What is that? Are you actually knitting?

Yes, it’s true! I have started knitting again. Well, that’s not exactly true. I’ve been knitting like a mad fiend on the log cabin blanket for my cousin’s son since about March, but I’ve been trying to find a new project to start knitting, and was uninspired for the longest time. Until my sister reminded me last week that I should check out my queue on Ravelry.com, and when I did, I remembered the Everlasting Bagstopper! So I pulled out some crafter’s cotton and cast on last weekend. The casting on was funny, as I was engaging in some drunken knitting with my sister & one of her Internet knitting buddies (but we were actually all in the same place here in Toronto.) Those two ladies do all sorts of funky and advanced things like purses, sweaters n’ such. So I sat there staring at my yarn as my maple latte cooled in front of me, and I was thinking “how in the hell do I cast on?” I couldn’t remember, for the life of me. But then Carol & Ramona reminded me, and I was on my way.

I ended up doing the bottom piece “wrong”, in that the pattern called for garter stitch, but I had written down “garter stitch (knit/purl)”, which is of course stockinette, not garter. But that’s okay, cuz I actually like having a “flat” bit on the bottom. So I’ve been busy knitting away on the sides, enjoying myself tremendously. Look, here are some photos!

And another:

Of course with all this knitting I have started to develop some new callouses on my fingers, as this one requires some more manoeuvering to get all the yarn overs and k2tog done. But I’m enjoying myself immensely.

And it’s serving to distract me from the fact that the last log I knit on the log cabin blanket was actually backwards AND on the wrong end of the blanket! *sigh* So I had to frog the log off, turn the blanket around, and flip it over, and now I’m trying to knit that one as fast as I can since I’m really sick of the green yarn. But it’s coming along nicely. I’m wondering if I’ll finish off the cones of yarn before Labour Day or not…guess only time will tell.