Another Round of WIP's

Lest you think there hasn't been any knitting around here, it's time for another round of WIP's

First 10" of a turtleneck cable vest in "allergic to wool" knit in the round



This is the knit night project. That way when I forget to pay attention and make a giganticorama mistake, at least I can fix the stitches without a crochet hook or concentrating much


And also a slightly overexposed picture of 14" of the back of the Central Park Hoodie.




I did indeed frog the wrong color and get it back on the needles without a major catastrophe. Intermediate-novice knitting accomlishment #23.

This may seem small to those of you accustomed to being able to solve your own problems. For me though, it was only 2 years ago while pre-novicely knitting a scarf in railroad track novelty yarn that I had to frog the whole thing every time I dropped a stitch because I didn't know how to pick it up. I also didn't know it was called frogging. Nor did I know that I was knitting with the most impossible "yarn" on the planet. I believe this is where my tendency to overreach on all projects began.

Upstairs in the bedroom is a sock in yet another shade of green but not with any cables.

I've got a big case of the greens going on accompanied by slight cabling. There is no cure- you can only treat the symptons. Treatment includes bidding on a spinning wheel and a glass head on ebay.

Life of Luxury-while it lasts

In just a week I will slowly begin the trek back into the world of the working. It starts with a few meetings here and there, then they reach a fevered pitch with daily discussions about copy machine expenditures, the best new way to teach kids, new ways to document that we're using those best new ways, etc., etc.

The reality that knitting may save my sanity in those weeks is settling in. The subconscious that purchased a big old pile of luxury yarns and needles at the beginning of the summer is revealing itself in mysterious ways. Naturally there was the immediate rush of stash enhancement at the time.

What I wasn't expecting was the relief that comes with knowing I've got some koigu mmmm socks on Crystal Palace needles in a Sensational socks pattern that's easily memorized and some malabrigo on my new knitpick options begging to be a moeibus in a k1 yo k2tog pattern. Simple patterns, lush fiber, bring on the meetings my friends-I can outlast all of them.



The spindle has arrived and I'm equipped with several options for instructions. Now I must get in a learning mood.

An observation- my color of choice lately is slowly shifting from the green family closer to the yellow one. (the not pictured koigu is a g/y mix as well) All of these yarns were purchased separately. What's with the yellow? Only my subconscious knows.

No C(mu)S today. It was time to take a break.