Progress has been slow but steady over the past week. A trip to London netted me plenty of knitting time - 3 hours each way. I reached the milestone of the first armhole on the Cabled Blanket Coat and have managed to get to the heel flap of my second springtime sock.
Since we got back on Friday I've been working on my Clapotis-lite. Using the Lorna's Laces Shepherd's Sock I'm getting a scarf about 12 inches across. I'm three-quarters of my way through my second skein and the piece is just under 3 feet long which is pretty much bang on target for the look I want - a 6 foot finished length.
Does anyone else suffer from the same schizophrenia with measurements? I am perfectly happy to use centimetres for garments, but socks and scarves make more sense in inches and feet.
I will always use inches, despite being very comfortable (and a whizz at converting!) with metric measurements. When I see a garment in cms my eyes glaze over. I also have got into this nasty habit of working out my tension in sts/inch - nasty because I then try to get away with narrow 1" swatches!
Posted by: dawn | February 27, 2007 at 05:41 PM
I always measure in inches despite being educated in centimetres! I have started a clapotis in DK and am getting 18 inches across. Can't wait to see yours!
Posted by: Lin | February 28, 2007 at 01:54 PM
Exactly the same here too and watch out when I bake a cake! It has to be pounds and ounces or a disaster, 4ozs of flour seems to make so much more sense than 113 odd grams (and yes, I just had to check that before putting it to type ;) good job my kitchen scales convert at the flick of a button, I would be doomed.
Posted by: Tracy | February 28, 2007 at 02:25 PM
I'm a feet and inches, ounces and pounds girl too. Those scales that convert are a boon, aren't they Tracy. And when someone tells me the weight of a new baby in kilograms (?) I haven't a clue if it is little or large.....
Posted by: Jill | February 28, 2007 at 05:59 PM
As an American, I'm very into feet and inches and pounds and ounces. What's been funny for me is temperature--if I'm in the US, temperature only makes sense in F. And when I'm in Canada (my new home), it only makes sense in C. Does that make any sense?
Posted by: Lindsey | February 28, 2007 at 08:51 PM