A Little Yarn On The Side

...or even a crafting Friday.  I have accepted a political consulting contract, so I worked most of yesterday, and it wasn't until evening that I had some free time for knitting. This will be a simple baby sweater all in stockinette, and was just the right project to start after a busy day.  According to the pattern and everyone's notes on Ravelry, the two balls of this yarn that I have should be enough to make this sweater in the 12-month size, so that's what I'm aiming for.  12 sweaters in a year didn't necessarily mean 12 ADULT-sized sweaters.  Stand by for doll-sized sweaters by about October...........

The first sweater is done, blocked, and  furred.  Theo's part is done, but I do still need to weave in the end for the neck.  I was waiting to see how it blocked before weaving in the ends.  I think I would make it just a bit longer if I were to do this again, but I actually made it slightly longer than the directions said, but because cotton stretches, I didn't want to get too excited about modifications.  It's very cute though, and I was all jazzed about starting the next sweater.....but the pattern books for the next 2 are somewhere in boxes.  Dang it.  I guess that's one way to make me tackle those WIPs. 1 down, 11 to go..............

In an ordinary week, I would have perhaps finished some knitting.........or done some knitting.  But as anyone who has been seeing Idaho in the national news lately will probably know, this is not an ordinary week.  I've been posting the details on my other blog so I won't do so here, but I mention it here as the only excuse I have for having only made it to here on the spring tank top.  One tiny front piece and then just the neck and arm holes and it's done.  So like 5 stitches more than last time.  Sheesh--if I were knitting any slower I'd be tinking. The good news is that Andy has not been such a slug, so I helped him glue the first shelves together: They're made from oak and oak plywood, and will be stained a reddish-brown--sort of to look like cherry office furniture.  We've been trying out different colors of stain and wood combinations and found redder hues look best against the green paint.  We talked about using nicer wood, but with th...

Just when I'm down to knitting the last part of the tank---just ready to divide for the front--that what I really want to do is cast on a new project?

Really, I swear  I almost have a finished sweater.  Honest.  The back of the tank top is done, the front is on the needles.........and I am posting late at night because I thought I might have a finished sweater to show you if I just kept knitting........ Dang that pesky need for sleep...

Andy had another idea for storage for the sewing room, so he added a thin piece of plywood to the underside of the new sewing desk and now it's the perfect place to store long skinny things--yardstick, blocking wires, that long flat pressing thing, and also seems to provide a LOT of kitty entertainment on rainy days: Because my back was hurting a bit more (gym, lifting boxes, sitting--image that),  I spent most of Finishing Friday working on the new sweater, which has now divided for the armholes and I'm working on just the back.  I also finished picking up the button band for the blue sweater, but I want to edit that pattern to add buttons and button holes, which I thought would be best to do while NOT back on pain pills.   No progress on the green dress yet, but I have actually located a sewing project I can do as soon as the dress is finished. Same jean-type jacket pattern I keep making, but this one in purple corduroy, so one that would be great for...

It took almost all day, but I finally was able to convince myself that there were 3 entire tubs that I probably wouldn't be getting to in the next 12 months, so the stereo has a place to sit.  Call it the "music for the delusional" project, as it really was hard to admit that there is ANY yarn in my possession that I won't knit this year.  If you'll notice, I couldn't even commit to 3 yarn tubs.  There are 3--I think there are actually 6 or 7--but I struggled with not just saying there is yarn I won't get to for a while, I also have the tubs sorted by weight and didn't want to combine them, but I also don't want to have tubs around that are only partially full. Maybe the less-full ones can be moved to the shelves when they are done?  Or maybe at least I can pretend for a little while longer that the stash is really going to be tamed by those shelves................ Robin and Gaidig had some great ideas for the stash bin, so I've starte...