various projects I should either finish some projects or buy some more circular needles. I don't suppose I have to tell you which option I chose.
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