Project in Hibernation

Welp, I suppose it was only a matter of time until I was posting again about being sick. Another school year, another cold. I really need to work on boosting my immune system. Everyone in the house is either getting over it, dealing with it, or coming down with it. Lots of sniffling and coughing going on here.

We're more than halfway through Spetember, and it has been chilly-brisk mornings and not much warming up by the afternoon. Which leads to the title of this post Project in Hibernation.  I put Dew Point in Hibernation. Not because I was annoyed with it, or making mistakes-in fact it was going pretty smoothly, I finished the ribbing, and was working on the sleeve-about half an inch from starting the sleeve ribbing- when I decided to put it down.

What am I doing making a little shrug when it's cold? Even if I finish it, I can't wear it for at least 7-8 months. I don't want to knit things I can't even wear. So, hibernation for Dew Point, and I'll come back to it in April or May (if I remember hahahaha).

The Lion Brand Shrug pattern is a faster knit but I just haven't been working on it very much.

It will have long sleeves, so it'll be wearable longer than Dew Point, but I was pretty meh about this project to begin with and I don't really like the yarn, it was more of a stashbuster project so if I drop it for a few months, fine. Why waste my time knitting things I'm "meh" about? It's a hobby, not a job.  And that brings me to the sock I've been knitting foreverrrrr (or so it seems)

It's been stuck in my bag, so I've been knitting a few stitches here and there when I'm on the go-pretty close to starting the toe decreases. I'll keep that sock out of hibernation, it's close to done and portable.



Last night I started knitting the  kiddie-cadet  hat for B, using some leftover Juniper Moon Farm Chadwick (sadly, discontinued) and it just seemed way to big and I frogged it. Which is incredibly difficult with Chadwick because its a single ply, very loose Merino/Alpaca blend. Of course I didn't bother with swatching (who swatches for a hat??) but I think I'll re-cast on at some point this weekend and maybe just go down a needle size, and if it really is too big, I'll just offer it up on facebook.
I'm also going to knit barley for B as well. And some mittens, because it is that time of year. But i'm not going crazy like the last couple of years, it's expensive and time consuming keeping up with kids who lose knitted things. I'm going to grab a bunch of cheap hats and mitts from the dollar store to keep around the house(and in his schoolbag) for emergencies.
 I have my eye on a couple of hat patterns for myself as well, I have a book (can't remember the name atm) of hat patterns and there is a vintage-y looking one from Cecily Glowik Macdonald that I might knit if I find the right yarn in my stash for it.
I want new yarn. I'm obsessed with getting my hands on some Miss Babs Yowza (huuuuge skeins!) I can make all the things!