New technique! A circular knitting needle and a double-ended needle! One of the problems with using two circular needles was that the pup had chewed one of them so the wool kept getting stuck as I was pushing the stitches down … Never mind, I’m happy with my new method. I was also unhappy with my cast on edge so I am now casting on to a straight needle – much easier to count the stitches – and then transferring the stitches to a circular one after a row of backstitch.
Jon has complained that I’ve spent all weekend counting, and does he really have to wear all these hats I keep knitting. I don’t know what he’s complaining about; I haven’t suggested he wears one of the berets … yet. I am currently trying to perfect a double layered hat as he thinks the single layers are too thin up in the mountains, so I’m only doing it for him, really.
