Kat’s hosting March Madness again this year and there will be prizes!
A puzzling thing – I crawled into bed last night and realized I was lying on something hard. It turned out to be a 1.5″ long nail. Where the hell did this nail come from and how did it get into my bed, under the covers?!!
Ok, you might remember that I started some RPMs for March FiberFlix a week or so ago, using Lenten Rose, a semisolid from Sundara’s sock club. I haven’t been working on these socks because I started to wonder if Lenten Rose really should be knit into lace and a multicolored yarn used for the RPMs. I pulled out some STR in Titania and started another RPM. What do you think? (Besides that I have yet to see a photo, mine included, that captures how, um, vivid Titania is.)
Can you believe that no cats came to see what I was doing?! May was busy chittering at birds through the open window (it was 64F yesterday when I got home from work – goodbye, snow!).
*chitter chitter chitter chitter* -M
“Hey, May! Mom left yarn and needles all over the living room floor! What? You’re about to catch a bird? Yeah, right.” -C
I vote for the STR – the Lenten Rose would be fabulous in lace…
Lenten rose RPM is nice…but STR – POW. 🙂
I vote for the STR; gorgeous in that pattern!
So you got nailed in your bed last night, huh? How was it? 😉
Yeah, I agree with the crowd. The pattern definitely is more vivid with the STR.
I find all manner of things in bed because one of our cats has an oral fixation. If it’s small enough to fit in his mouth, he picks it up. And apparently our bed is the safest place for his stash…
I’m going to be part of the cool crowd and vote for STR too!
OK. Gandalf has picked some weird play things in his time – tomatoes, avocado, and recently a sweet potato – but he’s never gone the way of sharp pointy things! Ouch! Hope you didn’t poke yourself with it?
I don’t have an oral fixation!
Oh the Socks That Rock rpms are awesome! I think you’re right, lenten rose needs some lace. Hedera?
And why is my Picasso posting? Bad Picasso!
Yup Lenten Rose is lace. STR is RPM.
A nail. Where the heck did it come from (we know who put it there…a black cat, of course! Probably the smaller of the two…)?
(((hugs)))
Yeah, the STR looks better with that pattern. Though, considering that you knit way more of that sock than the other one… I think you decided on that one yourself. 🙂
There’s a joke somewhere in that post about you getting hammered and nailed but… it’s too early.
I vote with the others! Maybe the cats were out looking for more nails??
I like them both.
I like the one on the left.
The STR is more vivid and eyecatching! Of course, I’m biased…
STR came here to do two things, chew bubblegum and kick RPM’s butt, and STR is all outta bubblegum.
Leftover from when the windows were changed? And one of the kitties found it and brought it to bed? Or do you actually have a hammer and nails?
My vote goes to the STR!
If it were me, I would use the STR for RPM and save the Lenten Rose for something lacy.
Katie doesn’t stash hardware in our bed, but the ferrets have been known to hide hardware and computer parts in the bed in the spare bedroom.
I like the grey one!
How in the world did I miss the RPM socks? I went right to Knitty and printed them out. FAB-U-LOUS!! Weird about the nail in your bed!
The Lenten Rose is pretty, but the STR looks great in that pattern. Gorgeous!
I’d definitely save the Lenten Rose for a lacey pattern or something that doesn’t work with variegated. The RPM looks so great with the color changes in the STR.
and I’d be willing to put money on the fact that a kitty brought that nail to your bed!!
I definetly vote for the STR! Thats some nice sock yarn! When will kitties figure out that you can’t jump through glass…Serge keeps trying to catch a squirrel…*sigh*
I like both, but the STR definitely wouldn’t work for lace and the Lenten Rose would.
The STR for the RPM in my book! I am trying the lace pattern Sundara included with the Lenten Rose. Two things to note: charting the pattern works wonders; for me it is knitting up bigger than her dimensions would suggest on the same size needles–it is very stretchy. In fact, I am concerned that it will be too big for my size 8.5 feet and “shapely” calves.
My mom’s cat Katrina is a bird-chitterer, too. Except Katrina also drools while chittering. Very gross. I hope May is a bit more refined!
The Titania is beautiful – even as photographed! I miss little kitty chitters about birds through the glass — they are so cute, so certain they’ll get one if they just come close enough…
Good-bye snow, hello wet basements!
The STR totally – I made RPM’s out of some handpainted – that pattern looks great with some color I think – not too busy but still bright.
I vote for the STR as well—love the way the stitch pattern crosses over the color pattern. 🙂
Definitely STR for the RPM.
Maybe one of the cats found the nail, thought it was one of your knitting needles, and brought it to you?
I really like the STR w/ the RPM pattern 🙂 And I think that you’re right, the Lenten Rose would look really nice in some lace or other open patternwork.
Plus it’s good to know that other cats in the world do that chittering thing. When I was a kid we had a cat that was obsessed with doing that while looking outside, I always thought he was off in the head…
Chris- Socks that Rock- for RPM.
I see that you use circulars for your socks- I’ve never mastered that.
Is this “Nature May?”
I agree with most, use the lovely Sundara for something where you really want to see the knitting, not the yarn. STR for RPM, helps break up the stripes and such.
Definately the varigated!!! It seems to be making quite the interesting pattern…love it!
Oooo. I like the ribbing on those socks. Ribbing? Is that what it’s called or did I just make that up? Sounds kind of dirty.
Anyway. Cute socks!
Oh, definitely the STR. The other yarn will be lovely in a heap of other patterns, but the Titania is really popping in that pattern!
I love it when the cats chitter at birds. Marlowe still hasn’t quite twigged that glass = no bird catching.
LOL Your posts inspire quite the party at times!
At least May is smart enough to look out the window at the birds. Someone at our house (who’s behind it too wide to fit on the windowsill) sits behind the screen door (the bottom part that is solid) and listens.
Julie beat me to the “you got nailed in your bed last night” comment. Damn! Hey, that makes 2 of us!
I’d say STR too!
It must be the month of the RPM as I’m making some as well. I agree the Lenten Rose would be great lace!
Gwen
My cats were ecstatic when I left the front door open this afternoon and they could look outside. We were fighting for fresh air in front of the open window too…I felt like such a big meanie when I had to shut it.
I like the more vivid sock too!
I think it’s possible that the cat just wants its own socks.
I like the one on the left. So who’s Missing a nail???
A “nail” nail? That’s kind of creepy!
(But it reminds me of the Dan Akroyd SNL skits, “Bag o’ Nails,” “Bag o’ Glass,” etc.)
I’m ringing in late here, but I think the pattern looks great with both. The solid color really lets the stitch shine. But, that stitch really pops out the multiple colors and mixes them up a bit I think. If you won’t die of boredum knitting four socks in a row with the same patterns I’d say continue on both!
As for the nail? Scary!
I like them both too. I almost like the solid color better…..
Go, May! You can get those birds! If only they co-operate…..open the windows…..just hold still…..
I love that little chirping noise they make 🙂
A nail? How weird is that!