the hippie went sailing for the weekend with our friend harry, and almost all my weekend plans sort of collapsed slowly in on themselves. you know what that means... all i did this weekend was knit and watch reruns of grey's anatomy. i finished adam's little orange sweater at last! i put that thing down in august and went for a long pause while half-way through the second sleeve. but now it's done just in time for fall, and it should be perfect weather for him to start wearing it in the next month or so. assuming it fits, of course. i have to say, i LOVE it--i think the little bit of striping really adds something to the design and makes it look a little more boy-ish. AND it's knitted with julia, which is butter soft wool and alpaca and as you know, my favorite. the striping, however, meant that it took FOREVER to weave in all the ends--i was cursing its ass by the time that part was done.
i LOATHE weaving in ends!!! am i the only one? i will finish a project and let it sit for two months while i procrastinate weaving in the ends. it's just so BORING, and it always takes so much longer than i think it will! blah on the ends. but i digress...
i also finished knitting a bag i am making for the sam (and even wove in its stinkin' ends)--i still need to sew on the handles and felt it. in fact, i have two bags ready to felt and a third on pause that's about half-way finished. i need to get on that. (i'll take some pictures when it's all done.) and last but not least, i made a tiny bit of progress on my dream swatch as well. i didn't work on this much at all--in fact none over the weekend--this progress is from lunch today. i am still loving this swatchy bit to death!!! is this yarn not unbelievably pretty all knitte up? everyone should make one of these--i mean it.
actually wait a minute--that swatchy bit's not last! i am also knitting some simple seed stitch washcloths to include in some christmas presents. the hippie made a fabulous one for me, and he inspired me to make a few of them myself. they are so fast and mindless, i almost forgot about them. still have the lace pillowsaces on the needles, too, although they are on pause. i am more interested in starting something new for me...something that i can wear...but what??? i can't decide what to make next, which sounds to me like i need a trip to the yarn store!
ps--forgive my lack of links in this post--i am strapped for time!
3 comments:
I love the sweater! And I, too, despise weaving in the ends. I hate it more than anything and I'm bad at it to boot!
oh, i feel so bad, as i'm part of the collapsed plans ! i didn't emerge from my bed until 3pm on sunday. naughty naughty girl!!!
and yes, you do need to go the yarnshop, as there's lots of new rowan and nashua, including your beloved julia ... and there's lorna's laces and lots of cashsoft, and ....
and you know what else, i barely knit a stitch on sunday?
whiskey is evil i tell you!
feel not bad! i got a ton of knitting done, even though it would have been more fun with you there--we'll just have to do a raincheck day. one where you haven't had such an unfortunate close encounter with your whiskey bottle the evening before...
believe me--we've all been there!
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