knitting is a hereditary disease

Bobble Blister Bonanza

Posted on 03/25/2008 by Andrea | Comments (1)
Filed under : Knitting, Show-Off Ruffle Skirt

Internet, meet my Show-Off Ruffle Skirt:

, originally uploaded by AMK.

I've finished a few more rows than this picture shows, which means I've arrived at the point where I'll be knitting the next bobble row. The bobble rows each take a minimum of an hour - closer to an hour and a half, as my knitting gets slower and slower throughout the row. I'm hovering on the edge of a blister on my pinkie finger, though I'm hoping I'm taking enough breaks from knitting this that I'll just develop a lovely little callous instead.

I can't say I'm loving knitting this. Cotton yarn, metal needles, almost 400 stitches, and an interminable number of bobbles. It all starts to get pretty hard on the hands. But I keep going because I just know I'm going to love the finished product. And despite the long, long bobble rows, this thing really is knitting up more quickly than I would have thought.

Things I have watched while knitting this project, mostly while I was home sick yesterday:

- Matlock. Oh, Matlock. How many times have I been home sick throughout my life and been strangely sucked into this show? It's shameful, really. I never intend to watch it, and then it comes on and I am riveted despite all my instincts to turn away.
- How I Met Your Mother. Yes, I'm afraid to say I watched this online because Britney Spears was in the episode. Not a great actress, that Britney. But I was reminded of how much I like this show. It's clever. I like clever.
- Every available episode of Quarterlife on NBC. Eh. I wouldn't have watched this if I hadn't been home sick and bored out of my mind. My impression was that it tried a bit too hard. Also, I really wanted to identify with the main character Dylan, but in the end I thought I probably was more like the sort of pathetic Debra, which was kind of depressing.

Good thing I'm starting to get over this cold. I'm running out of stuff to watch.