Lucky #100 and Knit Picks Options

Last post I wrote about getting my trial needles. I did some testing of the needles, and I decided I wanted to stick with metal needles for now, and I went with the nickel plated needles. The wood worked fine on a ball of Cascade 220 I bought, but I tried it on my Simply Soft (which makes up like 90% of my stash) and there was too much friction happening for my liking. I knit pretty tight and the stitches just weren't sliding well. Placed my order for the kit today:

Knit Picks Options - Comes with 9 tips US sizes 4-11, 24" and 32" cables, plus the other stuff you see :)

I spent some time organizing the tips and cables into the cases. I also ordered some extra nickel plated needles, because the whole point is I want to have all sizes on hand. I order tips in US sizes 13, 15, and 17. I also ordered a set of 40" cables.

I've seen people on the internet warn that knitting with needles of different materials can cause different gauges, even in when the needles are the same size, but I'm throwing caution to the wind and transferring my baby blanket to my new needles. I double checked with my needle sizer and the size 10s are in fact the same in Boye and Knit Picks. I'm hoping a transfer of aluminum to nickel won't make a huge difference in my knitting.

Speaking of my baby blanket...I've been ignoring it awhile, but I picked it back up with the new needles and finally completed my 100th row! Yippee! Still got a loooooooong way to go, but it's all good.

While I was ignoring the baby blanket, and I was working on something else...ENTRELAC! I've been seeing this and I was intrigued. I watched a video tutorial (click here and scroll down). Here's what I practiced:

Not bad for a first try. I think this would make awesome afghan material, but I need to finish my baby blanket before moving on to anything else.

I think that's all for now. Happy knitting!