Cotton Ease

Of course, I had to take something to knit on the plane to St. Petersburg. Since we were going to Florida I didn’t really want to start a heavy sweater or anything too bulky. Sure, I could’ve taken socks…but for some reason I wasn’t in the mood. So, me, thinking…Florida, hot, lightweight…why don’t I do something with the Cotton Ease I snagged from Tuesday Morning? I started a tank. No pattern…just me, cotton, and my trusty Denise circulars. It is K4 P2 rib, with a middle section of airy eyelets. The stitches are loose because I wanted to allow for the inevitable shrinkage of 100% cotton. Gotta love being able to try on garments when using interchangeable circular needles!

I have to say though, I’m not all that impressed with the Cotton Ease. It’s demise has been talked about extensively on knit boards and blogs…leading me to believe it was something I had to have. How could I possibly resist with all that hype and the fact that it was $5.99 for 3 100 gram skeins??? I guess at that price I should’ve known it wouldn’t be TOO exciting, but a girl can dream, can’t she? At any rate this has been fast knitting so if it doesn’t work out no big deal. I don’t anticipate this tank to be hugely popular with me but I hope I am wrong. The stitches just don’t look very “happy” to me. Hopefully it’ll look better after washing it.