Tying up loose ends. Bad pun.

Hey all. I'm finally getting around to mailing my kit. I've put everything in plastic sleeves, and I've printed out all my answers. The only question I have left is this:

The instructions say to enclose a copy of the instructions with the revision date showing clearly. Unless I'm nuts, there isn't a revision date on the general instructions. There's a copyright date of 2004, but not a month/day/year date. The cover note does have a revision date (11/01/04) but I don't know if that's what they're talking about. Anyone have their instructions handy? Did I accidentally mangle the copy I made (and lost the original, of course) of my instructions?

Eep!

Soooo, how's the knitting?

I've been done with my swatches for a while now, as well as done with the blocking paper and most of the questions. All I need to do is finish question 1 about gauges, and I'll be ready to go. Thing is, I keep putting it off. It's such a small bit to do, so somehow it gets shoved to the bottom of the list.

So I've decided that I need to finish it TONIGHT! By blogging about it, I'm making myself accountable. Accountable, or embarassed. We'll see come tomorrow.

How about the rest of you'ns? What do you have left to do?

Total knitting embarrassment

So I didn't believe Tamie about weaving in the ends on swatches, and posted the same question to the masterknitter list. Lo and behold, the answer is YES, you SHMUCK, YOU DO. That answer can be found in the first paragraph of the general instructions. I'm mildly mortified.

Anyway, I'm working on my tags, and my question is this --> for the "knitting technique" do we write the instructions again? Like for swatch 1, would you write "k2, p2; increase 5; garter" or something similar? I'm not sure how to succinctly summarize.

swatch1

swatch1,
originally uploaded by sundaykofax.

You do have to weave in the ends? Noooo! I thought it said to not weave in ends unless it specifically asks for it, and the only one that does is swatch 16. Crap. I bet I can weave those ends in post-blocking without a problem. I'll just have to be cautious.

So where's Inky, yo? She hasn't posted to her own blog in, like, a week. I guess she's working all night and knitting all day!

I've blocked all of my swatches. Yes. They're done. I've darkened the photos so you can see the stitches better. I'm going to send them off like this (but with ends tucked in) unless any of you think I should redo. You have until Saturday!

My swatches are done

I went to a knitting retreat this weekend, and finished the rest of my swatches. I used some of the yarn I had koolaid dyed, since it was WOTA, for my contrasting color in swatch 16. The owner of Crazy Girl Yarn Shop (the store that created the event) had completed level one, and I asked her a couple of questions as I went.

The only thing I'm stuck on now is the realization that swatch 16 is supposed to have the ends woven in, but not the rest. Am I correct in that? It sounds shady, but I'll rejoice if I don't have to weave in more ends.

Swatch critique

swatch7,
originally uploaded by sundaykofax.

I finally got around to shooting my swatches, and I've loaded them onto my flickr site. If you click on the link you'll be taken to a gallery of my lovely knitted bits.

Would y'all be so good as to leave a comment if there's anything you want to point out about them? (Other than they're not blocked, and the ends aren't woven in...)

Um, I just realized swatch 7 is kind of upside down, since it's a decrease. I'm sure you'll figure it out.

Hitchhiker's Guide, day 2

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