Peony

I'm working on a lot of stuff... I have a major case of startitis. I just keep grabbing needles and yarn. I need sweaters. And apparently, I need them now.

I have been drooling over Buttony for a few weeks now so I picked up some yarn on Friday evening for it. (Bernat Alpaca in pale, pale pink.)



I'm through my first ball of yarn already and it's going really quickly. (BTW, alpaca does felt, just not as tightly as wool. I had to try to felt my ends together.) I really like the color and the way the yarn is knitting up. I'm hoping it will be done before it gets too cold here. It's been really warm still with a few cold days thrown in here and there, but when it's cold, it's cold!! It gets really cold in my office too. I have a little space heater under my desk, but I don't really like having to turn that on all the time.

I also need to knit another pair of fingerless gloves that go a little further up on my hands. I adore my Fetching (both pair!), but they just don't go up high enough so my hands are ICE before I get down the street. Maybe I should knit a steering wheel cover too.

What I'm Knitting Now

I still haven't managed to upload all the photos from the stuff I knit while I was in Ohio. I'm terrible...

But I've been knitting some new stuff so here it is:


A Herringbone scarf for Vince. It's nice warm Cascade 220. It's a neat color, sort of mossy golden-green. He picked it out.



My first lace!! A scarf for my Mom for Mother's Day. (She doesn't read this all that much, so I don't think I'm ruining it, if I did -- OOPS!) It's yummy Debbie Bliss Cashmerino DK. It's coming out so well.

Back to the stuff finished in Ohio:


A great little stripey hat. I listed it on etsy yesterday. It's soft and warm and perfect for spring!



A pair of red Fetching. I really do love this pattern! It's fun, fast and cute. These ones are Rowan RYC Cashsoft DK. The smoother yarn really made a difference in making the cables pop.

I think there is just one more hat thing to be posted from Ohio. I actually want to take some new photos of it because they all turned out lousy. I knit a set of buttery yellow dishcloths for Vince's Mom while I was there, but I didn't take photos of any of them. I also knit a handtowel for our bathroom, I need a picture of that too...

I'm planning a hat for my brother's upcoming birthday. I picked out a pattern yesterday and now just need to decide on yarn. I started knitting some pieces for a new blanket too. I have no idea way, I just felt like knitting a big diagonal strip yesterday, so I did. It's nice mindless knitting since everything else on the needles right now requires lots of attention. Maybe I can finish it up in time for Christmas and gift it to someone.

I think that's it! I'm job hunting. I hope I can find something good soon. I need to make some money so I can pay bills and buy yarns.