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04/27/2006
Size 0?!?
I never really understood the idea of size 0. Doesn't zero mean nothing? So how can someone wear a size nothing pant? And don't get me started about size 0 needles. I casted on for the Simply Lovely Lace socks from the Spring 06 Interweave using size 0 double points last night. I am only a few repeats into the cuff and I have to be honest...I am hating it. I don't know if it is the sock pattern or the size "nothing" needles. Knitting it has been painstaking.
I love the yarn. Sweetgeorgia superwash sock yarn in Moss. Love it. So soft and the color variation is so subtle—it is just beautiful. But I am seriously debating continuing. Doing a simple sl 1, k2tog, psso takes forever. I am thinking about frogging and re-casting on using 1's. Do you think that will be better? I can't imagine it would change the size too much. I just don't want to knit something that I am not enjoying. I don't know. I think I will try again another night and see how I feel.
Forecast is coming along nicely. Here is the upper body finished:
I feel like it looks like a little child sweater in that picture. I am loving this sweater. So much. First off, I have tried it on and at this point I think it will fit well. I LOVE the texture of it. All the purl stitches really work for the style and feel of the sweater. The color is much deeper in real life and has some great yellow undertones to it. I will try next time to get a better picture of the color. The pattern is easy to remember and it has been really fun to knit. I knit the upper body several inches longer then the pattern calls for and I am going to knit the ribbing at the bottom longer too. I am wagering that the sweater will not be done in time to wear before it gets too hot but I am going to keep working on it anyway.
This weekend I am going casting on for Rambling Rose. So that should be fun. More small needles. Just as long as they aren't 0's.
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Comments
Honey you gotta try knitting with 4/0000 dpn's aka as 0000. Girl them 0's will feel like chopsticks after working with needles as small as the 0000. I do however, still feel your pain. I'm sure it will be oh so worth it, in the long run.
Necia
Posted by: Necia | 04/27/2006
Man, i feel you on the 0s. i've knitted one pair of mittens and one pair of socks on 0's, and one pair of socks on 000s. it's like being in hell. i don't know what it is about being one less than #1s, but it somehow makes a huge difference. i'd knit on 1s and cut out a few stitches if you have to. but that's just me.
Posted by: Sara | 04/27/2006
I know what you mean about the nonsense of being size 0. But it's even worse when you look at size 0000 needles!
Generally, I would say that if you hate something in knitting, you can just stop doing it. In this case, if you hate the size 0 needles after a while, maybe you could try it out on size 1's. However, it will make a less dense fabric that you may not like or that will not wear as well. It's always worth a shot, at least.
It kind of sounds to me like what you're hating is the stitch pattern. If so, just do a different one. I do it all the time!
Posted by: Katherine | 04/27/2006
Forecast looks awesome. And I am so jealous about rampling rose. I have had my eye on her for a while, but know i am not getting anywhere near it anytime soon. as for the 0's. keep trucking. I know it'll be workt your wile. you are going to end up with some awesome socks. I am working on a hat with 0's and i was feeling the same way about it being tedious, but is looks awesome now.
Posted by: cassi | 04/27/2006
Yeah, I thought it was a child's sweater too when I first saw the photo. But then realised that it was the famous Forcast. Looking very good!
Posted by: Yuli | 04/27/2006