I hate seed stitch.

I finished the hat for my mom shortly after my last blog post. I washed in it the Eucalan (I've loved eucalan since my 2nd child wore wool soakers over her cloth diapers) and it did kind of soften up-but still too rough for my tastes :/ Hopefully my mom will like it.

Btw, how cute is that knitted beard?? I love it, it stays on my creepy mannequin head.

After the hat was done, I started a sweater in some bulky Berroco Vintage (in black cherry-pretty!) but I hated it. I didn't like the feel of the yarn.  I had purchased the pattern off of Patternfish many months back, and it's got a lot of seed stitch. I don't know what I was thinking, I hate doing seed stitch. I always have to pay attention otherwise I end up ribbing :/  Not too mention, I'm kind of a big gal, I do not need the extra bulk of seed stitch and bulky yarn. So I frogged it. I felt like I was just knitting this sweater to get rid of some yarn that I've had for a long time. It's not really what I want to be knitting. I'm not sure what I want to be knitting right now, but it wasn't that bulky, seed stitchy monstrosity. I hate that I wasted time on a project that I was feeling meh about when I started.

 I think I've already mentioned that there are a couple of sweaters in Amy Herzog's Knit to Flatter that I have my eye on-particularly the Stoker Cowl and the Cypress Cardigan. I also like the look of the Holloway pullover. I don't know that I can actually knit any of these items. I consider myself an advanced beginner, and they don't seem very beginner-ish. But I'm not going to get better at knitting if I stick to easy things like hats and mitts, rights?

So, being that I had all that leftover yarn that I wasn't even crazy about, I decided to make some slippers. About 2yrs agoI had printed out a really cute patter for these mary jane style slippers (can't remember the name or where I found them-i'll google it at some point) but I found the pattern intimidating for some reason. Couldn't figure out why when I was reading it over the other day, it's pretty simple. Anyway, I figured slippers made with three strands would be a good way to use up some of this wool. Love the slippers, they are cozy and warm and so bloody cute and because it's bulky yarn and big needles-so so fast (even for me).

I still have a butt ton of this berroco vintage, next time I'm in a knitting slump I may just make a bunch of slippers and give them away-everyone loves slippers right? I think even my fussy girl might like a pair...