Today we finally got our front porch/storage area cleaned out and (mostly) organized, so I could get into my stash bins and start my Clappy! I'm using Red Heart Soft Touch (they call it a "4" medium worsted, but it feels more like a DK to me) in colour #4612, which is red, gold, and green - hence, Karma Chameleon. :)
I started it on 6.5 mm Addis, but the yarn/needle combination was too slick and the ktbl's were a pain in the butt, so restarted it on 5.5 mm Clover bamboo straights and it's going wonderfully! One little hiccup on the first increase attempt (but that was on the Addis, so no harm, I was frogging anyway), but now I'm sailing along. LOVING the rhythm of the pattern - I've completed my 2nd increase section and like the gauge so far - I think once I get to dropping things it will have a lovely drape. Also using the "purl the 2Bdropped" technique and that makes the fabric much tidier than the markers I tried on the first go-round.
Hoping to do another repeat or two of the increases tomorrow before work, then it will probably rest until next weekend (I'm not confident enough yet in the pattern to take it to midweek SnB!). But I'm pleased so far and the slight nip in the air tonight is certainly compatible with these autumn-y colours.
Got a couple rows done on Peter's Marble sock too, after dinner (we had my parents, Peter's Mom, my sis and neice over for BBQ - house full!). A good reward of knitting after a day of chores.
Now, bed. Working tomorrow - must not buy more yarn!
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