A Little Yarn On The Side

Still completely jazzed about making it to 12 WIPs in a row, rather than picking up Fleur, which really is almost done, I picked up one of the baby sweaters I found languishing in a knitting bag. I can narrow it down to being cast on between 2-5 years ago, but that's as close as I can get. I finished the back last night and started on the left front today. Admittedly, this is not a really great pattern. It's from this book, which has cute pictures but the sweaters area bit awkward and shapeless--things that one would only put on a small child who can't complain. Luckily, that's who I will be giving it to, so I guess that works. This morning I washed and blocked Ruched Magic, but Theo would have none of it. I think he's a fiber snob.

Here it is: Finished WIP #12! The pattern is called Ruched Magic and it's from this magazine: which is Knitter's fall 2002. I'd link to it on Ravelry, but it isn't currently on Ravelry. Ah--there is just something psychological about having finished one dozen projects without casting on anything new. Wait, or was that psychotic? Anyway--that currently leaves 15 WIPs left to go! I'm off to find Theo so we can wash & block the sweater. On to number 13! Blouse? What blouse??

I've been canning like a maniac this week--the last of the tomatoes, both green and red--so knitting time has been pretty limited. I needed a simple project to pick up and work on for a few minutes, and not being able to cast on a plain sock, I started the sleeves of "Ruched Magic" by Lily Chin. The back has been finished for a year or so, the front is half finished & ran into a problem that will require a little frogging & more attention than I have right now, but the sleeves are a delightfully simple K1, P1 rib with regularly scheduled increases. Theo is not helping me today, being a bit in disgrace. We had snow last night, and rather than going outside at night and possibly getting his paws wet, he decided to wake the humans up at 1:30 to keep him company. These might be part of the problem: My all-too-sexy slipper socks with google eyes. Theo seems to consider them as invaders, or perhaps younger siblings: Maybe we'll all play a little nicer once we...