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No, that's not the sound of a fence being tightened. It's the sound I'm going to make getting out of bed Monday morning. Rather, when I attempt to get out of bed Monday morning.
I made arrangements with Chip of Tranquility Meadows Farm to borrow his fence stretching equipment this afternoon. He's going to come over tomorrow to help me stretch some fence. In return, I'm going to help him stretch his fence tomorrow as well.
I pulled about 150 feet of fence this afternoon, and I have maybe twice that to pull in the morning.
I think Chip has close to a mile of fence to stretch.
On the knitting front, I added several rows to my practice scarf last night. It was starting to curl badly along the edges, so I put in four rows of garter stitch before going back to stockinette. I have discovered a mysterious hole in my knitting. I'm not quite sure what happened -- or how it happened. When I look at the right side -- the side where the knit makes all the V's, there is a hole between two of the vertical columns of V's as if two knits made side by side are somehow not joined. The column of V's to the left of the hole appears to veer left away from the hole while the column of V's to the right of the hole is perfectly straight. In addition -- and I can't tell for sure -- it appears the column of V's to the left of the hole has three stitches (V's) in the space the one to the left has two.
My interpretation is that I somehow added a stitch, but how the heck did I add it so that it added a vertical V rather than an extra stitch in my row? This seems like a rather useful technique if I can figure out how to repeat it.
In the meantime, I'm completely puzzled as to how I got this hole in my knitting.
On the needles: stockinette practice scarf with random stretches of garter stitch. At least, that is what it is at the moment. It may morph as I try to repeat my error and create more holes.
On the wheel: Pinero -- and I should finish a bobbin of singles this evening.
On the carder, skirting board, and crochet hooks: Nothing until I get some alpacas into their new pasture.
I made arrangements with Chip of Tranquility Meadows Farm to borrow his fence stretching equipment this afternoon. He's going to come over tomorrow to help me stretch some fence. In return, I'm going to help him stretch his fence tomorrow as well.
I pulled about 150 feet of fence this afternoon, and I have maybe twice that to pull in the morning.
I think Chip has close to a mile of fence to stretch.
On the knitting front, I added several rows to my practice scarf last night. It was starting to curl badly along the edges, so I put in four rows of garter stitch before going back to stockinette. I have discovered a mysterious hole in my knitting. I'm not quite sure what happened -- or how it happened. When I look at the right side -- the side where the knit makes all the V's, there is a hole between two of the vertical columns of V's as if two knits made side by side are somehow not joined. The column of V's to the left of the hole appears to veer left away from the hole while the column of V's to the right of the hole is perfectly straight. In addition -- and I can't tell for sure -- it appears the column of V's to the left of the hole has three stitches (V's) in the space the one to the left has two.
My interpretation is that I somehow added a stitch, but how the heck did I add it so that it added a vertical V rather than an extra stitch in my row? This seems like a rather useful technique if I can figure out how to repeat it.
In the meantime, I'm completely puzzled as to how I got this hole in my knitting.
On the needles: stockinette practice scarf with random stretches of garter stitch. At least, that is what it is at the moment. It may morph as I try to repeat my error and create more holes.
On the wheel: Pinero -- and I should finish a bobbin of singles this evening.
On the carder, skirting board, and crochet hooks: Nothing until I get some alpacas into their new pasture.
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