Startitis, Again

I just finished the Lacy Baktus I've been working on.



I've also been trying to design a new cowl, a vertical version of the bumpy cowl. It's not working out too well. I think I will abandon my efforts and make another bumpy cowl out of the yarns I've been using to try to make the vertical version.

My first attempt was to knit it in the round, using stranded knitting. Unfortunately, it's bulky yarn, I didn't have the right size needle, and I cast on too few stitches. I like the look on the outside, but it just wasn't working out.





Edited to add (because I seem to have forgotten it before posting, but I always intended to include it):

My second attempt was to knit it flat, and make some sort of button-up cowl. But really, that is not working out either.



And now back to the original post.

It feels like I'm between projects, and that gives me startitis. Knitters know exactly what I mean when I say "startitis", but for the non-knitters, that's when you start a whole bunch of new projects, one after the other, leaving a little trail of works-in-progress behind you. (Well, I leave a trail. Maybe other knitters are more stealthy.)

I started a scarf for the Red Scarf project.



I started a hat for a child out of Zara yarn, which I like knitting with. I can't believe I can like both Zara, which is a highly processed Italian merino wool, and Noro, which is minimally processed, scratchy and full of bits of grass. But yet, I do. The only problem is, the lovely Zara yarn shows every little flaw in your knitting.



So, about halfway into the first round, I messed up the K1 P1 sequence, and ended up with two purl stitches side by side. But I got back into a rhythm with the ribbing, and the part that works looks great. I just can't ignore the messy part, where I didn't decide to make one stitch in between until about the sixth round. I kept knitting because I thought I might be able to fix it after the fact with some kind of duplicate stitch or something. But I am rethinking that (bad) idea. This project is not worth keeping on the needles.

And now, because the Fiesta Boomerang yarn I got in my last swap package was calling to me, I started a new Lacy Baktus with that yarn. This is the project that currently has the most chance of succeeding.



But you never know with me. Something else is sure to come along soon.