After my very sad swatching fail in linen earlier this week, I consoled myself with some silly knitting.
This little guy is a Pacific Northwest Banana Slug. I'm heading out that direction for a knitting retreat later this month, and the group is planning to leave a rout of snails behind for the retreat facility to remember us by. I used some leftover yarn from various projects, holding two different worsted weights together for the shell to match the gauge of the bulky yarn I used for the slug itself. The Banana Slug-Snail pattern I used was a little bit confusing, possibly because I was knitting while watching TV in the middle of the night to see if Hurricane Hermine was coming near us, so instead of following the directions for the shell, I knit a 6 stitch I cord, rolled it up and stitched it in place.
Next up? Swatching for a new striped hat pattern The Plucky Knitter has coming out early next week. I have lots of great yarn to choose from.
And then, I've got to search in my studio for some size 1 or 2 needles so I can make a second attempt at getting gauge for my linen hand towel. I hope I have something in wood on hand, because I find it to be incredibly difficult to run in and out of my local yarn shop just to purchase needles without picking up some new yarn!
But banana slugs have no shell…
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I took some artistic license there, didnt I? He looked sad and lonely just on his own! Hes a mutant Banana Slug, I guess.
Joyce