Niddy Noddy

This weekend I finished the poncho I decided to make last week. I knew my gauge was off, but the thing ended up being much much longer than necessary. I’m not too worried about it, because I have a six-foot mom who likes ponchos.

This poncho, and the slightly too-large needles I used for it are the reasons I went crazy and purchased the Denise Interchangeable Needle kit. It came in the mail this weekend while I was in Iowa. It’s so pretty. I pet it last night before I went to bed. I’ll soon have the first level’s worth of work to do for the master knitter program, and I will be SET.

Also this weekend my dad helped me make a niddy noddy. They can look much more fancy schmancy than this, but all I really needed was a rudimentary tool for my pursuits. Dad seemed to be impressed that I could chopsaw my way through a 2×4 and leave the marking line.

I think I’m going to take a break from knitting for a couple of weeks, until my masterer kit arrives. (For some reason, I feel this sounds kind of like the real estate tapes referred to in Garden State.)

My plan for THIS week is to ravage the local thrift stores for sweaters that have nicey yarn I can reclaim, especially since I’ll be needing nice yarn to make all these swatches for the mastery.