I have a pile of knitted bits which need to be sewn up into two sweaters.
Don't hold your breath.
I should also point out that little ball of green in the basket there: it was supposed to be a doll sweater for Christmas. Better really get on to that again soon! I would have finished it in time, honest, if only the kids stayed in school till Christmas eve!
I have started to knit Birch, out of that nice yarn I have been looking at for 2 years.
Sorry, terrible picture! You start with 299 stitches and decrease down to the point, and I'm down below 279 now. It is not too hard, but I am not giving up my stitch markers just yet. I'm doing it in garter stitch, which makes it sort of fluffy. The yarn is very soft. I am using straight needles because I like these points, but I wish I could spread it out and see the whole width. Ah, the excitement.
I have ordered yarn for this classic gem, the Skiers, which I hope to have knitted for the Olympics, mid-February. I don't have the yarn in hand right yet, but this will soon be competing with Birch for actual knitting time.
I saw one in real life over the holiday -- bright green with yellow skiers! I liked it a lot, and decided I didn't need to have white snowy background. Mine will be blazing skiers, red and yellow on black! Hoo-la!
Ha ha ha ha ha.
In non-knitting news, we got two new jigsaw puzzles at Christmas. Why oh why did we start with the 1000-piece one? The one with the tantalizingly different buildings, interspersed with identical-seeming patches of shadow?
This morning we were soooo close to finishing, having 2 holes and 2 pieces. Alas, the pieces did not fit in the holes! Those big black shadows are deadly, I tell ya!
Finally, after a bit of rearranging, success! Every dang bit of shadow is now perfect. The dining room table is still covered with this, though, and we can't sit and admire it for too much longer. Back in the box!
Which are you going to do first? Birch, the doll's sweater or making up the completed sweaters? Oh and those types of jigsaws can be grim - fun, but grim!
ReplyDeleteYay for back to school. But I like your to-do list better than my (work) list.
ReplyDeleteThe denim cardigan will be just right for spring, so no point working on that yet. And the mesh is for summer, unless you have a getaway planned. So that pretty much takes care of the sewing. You're welcome!
Oh I LOVE that skiiers sweater!!! I want one for me. I used to have a bowling sweater just like it, but stupidly got rid of it in one of my purge moods. What yarn are you using for it? George had a great hockey sweater in that style, but has sadly outgrown it. I would love to make him another... maybe that will be my next project :)
ReplyDeleteI am back on the knitting bandwagon... knit one and a half hats over the holidays, sewed the ends in on a pair of mittens I must have finished last year, and have started a cardigan. All with stash yarn; I'm being good.
Come on you can do it, thoose sweaters that you have yet to sew look fantastic and just try and imagine how they will look when they are all sewn up. Good luck on birch, and when you get discoureged just think about snuggling up in it on a warm winter night.
ReplyDeleteoh i'm so glad i'm not the only one with lots of unfinished knitting projects hanging around!
ReplyDeletei am drooling over your jigsaw puzzle-- i absolutely love one but haven't made one in years! (i think my cat would move the pieces all over the house, sadly)
good luck finishing all your projects!
-cmv