At The End of My Yarn

I have a problem. First step is admitting it, right? Friday night I started the Sea Glass Tee by Wool & Pine, and if it weren’t for the fact that basic human (and dog) needs still exist, I wouldn’t be able to put it down. Something about the one by one colorwork just makes you need to keep knitting….and knitting…and knitting. Technically I’m not following the pattern exactly. The pattern as written has you swapping out yarns at the beginning of each row, using the magic knot join (a join technique that leaves no ends to weave in), but since I’m using two full skeins of yarn I’ve just been knitting around.

One of the main appeals of this pattern is to use up bits and ends of stash yarn, sticking to fingering weight, to create a top with little pops of color. I’m keeping to the basic principle, though, by using two skeins of sock yarn that once bought, I discovered they weren’t really suited to become socks. I’m using the last skein of Cascade Heritage Prints which is a delightful yarn but felts pretty easily, and pairing it with West Yorkshire Spinners Signature 4-Ply, which doesn’t have a felting issue that I’ve noticed, but is a pretty vivid shade of kelly green. I dig kelly green, but not by itself. I bought it ages ago, when I bought my first colorwork sock book, so it’s been hanging out in my stash for quite a while. I had every intention of using it in a pair of colorwork socks, but when I took it out and laid it next to the other colors I was going to use, I changed my mind. Something about the shade itself….

I think these yarns were destined to be knit together. The way they enhance each other is pretty neat. The solid wall of kelly green is broken up by the stripes of the other skein, and they make each other better. My other WIPS are staring at me, especially my winter coat, telling me how much I’m going to regret spending time on this tee when the weather gets colder, but I don’t care! I can stop whenever I want! Just not right now. One more row…