Procrastination knitting

This blog hasn’t been about too much knitting lately, not because I’m not doing any, but rather because I’ve been procrastinating. First I was on vacation, then I was going out to concerts, but now that I’m back down to the grind here chez moi, I figured it’s time to start knitting again. BUT, I am still procrastinating from completing El Segundo. I had to confirm with my sister that I had the whole beginning part again, because I took a dip in the froggie pond with my first attempt. But of course I just can’t keep all the info in my brain, so I had to confirm again. And I also wanted to buy some plastic dpn’s, as the metal ones I had were bothering me somewhat, with their nails-on-chalkboard inducing scrapy sound. I found some this week, so I’m all set to start off El Segundo, for a second time. tee hee.

In the meantime, I am actually working on a ballband dish towel, extrapolating the dish cloth pattern from the Mason-Dixon knitting book and my sister’s own pattern. She couldn’t quite remember how many stitches to cast on, and she gave me one too many, so on row 3, I had to k2tog, but that’s aokay, cuz it’s coming out fine. Wanna see?

Very cool. I’m using two ginormous skeins of Bernat’s crafters cotton. The bricks are in Summer Spray (or something like that), and the “mortar” is a nice soft yellow colour. Once this one’s finished, I’ll be reversing the colours and doing another one! I like this pattern because it’s a little mindless and fun to do. Can’t wait to see how it ends up! And yes, I’ll be keeping you posted on the progress of El Segundo. I plan on starting it this weekend. Toodles!