Seascape Stole Progress 海景披肩進度報告

耶！終於織到一半了。照片裡是剛織完圖B第三次重複，雖然皺皺的，但是可以清楚看出花樣。

Yeah! Finally I am at the half point mark. I just finished 3rd repeats of chart B. It's a bit wrinkly, but you can clearly see the patterns.



用線是Rowan Kidsilk Night，其實大約兩年前就買了這個顏色，那時只買了一球，想拿來打 Branching Out，後來一直讓別的 projects 插隊，結果就放到現在。當初一看到海景時，就想用 Kidsilk Haze 來做，去了店裡看，偏偏我想要的顏色不是沒有就是不夠。在店裡還看到銀灰色的 Kidsilk Night，也好喜歡，可惜只剩下一球，也不夠。於是想到我庫存裡的紫色，可是已經買了兩年，還能補到同缸號的嗎？心裡想覺得不可能，但是還是找了時間去當初買線的那家店。嘻嘻，還真的有，而且就剩兩球，這是冥冥之中註定的嗎？

I am knitting with Rowan Kidsilk Night. I bought this lovely lavender color about two years ago, intended to make Branching Out scarf so I only bought 1 ball. Then other projects happened, and this has been sitting in my stash since. When I first saw Seascape, I wanted to use Kidsilk Haze. I went to the stores, and they either didn't have the colors I wanted or didn't have enough. I also saw a gorgeous silver gray Kidsilk Night (totally my color), but there's only one ball left. And then I remembered this lavender ball in my stash. Totally thought that it was impossible to get more of the same dye lot, I made a trip anyway to the store where I bought the original ball. And to my luck, they still had it, and only two balls left. Is this meant to be all along?



昨天受不了了，跑去敗了 Addi Turbo Lace Needles 回來。哇！真的好用，原先用 Regular Addi Turbo 來織，遇到 S2KP, M1L, M1R 時，就要左拉右扯把針目弄大一點，還要戳好幾次才能把針頭戳進去，織的很慢，弄得我快抓狂。現在用 lace needles 只要一次就完成，快多了。

Yesterday, I gave in and bought the Addi Turbo Lace Needles. And WOW! What a difference! With the regular Addi, I had to tug at the adjacent stitches and yarn strands to insert the needle when I need to make a S2KP, M1L, or M1R. And it would take several tries before I could successfully insert the needle. Now with the lace needle, I can insert the needle at the first attempt. I still need to tug at the stitches at some tight spots, but much much less frequently, and so I am making progress a bit faster too.

左邊金黃色的是 Addi Lace, 右邊銀色的是 regular Addi。 Lace 針頭比較尖。

On the left is the yellow Addi Lace, on the right is the regular Addi. The Lace is bit pointier.