Return of the garter stitch - Ribbelssssss

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Nearly everyone starts with this stitch, it's the first one in any stitch dictionary and it's a stitch that forms the basis of many intricate Shetland pattern: the garter stitch.

Bijna iedereen begint ermee, het is de eerste steek in elk stekenboek en het is een steek die de basis vormt van heel wat ingewikkelde kantpatronen uit Shetland: de ribbelsteek.

It's busy in Casa Moss. So busy that the thought of having to knit complicated patterns is slightly too much. The triangular shawl I knit in stockinette for the National Spinning Weekend, with a crocheted border, was complicated enough, as were the Hermione socks (knit 3, purl 1), and to make sure that I have a few more options than just spin white Shetland wool every night (totally no stimuli and difficult decisions, great to clear the brain at the end of the day), I went back to garter stitch.

Het is druk in Casa Moss. Zo druk dat de gedachte aan het breien van ingewikkelde patronen momenteel even iets te veel is. Het kippendoekje dat ik voor de Landelijke Spindag breide, met zijn gehaakte randje, was al ingewikkeld genoeg, net als de Hermione sokken (3 recht, 1 averecht), en om te voorkomen dat ik elke avond gewoon witte Shetlandwol zit te spinnen (heerlijk prikkelloos, fantastisch om de kop even leeg te krijgen), heb ik teruggegrepen op de ribbel. 

It's lovely, this 'immer gerade-aus' knitting. Well, in the case of Batman's short scarf I had to change colours - Fibonacci of course... - and in the case of Colour Affection I have to increase here and there and change colours every two needles. Great. Simple. Just what I need.

Lekker zeg, gewoon 'immer gerade-aus' breien. Nou ja, in het geval van de korte sjaal voor Batman met kleurwisselingen - wel Fibonacci, dat dan weer wel... - en in het geval van Colour Affection met wat meerderingen en steeds 2 naalden van elke kleur. Lekker. Simpel. Precies wat ik nodig heb.

But the scarf is done, and Colour Affection is also quickly nearing the end (and I sincerely hope that tight edge will not annoy me so much that I decide to ripriprip the whole thing...), so I'm on the look-out for another nice and easy garter stitch project. I think it will be some house socks, to felt in the machine. And hopefully that will get me back to full energy strength to get started on the two-tone Xmas socks that are becoming a bit of a tradition... I'm thinking of these...


Maar de sjaal is klaar, en Colour Affection is ook bijna af (en ik hoop van harte dat die strakke rand me niet zo irriteert dat ik het hele geval weer besluit uit te halen), dus ben ik op zoek naar opnieuw een eenvoudig ribbelprojectje. Sloffen, den ik, om dan te vilten in de wasmasjien. En hopelijk heb ik dan weer genoeg energie om te beginnen aan de tweekleurige kerstsokken die een beetje traditie aan het worden zijn... Ik zit te denken aan deze...

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