Holiday & knitting Stuff
School's out for a week and thought we would be able to go to az for a couple of days.. sigh... looks like its not to be. dd#2 has 2 girl scout activities over the weekend and dh has to be on call on wednesday... oh well we CAN kick back and relax for a change :o)

OTN: have started a couple of projects. not sure how they are going to go tho... I took down the Bond ISM - i really dont think i like it. its very 'plastic-y' (is that a word?) and drops stitches like all hades. very frustrating when i know what it "should" be doing.. i dont have much patience anymore i guess.

am of two minds on loaning it to a friend to learn on- on one hand it IS small and easy to handle and easy to manuver --on the other it doesnt have the kind of quality my ancient knitking (WHICH I MISS!) had- i dont want to turn her off of machine knitting - most likely i will start her with it with explanations on WHy i do/dont like this machine.. she can practice techniques and she is MUCH more patient than i am.

so i set up the Vario..... not tooo sure about it yet.. has a really nice bed and once cleaned the action should be nice and smooth but is the first knitting machine i have EVER used that did not have a yarn feed... not to sure i like that.
also the 'instruction' book LACKS a great deal of INSTRUCTION!! is mostly a picture book- errrrggghhhh
(ie: i need to replace a needle and the only info in book is a photo of a needle and essentially stating 'this is a needle" and not DIDDLY else..... sheeesh)

oh well i joined a Passap yahoo group and MAY find out some good stuff on the little beastie. I really want to find /use a nice basic machine for larger scale work (i am a SLOW hand knitter) and need/want to make a number of petticoats and undersleeves for our reenacting group.

am still working on the simple shawl- is GREAT mindless knitting. soft and flooofy~! i love the look of it. someday it will even be finished!! LOL!!
i cast on a small scarf to try a feather and fan lace motif.. am NOT good at mantaining a pattern sequence! but will try a few rows a day and see what happens. i picked a simple one and the yarn is YUMMY

i started a sock.... (i say this somewhat laughingly) and am ready to frog it already.... tho i DO think i have figured out the porcupine thing... and i kinda like the round and round and round...... BUT the ribbing and i are having ISSUES! :o(
like i said i have sequencing problems -i keep forgetting if ive done knit or purl and i lose count. then the next round i have NO idea which one i should be doing. (i was TRYING k2-p2) ergggg.

i do really like the little rosewood dpns i have - they are sweet to work with. i will try again, i think this time a k1-p1 MAY work better...
well i think i will go knit a row or two and put my feet up- my ankles are swelling to beat the band again...