The best of the rest.

January catch up post: final installment.

Here's everything else I've been working on since September. Knitting-wise anyway.

I have completely knit Brainmonster, from Half-Assed Patterns in good old Red Heart Acrylic. (Incidentally, Cyn's blog is probably my favorite blog ever, the perfect blend of sarcastic and knitting.) Unfortunately, The Brainmonster is still missing eyes. In order to finish it, I'll have to brave that bastion of evil corporate America, Wal-mart, for buttons and I just haven't managed to bring myself to do so. The good news is, I still have a soul.


And I finished Caroline, from Berroco. I had completely forgotten that this was finished somewhere in the shuffle. It turned out wonderfully, and I really love it. It’s knit from Berroco zen colors, the colorway is discontinued (So I guess the fact that I can't remember which it is can be considered irrelevant). Ribbon yarn is so interesting, and feels unlike anything else, and this makes a great summer sweater. It also worked really well as an introduction to 'real' cabling. I’m getting better at my finishing techniques, if I do say so myself, and I think this should hold together fairly well. Now if only I could get better at taking attractive pictures of my knitting for public consumption.


I think that’s it for catching up with my current projects. Of course, I could be wrong. Inevitably, I'll find something in the bottom of my knitting bag I had forgotten completely about.

So what am I working on now? Oh, you mean now, now?

Well, my good news is that I have an impending bundle of joy due in June, and we just found out last week that it’s a boy! So now I have baby knitting fever, and Debbie Bliss’s Essential Baby and some Knitpicks Shine Sport in willow came in Tuesday night. In addition, I have ordered the yarn to knit the cargo baby pants from Knitty summer 2005. So, I foresee more startitis in my future… in fact, I knit the gauge swatch for the Debbie Bliss baby vest just last night. Pictures to come, so stay tuned. I promise more frequent posting...


...seriously.