Blogless- no more! Yes, Susie, I have been trying to figure this whole posting thing out- in concert with figuring out how to take photos with my fancy new camera . . . but then I got all caught up in the knitting of Clapotis for the Knitting Olympics.

This is *so* not going to get done by next week . . .

(Looks a bit like a loincloth for a Sumo wrestler, eh?)

While the yarn is beautiful (Koenig Farm & Spinnery, 100% laceweight mohair, colorway: Lily Pond), it probably isn't the best yarn I could have chosen for the project. This particular mohair is:

1. sticky (like most mohair)- so, stitches don't drop easily
2. wiry . . . it is two-ply wiry, in fact- and a little, well, stiff.

What does this mean? Well, it means that dropping the stitches is a pain in the butt. I basically have to 'rip' at the little hairs to separate the stitches. The wiry nature of the yarn means that the fiber is going to go in the direction that is most pleasing for the yarn. So, you will notice that two dropped stitches are, in a sense, clustering closely together.



You'll also notice that the twisting action of the stitches on either side of the ladder is quite evident. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. Too late to do anything about it now! I know you aren't supposed to block this thing too harshly . . . but when it is all said and done, we'll see what can be done to make things a little more even and spaced-out.

And finally, here is another picture of the Gem- wedged in between my bedframe and my futon mattress . . . we are getting along famously . . . look at those stripes! PPPuuuurrrrrrrrrrrrrr!