I am not big on knitting accessories. But every now and then, something catches my
eye and I don't resist. I picked up the Chic-a
Double Yarn Keeper. I really don't know
why I decided to spend the money, but I am oooohhh so glad I did. I adore it!
Its design is actually pretty simple. A plastic fabric bag with two metal grommets
in the top for you to loop the yarn through. The top is see through plastic so
you can see the yarn inside. It has a zipper so you can open it. Pretty simple.
But for knitting two socks on two circs, it is amazing!! I am currently knitting socks with strung
beads. That can be a major
nightmare. Between two balls of yarn to
tangle and the beads catching the yarn or the strung beads snaking out and
about. But it is so simple with
this. It keeps the yarn neat. It also makes it very portable.
I confess I am looking to buy another one when I get paid as
I want to put a second pair of socks on my needles. I have to fiddle with the yarn because of the
beads. However, without beads, this
would change my knitting completely. No
more tangled yarn balls. No more
spending time untwisting the yarn. I
adore it.
My only wish is that they had a divider between the two
compartments. I think this would be an
excellent idea for when you are tossing it into a bag to travel with it. The bags would be fixed into a compartment no
matter how much they got tossed around.
But it is a minor complaint. I
adore it.
On the last post about mojo, I took something my MIL told me and reworked it. I decided that I should just focus on getting
the dress done before I allowed myself to cast on anything else. And that plan was rocking. I got the body of the dress done. Hooray.
I decided to add knit straps rather than trying to find a
matching ribbon. Going great. Three of the four straps, done. In the home stretch... Then 6 out or 12 inches into the final strap,
I ran out of yarn!! *sigh*
So either I rip back at least 2-2 1/1" on each of the
other three straps or I just take off the straps completely. Or something else
I haven't thought of. I was so pleased
with myself. And then to have the yarn
fail me. *pout* I am cranky!
I confess that part of me feels like I did my job so I can
cast something on. *laugh* But instead I just focused on the previously
mentioned socks. They were only *just*
cast on. I had cast on one sock &
only half the stitches on the second!
That is it. I was cranking along
on them this weekend. I have two repeats
done. I think I am going for at least
four repeats but maybe five. Depends on how
many beads it takes as I strung all the beads I have for this project. So if I can do five, I will. If not, I will stop with four.
Mind you, the pattern says two repeats before beginning the
foot. I feel like either a) the author
likes shorter socks than I do or b) my row gauge is radically different. I kinda think b when I look at the patternpicture. I think part may be that there is a row across
the ankle without beads. We shall
see. Heaven knows I might bead those. But
again, we will see how long it is and how many beads I have left.
Gotta run. I wrote
this in the morning...but didn't have time to finish it. If I don't post it now, who knows if I ever
will these days!
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