I am really beginning to love cropped sweaters. And Glint is no exception. They go so fast! I was able to knit both sleeves in about 1/2 a day last weekend and am working on the left front. It's been a leisurely pace. No rush. Although, the queue has been growing by leaps and bounds lately.
In that case, this knit needs to be over and done with.
Besides that, I've totally flaked on my April To Do List. It was a short month, wasn't it? I'll just have to keep plugging away...it's just so hard when all these great patterns keep popping up! Maybe they can wait a little while longer?...
I hate car maintenance.
I took the car in for service two weeks ago and asked that the tires get checked because they kept deflating on me. I was told there was no problem found and sent on my merry way. Three days later, the tire pressure was nil to nothing. So when I got an email asking about my service experience, I let them know how much it sucked. I got a call 30 minutes later asking me to bring my car in...so they could check the tires. DUH!
So I get up this morning and head over to the dealership. Lo and behold, a nail in one tire and a puncture in another. AMAZING! I wonder...how they missed it the first two times I asked? Oh yeah, they probably didn't check at all.
The only silver lining is that I had time to work on Glint. I finished the back last night and moved on to one of the sleeves - just to shake things up a bit.
I should have plenty of knitting time this weekend, so I'm looking forward to making even more progress on this little sweater.
And lastly, I thought I'd include a picture of one of the flowers from the bouquet I received from my boss for Admin Day. Have a great weekend everyone!
And don't forget to enter the Superstarra Earth Day Give-Away. Only if you want. No pressure.
I'm wearing my totally cute Cabled Jacket #41 today. It's steaming hot outside and comfy cool inside the office, so this is the perfect little sweater for today. The wool keeps me so nice and cozy, the 3/4 sleeves and croppy-ness keep it spring-y and light. Oh, I'm so glad this sweater worked out!
I guess the love comes from the trials and tribulations we went through.
So that means I'm going to love Dawn once I get her all together.
Seaming. Where did I go wrong? Oh yeah, that part where I decided not to follow those pesky instructions. Yeah, that's it.
Being a knitter of independent and unsound mind, I decided to blaze my own knitting trail. I decided to knit the collar band in one piece rather than knitting two separate pieces and seaming together at center back. Then I sewed the collar to the back. As you can see, it came out all wonky.
So, guess what?
I'm going to frog and follow the instructions this time.
Go figure. You'd think I would have learned my lesson by now. I was pretty mad at myself for being so stubborn. So how did I console myself?
I started a new project.
It's about that time. The planets have finally aligned. My knitting mojo is in full effect, my current WIP is almost off the needles, and I've got projects and yarn lined up and ready to go.
I'm still undecided what to do about my Nectar sweater/bamboo dye lot issue, so I'm going to let it go for the moment and move on. I didn't, however, move on from the Nectar book.
So let see...what's next?
Glint
This past weekend, I frogged the Textured Tunic. I'll be honest, I was happy to see it go. Especially because I already have a project in mind for the green Summer Tweed...Glint!
My first thought was to make this shorter pink sweater with the longer sleeves of a similar sweater from the Nectar book. But I'm not 100% on that idea now. I'm kinda digging the shorter sleeve version. Maybe a 3/4 sleeve version? I'm excited to get working on this one.
Joy
I've also set my sights on Joy. I received 6 balls of Rowan Denim as a membership gift this year and was desperate to get my hands of 6 more. Of course, by the time I procured 6 more, I forgot what project I wanted to make! I finally figured it out. JOY!
I'm excited to try out the denim yarn...check out the 40+ cardis on Ravelry...they're all fantastic! I'm too excited to start this one.
And lastly in the queue...
Jasmine
I really love the look of this sweater. There's something so feminine and delicate about this sweater. I'm not 100% sure it would be right on me. Something is telling me no, but I'm sure I'll be stubborn and give it a go anyway. Unlike the other two patterns, I don't have the yarn called for in the stash. So I started considering frogging Notorious. I have no desire to wear that top. I've tried more than once, but there's just something about it that isn't working. I still love the look of the original...but mine falls short of that potential. Besides that, I love the Safari yarn, so I'd like to use it for something I would actually wear on the regular.
This one is still up in the air...I guess I have more than enough time to decide.
