Wednesday, March 08, 2006

Wake up, you funky monkey

Sooooo..................I think I may actually LIKE intarsia *gasp!* After ripping the monkey out and abandoning it for two weeks (three?) I'm back on it and it's going much better. I'm twisting like crazy and have about 18 bobbins hanging off the back (one for every little color section) but it's not too shabby. So without further ado, I give you the funky monkey!!!!!!!!!!!!



(oops, sorry about my toe and pajama pants ending up in the picture)

So there are a couple of areas that will need some double stitch but otherwise I'm pretty pleased and I think my nieces will like it. Did I mention I am making one for EACH of my nieces and their birthdays are both in March so I still have one more backpack (and one more intarsia monkey) before this is over? But actually I'm enjoying the entanglement of it all. And by the way, I'm using Knitpicks Wool of the Andes and I really like it! I wish the color palette was broader but it knits up very well.

Onto books...I'm in the middle of The Kite Runner and if I didn't have the backpacks to worry about I'd be finished by now, it's an amazing book about Afghanistan from the 70s to now. On the other end of the spectrum I'm reading Yarn Harlot: The Secret Life of a Knitter which has me laughing out loud every page.

Well, I got the kids into bed about 20 minutes ago and I promised myself the monkey face would be DONE tonight! So I need to get cracking, it's only 11 more rows, easily done tonight while watching last night's House. On 2nd thought I may need TWO shows to finish...