How many times do you think I'll change my mind between now and the end of September, when I can buy more yarn? What will be the new project, once all the little projects are finished off?This is my present pick. I've actually liked this sweater since 1989, when Vogue Knitting published it as a Then and Now pattern; the original is from 1956. I want to do some cabled something or other, but don't want a big bulky sweater. (This 1989 version calls for some yarn with golden nubs in it -- I'm all for tweed, but not glittery tweed!)
I could show you a dozen more, but let's not get overwhelmed with choices! And my Knitting from Stash means lots of little projects, since my stash is not full of sweaters-worth of yarn.
And the present projects are coming along:
Branching Out, with the patch of brown/ grey/ black in the forest of green. I like it.Now I'm torn about how long to make it. Finish the ball, and make a quite long scarf, or have that little bit left over, making a scarf just long enough to tuck in? It doesn't seem right to make a long skinny lacy scarf...
And Arthur's second sock.It gets carried around a lot, but not knitted on too much!
I've got banana bread in the oven, preparing for the Knitting Ladies to pop over this afternoon. Must get the clean laundry off the living room couch, and make room in the front hall for snowboots and big coats. It seems we're getting a bit of winter, after all. The thrill will wear off soon, but this morning the kids were up and ready to go early enough that they got the walk shoveled before going to school!
Personally, I think long, skinny, knitted lace scarves are *just* the thing! But that's probably just me. We're supposed to be having some 'winter' here in Cambridge this week, too - so be prepared for tales of Road Chaos Hits Region as 1.5 inches of snow bring the A14 to a total halt... Seriously, we get snow so rarely here that no-one knows how to drive in it - and even the Powers get caught out 50% of the time, and fail to grit the roads before it hits...
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