A New Goal

Alright, so I've realized that I've done a terrible job of keeping up with this blog. I'm averaging about one post a month and that's not very good seeing as a knit quite a bit in a month and then I have to have really long posts. And that makes me not blog very often because, when I do blog the posts have to be really long... So I'm breaking the cycle. I'm going to try to post at least once a week, and I've decided that Thursday will be the day that I WILL sit down and post. This will also help with the fact that I never seem to have many photos of WIPs, only finished products. So here's what's new since Tuesday...

I was so ecstatic after finishing Andrew's sweater (he didn't immediately break-up with me by the way) that I went combing the stash for a new exciting project. I really really want to make a Clapotis (rav link) after seeing one that someone from my knit night made and I have the perfect lace yarn that I could hold double stranded. However, cross-country move June 2009 is rapidly approaching and I have an embarrassing amount of yarn here at school with me. In order to not shrink red-faced in shame when my mom looks in my closet I decided that it would be wise to work on projects that will use substantial amounts of yarn, especially bulkier yarns... So I resisted the urge to cast on the Clap and cast on this instead:




I know you can't tell yet but it's the climbing vines pullover (rav link) from Interweave Knits Winter 2008. I'm knitting it out of a discontinued yarn called Pleasure from Berroco. It's a blend of Angora, Wool, and Nylon. The name says it all. This is the most fantastic yarn I have ever knit with. The yarn isn't plied it's corded and it's heaven. The balls are marked as $13.50 per ball but Andrew bought it for me over the summer at a big clearance sale so it cost him about $4 a ball. Fantastic deal! So I cast this sweater on, got done with the ribbing, got out the needles I needed for the body, set them on the bed, went to get something from the other room, came back, sat down on the bed, and...



So I ordered another set of needles but they won't be here until Monday. And, like The Hulk, That Makes Me ANGRY! I got all excited about a new project and now I have to wait. So I've been working on this instead:




It's the Burger and a Movie Scarf (rav link) from Never Knit Your Man A Sweater*. I started this way back in the fall when I first got to school as something that I could work on and read at the same time. It's made with worsted weight Noro Kureyon even thought the pattern calls for Big Noro so My version is a bit lighter than the original, but since I'm moving to warmer climes it should work nicely.

I also have these socks, which I started way back in November. November 4th to be exact. I cast on on election day and worked the toe while Andrew was in so gymnasium voting.




This is from Sensational Knitted Socks and the pattern is called Small Capitals (rav link). The yarn is Noro Kureyon Sock which is very typically Noro in that the colors are awesome, but there are random knots leading to random colors, it's full of vegetable matter, it's single ply, it's think and thin, and it's a bit scratchy. I like Noro and I expect these things from Noro so I'm not disappointed, but if you don't like what Noro does in the bigger weights, don't buy the sock version. I think I went temporarily insane when I picked this pattern for this yarn because I usually never pair textured patterns with yarn that changes color drastically, but in this case I'm glad of my small aneurysm because I'm very happy with how these look--kinda like scales in rainbow colors.

So this post ended up being quite long anyway, but it's because I dredged up all my WIPs to showcase. Now that you've seen them I can only post about what I've worked on each week and hopefully have a better record of my knitting for myself and a more exciting blog... We'll see.