What I should be doing: Finishing the Basalt Tank, proofreading chapters 6-8 of Rob’s thesis.

What I have been doing instead: Baudelaire! In Koigu! I have thrown caution to the wind, and am knitting a textured pattern in non-solid yarn! Crazy talk, I tell you!

I must say, I’m pretty happy that I really only have two unfinished projects lying around - the aforementioned Basalt Tank (which looks exactly like it did last week) and the Counterpane Clutch. The clasp for the clutch is backordered, so no guilt there on not having it finished. I do technically have a couple of half-finished, pre-blog sweaters lying around, waiting to be frogged. And a certain Somewhat Cowl that I’m trying to decide the fate of.

I’ve recently mentioned some knitting plans, but I don’t think that any of them are going to pan out. The Cropped Cardi sounded awesome, but I definitely don’t have enough yarn. I’m biding my time, waiting to see if Yarntopia gets more of the yarn in, and hopefully the dyelot will be close enough to what I already have. The Trellis Scarf in Habu Tsmungi Silk? I don’t think it’s going to happen. The pattern calls for a k7tog, leave stitches on needle, do something else, k7tog through those same stitches, then move on. First off, that craziness is difficult to pull of in the non-stretchy silk. Second, the p7tog nupps in Madli’s Shawl really put me off to doing anything like that again, ever!

I will now carry on about how much I love Koigu. I love Koigu. Striping yarn (like a certain pair of Socks that Rock socks, also unfinished, that we’re not talking to) is old news. It pools and misbehaves. Boo! The mottled, deep-yet-lovely colors of the Koigu is where it’s at. This yarn is physically incapable of pooling. Just looking hot, with an occasional intense pink or blue splotch to keep things interesting.

I know that there are colorways of Koigu that stripe, but my love is for the splatter-painted colorways. Love!