Swamped



For the first time ever my excuse is that I've been consumed by work. Remember I started a new job in February? You know, right before we bought a house and moved. Well last spring was just finishing a lot of projects that someone else had started and basically getting through the rest of the year until June. Now, it's all about deciding what projects I want to do, and how to do them, and then doing them. It's not that I'm spending more time working, it's just that I'm thinking about work when I'm not there instead of thinking about knitting. This is new for me.

Also, I fell into the Ravelry hole. I'm JoBleudeMaine if you feel like friending me. It took me awhile to friend strangers and I still haven't friended any big name people because that just feels too junior high somehow but I finally realized that the point is just to have a quick link to the projects of people whose knitting you like and it wasn't actually just a way to court rejection. (Think I'm stuck in junior high? You're glad I restrained myself and didn't blog about the whole "if you don't get any comments I don't know why you bother to blog" thread of last spring. I honestly don't care about comments but that whole thing brought out the worst in me.)

Anyway, Ravelry is great--it's fun seeing what everyone is doing with the same yarn and patterns and what people are hiding in their stashes.

Knitting? Why yes, a bit.



Another Baby Dale. This is a heavily modified pattern--changed ribbing to a hem, changed colors (this is meant to be navy blue background with different colored cars and I'm doing stripes like in the ladybug sweater.) Somehow I twisted it when I first joined it and didn't really catch it until I had finished the facing so it went into a heap for awhile. However, the baby is imminent so I started it again about a week ago and have been doing pretty well. I'm trying to use up the leftovers from the Lady bug sweater so I would be using more yellow and orange but I'm not sure I have enough left. (It's not that I'm cheap--most of these colors have been discontinued.)

It finally warmed up in late August so I got the urge to knit with bulky wool. I found this pattern in a Rowan book and Yarns in the Farms had Lopi on sale so I started this completely on a whim. I got a lot done until I put it aside for the baby sweater.



I'm partway through a sleeve as well. It goes very quickly after all that Baby Ull.

Here's a closeup of the collar.



Ladybug sweater is done but I haven't put it together as I want to sew for the steeks of both of these sweaters at the same time.

I seem to have temporarily lost my sock mojo though I did start the second Traveller's Stocking.

I just ordered the yarn to knit Caroline from Louet.

I noticed I was thinking about yarn this morning on my way to school so I imagine the tide is turning.

Posted: Mon - October 15, 2007 at 06:15 PM          

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