It was seriously a marathon--I watched/listened to four different action flicks and knit my brains out. I'm really pleased with how it turned out, and Malabrigo remains my favorite thing ever. It's so lovely and soft!
Poor Sam hasn't been able to finish (and I shouldn't have, but I was on a roll). Luckily she's a better friend than I am, and is okay with my having finished because she knows I have other KALs to start.
Speaking of, the Mean Girls Yarn Club KAL started July 1st (and goes until August 31st), and I had all kinds of plans. None of them have come to fruition yet.
I really wanted to use the colorway called "Hoar's Your Buddy?" which is based on Syndrome from the Incredibles. My original plan was to make a knitted monster, but the more I looked at the yarn, the more I wanted it to be something else. I decided I liked the pattern Baana, because the linen stitch would mix up the colors nicely and prevent a lot of pooling. I started it, and even liked how it looked:
...but then I realized that despite all the blue (I love blue), I would probably never wear it because I am not a fan of orange. So...I frogged my progress and decided to make it a monster again...except I don't have the proper needle size. My birthday is in a couple of weeks, and I asked for an interchangeable needle set, which would include the needle I need, so the monster is on hold.
So, with a different MGYC colorway, I decided to try my hand at Trillian. It was looking pretty good, but the pattern calls for a gauge of 21 stitches/27 ridges over 4 inches, and I'm getting 30 stitches over 4 inches. SIGH.
I'm not really sure how far up in needle size I should go (and how much it matters, since its a scarf/shawl). I did pull back and try on a US 8 for giggles, and that's WAY too loose for my liking. I actually liked how it was knitting up on the needles I was originally using, but I'm worried about the gauge, especially because I have less yardage than called for (which others have done, just making a smaller kerchief). I WILL NEVER WIN.
ETA: I just realized that the gauge thing may be less of an issue than I thought, because its not blocked. Crisis averted?
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