I've been working diligently on the front of the A.S.S., but as it starts with 14 inches of k2p2 rib, it's pretty mundane knitting-wise and certainly not worthy of a photo. If you're really curious, you can look back at the picture from the back of the A.S.S. ;o) I've got approximately 7 inches done, so about halfway to the crucial mark--the armhole decreases, which really tripped me up on the back. I certainly hope the knitting gods smile on me for the front and I have more success with it.
If I ever finish the A.S.S. (and to think, I wanted it done by this weekend-hah!), I'm going to take a page out of Leann's knitting book (well, blog) and block them together. This seems like a relatively painless way to ensure that they come out the same size, and will certainly take up less space than blocking them seperately--I think my husband is getting annoyed finding random surfaces in our home covered with knitting. But I don't have a blocking board, so what's a girl to do?
Though I still haven't tried it myself yet, yesterday I saw a woman knitting on the Metro. This isn't the first time I've seen someone doing it, but it is the first time I've seen it since I started knitting myself. So instead of just staring in wonder, I could really appreciate what she was doing--happily knitting a sock on a circular needle with self-striping yarn while everyone pushed and shoved and stunk (stank? Anyway, it's been ridiculously hot and humid here, so the trains are full of sweaty, stinky people!) around her. I was quite jealous, particularly as I have been rather disappointed with the book I'm reading on the train every day. Still, I feel the A.S.S. may be a bit large for train knitting, so perhaps I will wait until I have a more compact project to work on.
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I blocked mine on a flattened, cardboard box covered in a towel (so the moisture didn't soak into the cardboard. I had it on the floor of my craft room, so it wasn't in the way. If I hadn't stuck the pins through the carpet, I was going to move the box up onto my scrapbook table. But it dried in about a day, so it wasn't in the way for too long.
Oh! Does your A.S.S. have sleeves? Those are a lot smaller than actually taking the whole back of the sweater with you. Taking a bus to NYC for work on Friday, and that's what I'm planning.
After jusst spending a month in NYC, I knit 2 scarves on my subway commute to and from school (and during random trips too). I get motion-sick if I read or write on the trains but knitting and crocheting I'm fine with. I usually stick to easy things since I can't read a pattern during the ride and I'd recommend something with short needles for when the trains are crowded. I usually work on a scarf (K2 P2 pattern always) because they're pretty mindless and easy to work on when the trains get chaotic. I always call them my "travel projects" because it's the only time I work on them. I even used to keep one in my car for whenever I got stuck in traffic...probably not the most legal thing but when you move 5 feet in 3 hours it's be best you can do :o).
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