As some of you may know (and perhaps noticed and even seen), I have kitties - 2 of them. Well, I woke up this morning to a living room COVERED in Tilli Tomas Aspen....expensive wool yarn I'm currently knitting with (and white, nonetheless!). They do go for the good stuff, I tell ya. Luckily, the yarn was not harmed - just spread out.
And as I'm writing this, I turn, to see a cat eyeing my blocking board (currently on top of my ironing board). I swear, it's as if they're thinking "Gee, if she's telling us no and stay away, that must be something worth getting into!". The sad thing is that even if the iron (which is on the blocking board) falls on them, it will only make it more intriguing...sigh.
So, My Central Park Hoodie is coming along nicely - I only have the button band and the hood left.
I added short rows to the Wicked, which turned out well (to my own amazement), so it's only a matter of knitting my way down to the bottom.
The Simple Fitted Bodice only has the neck edging and arms left (this is what the Tilli Tomas Aspen is for, which the cats got into). Instead of the purl ridges at the bottom, I did a subtle ruffle edge instead.
I received some absolutely gorgeous lace weight alpaca yarn the other day, which I may use to give Eunny Jang's Print O' the Wave stole a go with - adding beads to it. I even got US 2 needles, so I'm the only one holding myself back now.
As for my cashmere yarn, I think I'll attempt a cabled hooded wrap with that - it may turn out well, and it may not...hehe. I have sort of a picture of what I want, so we'll see if I can make that happen.
I'm also procrastinating in starting my (perhaps ambitious) project of knitting my Inka yarn into a sweater coat - military style with lapels and stuff. At least it will be relatively easy to knit, with the Inka being a bulky yarn. I'm still going back and forth on what texture and stitches to use, since stockinette is kinda boring.
In other words; ots to make, not enough time to do it!


2 Comments:
Hi, Bri sent me the link to your site. I can totally commiserate, I have 9 UFO's currently, and much, much more on my to-do list than I think I will be able to knit in years! Look forward to reading from your blog in the future.
I know I owe you a call. Are you gonna be home thursday during the day? I'm flying to Chicago and will have forced downtime since I have 2 layovers - but things are crazy till then.
I ended up buying some bamboo needles - 8s for 1 project and a spare set of 15 straights. I think I wanna spring for some Addi turbos in 15.
Went to 2 different yarn stores on friday. Didn't buy anything but some needles at the first. Bought some more alpaca and some kid luster at the second. I'm so set for a while. But I found a great store in Chicago and I already have my list to see what they have there...Noro Silk Garden Chunky, Noro Kochoaon, Malabrigo Aquarella (though I'm always too cheap to buy it), Handmaiden 12 ply....
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