From a recent Ravelry exchange with Ceri:
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A: This is just gorgeous: [links to a pattern for a simply stunning knitted silk top]
Ceri: Oh, lovely! I saw this at the bottom. Gorgeous: [links to a pattern for yet another stunning knitted lace top]
A: Stunning! I want that, too! Wah. I have not the skill to do this, and I suspect I won’t for quite some time.
Ceri: Well, you only get better by trying harder projects, right?
A: Well, yes, but you’re talking to someone who hasn’t successfully purled yet.
Which means there’s nowhere to go but up, really.
In the ‘overdue assignment I just got yesterday’ news, I’m about a third of the way along. Trudge, trudge, trudge…
Weird. I can’t comment on the newest post. There’s no thing to write in. But my comment is about hats. Hats are super quick and fun. You so have time to do a hat. Esp. if you double up the yarn. I am doing a hat right now, that I kind of just made up, and you know what? I’m knitting in the round, but purposely doing it inside out ie _purling all the time_. It would kill two birds with one stone for you. Get a hat done, and get over the purl hump ready for the hard stuff. The pattern is easy. Purl round and round till you get bored. Switch to knitting when you want to do the decreases for the crown (this gives you a nice sort of shapey-ridge). Decrease lots. Stop when you get to the middle. Solstice-tastic.
Hee! I actually do have a hat lined up to start in the next few days, but at the moment I’m doing a scarf for the husband. Which is also being done in the round, as it’s a tube scarf. The hat calls for ribbing at the bottom, so we shall see how the purling goes.