Ware is me tam?
This weekend, I needed a break. Or something. I have been trying really hard to knit a pair of socks, any pair of socks, and I was feeling down and defeated. I can't handle the four US1 dpns. I get pissed off and I curse it after two rounds. I'm supposed to love this, aren't I?
I've frogged my two attempts (first to make Broadripple, the second to make the Cloverleaf socks I was supposed to start in June for the knitalong) and now they are sitting in a corner of my shelf, waiting for me to buy two long US1 circulars to try my hand one last time, using the double loop method.
If that doesn't work, I'm going to give up doing anything like socks.
So, to cheer myself up, I started my tam again. Get back to feeling the love for my circular needles. I followed the pattern to the letter, instead of trying to adjust it in the wonky way I did before. I was a bit worried about the size of the band as I knit it up, but it turned out okay!
Too bad it's so hot and sticky that I can't wear it. It will be nice to wear in the fall, with my long chocolate cordurouy jacket.
Here's the top:
And for full disclosure, my fair isle.
Not too bad! I'd like to work on the pretty fair isle bag in Interweave Knits, but adjust the pattern so I can knit it in the round. I have enough yarn to knit another one, probably, this time either removing the red or the dark brown. I haven't decided if I will go monochromatic or colorful. I used US8s to get gauge.
I think the larger needles make the knitting with dpns okay. I just can't knit well with US1 dpns.
