fishie’s aquarium

As an afterthought a couple days ago, I posted my pictures of the Pink Fuzzy Coat from Hell in Punk Knitters because I figured some of them would get a kick out of it. And some of them did.

However, OH NOES NOT EVERYBODY IN TEH WHOLE WORLD LOVES MY OBNOXIOUS TASTE!!!11

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The only worthwhile comment is that first one. It’s hilarious how people ASSUME I am hating the process of knitting this. Dude, if I was HATING the process of something I do for fun, why the hell would I be doing it in the first place? And that first comment saying it will be hot? Um… it’s a coat?

People like this are part of the reason why I wear flip flops year round with my fungus showing.

I posted them in my other journal without a lock

But more closely on topic for this journal, I bought lots of yarn while I was there and more importantly, did LOTS of knitting too.

The hot pink fuzzy coat from hell is taking shape. I’ve got the body completely done, and I’m making progress on the sleeves. Problem with the sleeves is, my yarn gets a LOT shorter when it stretches, and it’s hard to measure their length when you’re sitting in a car.

This was my progress when I was in Santa Cruz:

I did get a little bit of the watermelon shirt done, but not enough to take a picture of.

I bought pretty yarns:

The entire haul

Schaefer Laurel (two 400 yd skeins) in Katherine the Great

Blue Heron Egyptian Mercerized Cotton (one 1000 yd skein) in Raspberry

Maggi Knits Maggi’s Linen, 5 120 yd skeins in hot pink, 2 in variegated orange/olive greenish-brownish

And two blue cascade fixations for a CHRIS THONG. Har. He’ll wear it too, I’ll make him.

If it’s not obvious, I’m on a Fitted Knits kick. Finished the shrug, halfway through the tube vest, and I’ve already got the yarn for the drop-stitch tank. So what’s next? I think I’ve fallen for the Long Coat with Chevron Lace:

Here are the specifics from the book:

Gauge: 10 sts and 13 rows = 4 inches
Size 13 needles
Suggested Yarn: Cascade Tuscany Grande, 1755 yards

I have a 50% off discount for Joann.com right now, and the only yarn I liked that MIGHT get the right gauge was some Red Heart. I’m checking some other online places too, but it’s hard to find super bulky yarn anywhere.

Red Heart Casual Cot’n Blend Yarn in Preppie or Black Grape
Spinnaker

More than anything, I’m figuring I’ll probably end up making a nice fuzzy coat out of one of the giant cones I have, but I’d want a scale first so I can figure out what my yardage is. I’d hate to get 75% done and run out of yarn. Ew.

UPDATE

EUREKA

I seem to have gauge from the bit I did. The one problem I can see this yarn bringing up is that there is NO STITCH DEFINITION WHATSOEVER. But it’s soft and pink and I got a GIANT cone of it. I *think* this one is Squish, but it could be Cush.