Is This A Problem?

How did this happen? Did I get suddenly stressed out between socks?I
can tell you that I cast on the second sock as soon as I finished the
first one. There was no lag time. Same yarn, same needles, same
knitter, same day. Yet the second cuff is totally lacking the lovely
stripes I got the first time. WTF? These are hubby socks and he may
not care. I would frog and do-over if they were for me. Sigh.

My Sweater Issue

I just bought yarn for a sweater. This may not really be an issue, but it got me thinking about how many times I've done this compared to how many finished sweaters I have in the closet. The answers respectively are 8 and 1. Also, the one finished sweater is too big and I can't really wear it. In the spirit of full disclosure, and in a hope that said disclosure will inspire me to actually finish a wearable sweater, here is my list...

1. Peace Fleece - Lena's Grasshopper color way. I did knit all the pieces of the Everyday Cardigan, but when I started sewing it up I realized that the shape wasn't good for me and the sleeves were too tight at the cuff and huge at the shoulder. My plan is to frog this and choose a different pattern.
2. Dream in Color Classy - Wisterious color way. I started the February Lady Sweater out of this and I intend to finish it. I put it down last summer when the weather was heading into triple digits. Since last summer I have lost 25 pounds and I am sure I will have to frog this and start over with a smaller size.
3. Knit Picks Vest Kit. It was on sale. In my defense, it is a stranded knitting project and I want to use it as my practice project for honing my stranded technique and as my first ever adventure in steeking.
4. Kauni - I don't remember what color it is, but it's in shades of wines and violets. I haven't picked a pattern for it yet, but it will be stranded and I'm a little intimidated. The yarn was on sale last May during the LYS Tour. Every so often I pull it out just to smell it. What?
5. Philosopher's Wool Kit - OMG this is so awesome! My MIL has a friend who had decided that she had too many hobbies and needed to cut back. Quilting won out over knitting so she was giving everything away. Most of it went to charity, but she had some stuff she thought would bring in some money at the Rotary auction. I got a call asking if I knew what this Philosopher's Wool thing was and did I want it? I may have actually danced right there on the phone. My MIL said she would rather give it to me and know it was well appreciated than have someone bid $5.00 on it in the silent auction. SCORE! Again, I'm totally excited, but intimidated by the scope of this project.
6. Kathmandu Aran - a wine colored tweed. This is the new stuff and it will become Tribeca as soon as I get the rest of it and do a swatch.
7. Lavendar cotton - I don't remember what brand it is let alone a color way. I received half this yarn at a guild holiday party a couple years ago, and traded another member for the other half. I haven't picked a pattern for this yet.
8. Ok, the one I finished is a top down v-neck cardi out of an organic cotton. The problem is that I made it too big. And then I lost a bunch of weight. Now it is like a tent on me, and I don't like it. I love the yarn and the pattern and the buttons and everything, so I am going to have to remake it in a smaller size. The down side is that I don't have any of those other sweaters to wear. Until I finish one of these other things I'm going to leave the much loved but unwearable sweater in the closet.

So that's my sweater saga. Hopefully soon I'll have some progress and success to report. Wish me luck!

Lunch Break Shopping

This book actually arrived on my Kindle iPhone app last night at midnight. I know this because I waited to see if my pre-order would do that. Since it did, I felt obligated to take a look, and before I knew it I was up to chapter 4 and it was way past my bedtime! Today I was thinking that should I ever meet Rachael Herron in person I would like her to sign a copy of her book, and that's really hard with a Kindle version. So I went in search of the real thing in the wild. Also, there may be a contest...

Knitters Rock!

Money raised for Doctors Without Borders and the Red Cross.

Vacation!

Vacation was excellent! It was really great to be able to spend a week with the people I most enjoy spending time with. I played games, read a book, and knit most of a sock. The best part was the laughing. I laughed every day. There truly is no better way to recharge your batteries.

Friday Dilemma

I really want to work on my sock, but I don't want that big stack of
work to deal with on Monday...

Aeolian

This is a lovely pattern! It took about a month to knit the
shoulderette version. I have a friend who is battling cancer for the
second time, and I wanted to make her something pretty. The bamboo crochet thread worked well, and the beads give it a nice sparkle.

Sweater Love!

I finished this sweater back in June. I wanted a cotton cardi, no
fuss, no muss. The organic cotton yarn was nice to knit with and I
love the buttons. I will knit this pattern again, but will go down a
size next time.

Another Perfect Match

New socks for me. My standard recipe made with Austermann Step. I don't have the ball band handy so I'm not sure of the colorway. The yarn is lovely to knit with and feels great on my feet.

Next up, more socks. I've started a new one with a colorway called Clown Pants. Should be fun.

Spring Forward

I don't think that means what you think it means...