A couple of weeks ago, I started work on the Retro Redux Shrug, from Lace Style (Ravelry link). I had originally started it months and months ago, but could only find one skein of the three Cascade 220’s I had bought in NYC. Cue much swearing and frogging. Well seeing as I’ve been cleaning for Ireland of late, I found the other two skeins.
Sure, the brioche stitch is a little repetitive. I loved it. Just enough variation to keep my fingers interested, not so much variation that I couldn’t knit it while watching movies or at SnB. The Wednesday before last, I brought it along to said SnB, with the intention of getting it finished that day so that I could move along and get cracking on the Two Tone Shrug from Fitted Knits. I got a prezzie of the yarn for this pattern (some variagated Cascade quatro, and some teal 220) from the lovely MorningSprite, and had yet to make the thing. I had attempted it once previously after far too much wine, and frogged it the next morning.
When I arrive at SnB, I notice that KneeHigh has a copy of Fitted Knits with her. Not only that, but she was working on the start of her two tone shrug. In not entirely dissimilar tones to my yarn.
I got done with the redux shrug, as planned.
Could use a rinse with some hair conditioner (220 heathers seems to be much rougher than regular 220, whatever crazy things they do to it), but it’s done and dusted, and rather snazzy. On with the two tone.
We both arrived in last Wednesday as usual. We hadn’t talked about our projects since the week before but through some strange psychic link, had reached exactly the same point in the pattern. Not only that, but at some stage the night before we had both independently read the pattern, scoffed at the notion of seaming, and decided to magic loop the sleeves. It was a total kodak moment.
Ok, ok. Perhaps it’s only interesting if you were there, but it was rather funny. I’ve never had anything like that happen before -in relation to a knitting project at least.
I’ve broken the cycle now anyway. Two nights up late watching the final season of Battlestar Galactica means that an awful lot of ribbing was done. I was pretty disappointed by the last episode, to be honest. It rivalled Return of the King for the most it’s-over-no-actually-it’s-not endings. I also didn’t like most of the wrap ups. My advise for anyone who hasn’t seen it yet (and I’m sure there’s at least one of you) is to watch all the way through to the end of the second last episode, then make the rest up in the personal movie theatre of your mind. I wish I had..
The shrug though, I am not disappointed in. It’s squishy, and the two colours work perfectly with each other. I can see myself wearing this a lot over the next few weeks, as the weather turns colder.
