Welp, finished some stuff, started some stuff, still working on stuff.
Finished the infinity scarf. Made it wider, because that's just how I roll. I used most of a skein of Garden Gate, and less than half of a skein of Polar Morn. I love Polar Morn, white with subtle grey and blue tones. I'm less enamored of the Garden Gate, now that I've knitted with it.. Perfect name for it, despite my indecision about how much I like it. The metallic grey/blue with flecks of grey/green really is like an old, weathered garden gate. Its been washed and is now drying on my rack. It will be dry by Sunday (or maybe even tomorrow, I find Malabrigo worsted dries fast) and I'll definitely get to wear it because, apparently, Spring is never going to come. Fuck.
*cries for 5 minutes over the never-ending winter*
Pictures of infinity scarf in progress, and finished.
A few days ago I cast on fr the back of the Cypress Cardigan! wasn't as painful as I was expecting. I got through the ribbing while at a a birthday party for one of B's classmates. Unpopular opinion-little kid birthday parties suck. It was at a Mcdonalds. Thank god for knitting. B had fun, though after the cake, he got a little insane and we had to make a hasty exit. He's got my tolerance for sugar. That is to say, he gets hyper and irrational and just a touch aggro. It's not pretty.
Ribbing taken care of, then set up markers for the lace part on the back. Did the waist shaping decreases today after bringing B back to school after lunch and managed to get a couple of increases in before having to pick him up after school (I stayed at my mothers and watched deja view-Roseanne and Golden Girls, this is my thing now instead of going back home and doing something productive like cleaning or laundry).
It's likely that I won't knit the cardy at all this weekend; I don't ever seem to get much knitting time on the weekend.
I started knitting a sock this evening. YES. I'm tackling scary scary sock knitting. I'm following a super easy, step by step, explain-like-i'm-five, pattern for a worsted weight sock knit on size us5 dpns. I'm using leftover Malabrigo worsted in Shocking Pink. I knit the cuff, I turned the heel (!!), and picked up stitches on both sides.
I can already tell that I'll have second sock syndrome. I don't even want to finish this one! I'm looking forward to making a "real" sock with sock yarn I've had in my stash for years. I just need to find a pattern that will accommodate my huge-ass feet (size 11! holla!) and is written for dummies (ie: me)
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