Knitting update.

I keep starting these projects, and I can’t seem to finish anything.  I’m just feeling overwhelmed by my really gorgeous stash. I’m trying to figure out a better way to store my yarn.  Right now, it’s all in ziplocs in totes, but the problem with that is that I can’t seem to remember what I have, so I occasionally need to root through it to find something.  I’m often surprised to find some yarns that I forgot that I had.  ugh.

But I have been knitting, which is the good news.  I’ve finished several baby projects for my many reproducing friends.  I can’t post photos of those yet.

I also have one sock done from my first sportweight socks.  It’s Chameleon Colorworks Evolution yarn in the Ophelia colorway, and I really love this stuff.  So soft and cushy.  I’m working on the second sock now.  It’s pooling, but I like it.  They make my feet happy.

I’m also working on my first ever lace project.  I was worried (and to be honest, I still am) about whether the lace pattern is overpowered by the constrasting colors.  I can’t decide.  Any comments?

   

I’m enjoying the lace knitting, though, and will definitely be doing more of this.  The yarn is DKKnits‘ Technicolor Dream Toes yarn in Salem Spirits.  I love it.  The pattern is the Gothic Leaf Lace stole.  It’s a nice, relatively easy first lace project.

I’ve also been working on this little keyhole scarf that is suitable only for your average 4 year old little girl.  Nice, mindless ribbed knitting. It’s made with the Jim Jones colorway of the Nefarious Yarn Club by Cosmic Fibers.  It’s a series of yarns based on nefarious characters in literature, film, and history.  This particular yarn was based on Jim Jones, as it looks like it’s dyed with kool aid.  Very cute.  I think the little girl for whom this is intended will enjoy it.  I’m hoping to pair it with a matching hat.

My Clapotis is coming along slowly.  This would be a more pleasant project if I were knitting it with slightly heavier yarn, though the alpaca is admittedly the softest stuff on this earth, I think. 

 

And what about that February Lady Sweater I’ve been working on?  Well, it’s snoozing on the needles right now.  I know I need to get back to it, but I lost my motivation for a while.  Maybe after the holidays.

I’m having some girlfriends, new and old, over to the house on Saturday.  I’m looking forward to the opportunity for a testosterone-less evening with wine, homemade lasagna, and maybe an autumnal campfire on the back patio.

That’s all the knitting news that’s fit to print.  Off to grade some papers now.  Is it Fall Break yet?

How ’bout now?

Now?

How ’bout now?