Sweater and Sky

I've been forgetting to post my progress, and for a couple days didn't take pictures, so I'm going from just the border done, to having a pattern repetition and a half finished. Woohoo!


This is the progress up until Tuesday .. I was just getting ready to start working the pattern stitch, and finally got around to putting in a lifeline .. I've found they make matters MUCH easier if I miss a mistake.



These two show my progress up until now .. a repetition and a half of the 16-row pattern. I just moved my lifeline up too, so that I can keep more of the finished work in the off chance something awful happens .. like the knitting comes off the end of the needle .. which has almost happened a bunch of times.

It's coming along pretty well, I think. I'm excited now, and working really hard to get it done fast. :)

Ooh, and I remembered my Saturday Sky photos again this week. Look!

Sweater Progress

I started working on my sweater finally! I know it's been a long time coming for be to work on an actual garment .. and I need to start working on some socks too, but I've been being pestered by my mom-in-law to get working on this, so I went ahead lastnight and cast-on. So I figured I'd post my progress thus far, and I'm going to try and make a point of posting my progress every day ... (maybe that will keep me working on it a little more, hmm??)

Casting on - 115 stitches for the back.

Up to the first row of the eyelet stitch border.

A little closer up, showing the first row of eyelets, and getting on past the rest of the garter stitch.

A close up where I ended up lastnight ... starting the 21 rows that make up the stockinette portion of the sweater. This is the only part that's stockinette though, so it should be okay.

The sweater I'm making is from Better Homes and Gardens' book 'Hip Knits', which I picked up at Michael's of all places. I'm knitting it in this beautiful autumnal palette, the yarn is a 50 % mohair/22.5% wool/22.5% silk blend that I bought for myself at SAFF from the nice folks at Brooks Farm.

My Holiday Wishlist

I'm not one to say 'Hey .. buy me this!' .. but there are a few things I -really- want, and so I can show my darling husband at a later date, and maybe get some thoughts from the knitterly folk that actually read this blog, I figured posting here won't be such a bad thing.

So, without further ado:

• Bamboo Circular Needle Set
• Cables Untangled
• Knitting Without Tears
• Knitting Pattern-A-Day Calendar
  
• The Knitting Experience Book 1
• The Knitting Experience Book 2
  
• The Knitting Experience Book 3
• Rosewood Needle Set
• Eco-Spa Bamboo Robe
• Subscriptions to Knitter's and Vogue Knitting
  

• [More to come when I think of it.]
  

Some non-knitting non-content.

Meme

1. Flip to page 18, paragraph 4 in the book closest to you right now, what does it say?
Page 18 doesn't have a paragraph 4 .. it's my art appreciation book.

2. If you stretch out your left arm - as far as possible, what are you touching?
The printer.

3. What’s the last program you watched on tv?
Umm .. probably either CSI, NCIS or Criminal Minds.

4. Without looking, guess what time it is.
9:30pm. (which is quite a bit later than it really is. Wow.)

5. Except the computer, what can you hear right now?
Jason running water in the bathroom.

6. When was the last time you were outside and what did you do?
A few hours ago .. walking in from the car after having been to my in-laws' house for dinner.

7. What are you wearing?
A t-shirt and sleep pants. My usual 'at home' garb.

8. Did you dream last night? If you did, what about?
I'm sure I dreamt, but I don't remember it now.

9. When was the last time you laughed?
When we came home, and saw Isis being cute on the floor as we walked in.

10. What’s on the walls, in the room you’re in right now?
A colored pencil drawing of a ship and a castle from Jason's trip to Europe before I met him, and the Llewelyn Witch's calendar.

11. Have you seen anything strange lately?
Define strange. No .. really.

12. What do you think about this meme?
It's a meme .. it's already mindless. Why should I think about it?

13. What’s the last film you saw?
In the theater? Uhh ..

14. If you became a multimillionaire, what would you do with the money?
Knit more, travel more, buy a better house, and take car of my family and friends.

15. Tell us something about yourself that most people don’t know.
Uhh .. I have very long toes. Like, small-finger toes. I can use them like fingers to some extent, to pick things up and such.

16. If you could change ONE THING in this world, without regarding politics or bad guilt - what would it be?
Animals would talk.

17. Do you like dancing?
Of course ... even if I look like a dork.

18. George Bush?
*fingers in ears* Lalalalala. (At least I can happily say I didn't vote for him.)

19. What do you want your children’s names to be, girl/boy?
Children? Me? Hehe .. you're joking, right?

20. Would you ever consider living abroad?
As long as they let me have sheep, horses, alpaca, goats and bunnies.

21. What do you want God to tell you, when you come to heaven?
Who said I was going to heaven?

22. Who should do this meme?
Anyone who wants to.