Knitting is not something that I can accomplish quickly – there are times that I think I’m the world’s slowest knitter. Part of this is due to the fact that two years ago I started getting an RSI, or a Repetitive Stress Injury, from an all-day knitting session. I didn’t knit for about eight months after it happened, and I had to gradually ease back into knitting when I picked it up again: 10 minutes here and there at the most. Now I knit for about 20 minutes and take a break, and am able to knit for longer periods of time. I can’t knit on any needles smaller than US 7 unfortunately, which is really a shame since so many sweaters with nice drape and detail are on smaller needles than that. The strain from me holding those tiny needles is just too much and causes my wrists to swell up. Bummer.
So I guess that’s my preamble for how I’ve been doing with my two on-going projects. I’ll first reintroduce my Debbie Bliss Cable Capelet, which I started in December 2010.
I was stuck trying to figure out how to work my Leaflet sweater properly and needed something to take with me to Knitting Night a few weeks ago, so I picked up this lovely and fuzzy capelet after a spring and summer hibernation to work on again. Boy, does the bunny in this angora blend shed like mad! It’s slow going with this one, but I love to work the cables, and I figured by the time I completed this it would be the appropriate time of year to wear it. I’m about 50% of the way complete with the body of the capelet since it wraps around my shoulders and is starting to cover my back. Hmm, possibly foreseeing some matching boot toppers to wear with this as well…
Leaflet is so close to being finished! I was hoping I’d make my October 1 deadline for the Sexy Knitters Knit-along on Ravelry, but I got stumped trying to figure out how to make the underarm stitch pickup look nice, plus this other thing called “work” and “extra hours” got in the way. Right now I’m picking up the stitches around the neck and knitting the ribbing. That’s it, I’ll be done then! I’m hoping that when I block it, the leaves will lay flatter than they do right now, since where the middle rib starts, a bubble forms and sticks out. Blocking does cure all ill-stitched stitches, so I’m hoping it will fix this as well.
