I got about 6 inches done on the Dale of Norway Trondheim sleeve and then proceeded to rip it out. As you can probably tell I rip stuff out a lot. If I don't like the pattern, yarn, colors, or see a mistake, I will rip. Life is too short to spend time doing projects that are annoying.



I didn't like the accent colors DH picked for Trondheim so I decided to do it in more muted greens and blues. The dark color of the body of the sweater made the nifty purl texture pattern (that looks like ski tracks) totally disappear so I think I'll just do the K13 P3 rib instead. Ironically the ski track pattern is the reason I decided to knit Trondheim. The sweater is for my friend Brad who works at a ski resort grooming cross-country trails.



This week I received my first issue of my subscription to INKnitters. I am in love. I received a free copy of the first issue and decided not to subscribe but now that I've seen the current issue I know I have to order all the back issues. For knitters who love technique or experimentation, this is a fascinating magazine and packed with a lot more knitting content than the other knitting magazines. The Winter 2002 issue has stories on Anna Zilboorg's favorite buttonhole, handpainting your own yarn, a knitted intarsia Advent Calendar, and a pattern for a sock with a double knitted heel. The cover sweater is color knitting with the floats on the outside of the sweater. It is wonderful to see patterns that are five pages long rather than all the really simple stuff offered in mainstream knitting magazines. And after reading the article on knitting tips I went out and bought a $2 fishing tackle box to hold all my odds and ends (stitch markers, crochet hooks, tapestry needles, etc.)