I do admit that I am knitting a project out of my normal wheelhouse. I am currently knitting Knitmas in July designed by Becky Beagell with a kit by Nomadic Knits and yarn by Emma’s Yarn. In fingering weight yarn. Yes, you read this right, fingering weight yarn on U.S. size 6 / 4mm knitting needles, no less.
I started this project 11 days late. Yes, it has been one of those months. It’s only July 12th and I am ready for August. Although I still hope to have the shawl finished by the end of the month. I made better progress yesterday. Today I only accomplished 5 rows. If you want a challenge this is it. The first several rows convinced me that I had an easy pattern to make. Then I got to the second column of directions. I have not done today’s twist stitch in over 20 years. I had to watch the tutorial to get it right. I also had to tink back a difficult row because I forgot to pay attention to the color change. I did get it to look okay. I am taking notes and keeping track with moveable tape.
There are a lot of color changes. Oh, the ends to weave in. I am sure if Dr. Seuss were a knitter he would have written a book about this pattern. I also can’t be tired when I knit this one. Wish me luck.
