Dont’ Eat the Plastic…Oh Wait…
Maybe You Can

ca·sein ( P ) Pronunciation Key (ksn, -s-n) n.
A white, tasteless, odorless protein precipitated from milk by rennin. It is the basis of cheese and is used to make plastics, adhesives, paints, and foods. From Dictionary.com

Does anybody else find it a little strange that the plastic your cheese is wrapped may actually also be cheese? I’m not quite sure how milk can turn into plastic, and frankly, I don’t want to know. But god damn I like these Swallows!

I cast on last night (after I finished the Vest) for the Brie gloves. Things were going along swimmingly with the beguiling hairy dental floss until I realized I was on row 6 or 7 or something (how can I be expected to know what row I’m on with this blasted yarn! I can’t even count the stitches!) and that I was supposed to start decreasing on row 3. I was so excited that I was actually knitting with this imposter yarn that I forgot to re-read the pattern.

Damn, damn, damn, damn, damn!

Have you ever tried ripping this stuff out? I hope there supposed to be a lot left over after making these gloves because with all the cutting of destroyed ends I’m doing I’ll be lucky if I can make it to the thumb. I WILL PREVAIL! KSH WILL NOT BRING ME DOWN!

I think I’ll work on my Ribby Cardi today since I finished the Vest. I sent an email to Carole last night to join the Ribby Cardi KAL. It will be my second ever knit-along. The first, of course, being the Man-Along. But now that I’ve finished the Vest, it’s time to move on.

And you people are killing me! After seeing Cari’s and Froggy’s, I’m totally convinced I HAVE to make a Clapotis. It’s a good excuse to try out some new yarn, right? I’ve never tried Lorna’s Laces and I hear good things.

I’m also trying to find a project for my Jo Sharp DK Tweed in Cedar. I want to make some kind of Cabled Hoodie Cardigan. All the patterns I’ve found that seem remotely interesting are for Aran weight yarn. I’m not sure I’m good enough to do the math to convert the piece to DK weight. I like Mariah from the new Knitty because the intricate cables are really on the arms. I’ve had that idea in my mind for a while. Will it be really hard to convert it? Or should I give up and look for something in the same yarn weight? I like this Debbie Bliss pattern, but again, it’s calling for Aran weight. I probably don’t have enough yarn to do it anyway. I have 20 balls of the Cedar. I know I don’t have enough to do this, also a Debbie Bliss pattern. (Great job Shannon!) Of course, this one’s in the right yarn weight. I guess I could try to find some more yarn. I’d probably only need about five or so. It’s times like these I wish I was a designer extraordinare so I could make myself a Shazam or Lovie like Bonne Marie.

If anyone has any other ideas, I’d love to hear them. I really want to start knitting with this yarn – especially since I finished the Vest.