Starteritis

I have a major case of Starteritis. I just got a bunch of yarn from The Loopy Ewe and I just want to cast on for everything at once. Currently, I have a pair of fingerless gloves and a pair of socks on the needles. I want to start another pair of fingerless gloves, my first cabled project, and another pair of socks with yarn a Ravelry friend gave me. I have a lot of work to do this weekend, so we'll see what actually gets accomplished.

Cat + Lace = Disaster

So here is my lace stole, minding its own business, being blocked. Along comes Fenway and before I could stop him, he'd landed on my stole and pulled the stitches out in three places. Grrr! I think the whole building heard my frustration.

I did the best that I could fixing it, but I'm not a master knitter, especially when it comes to fixing mistakes. Here is the final, finished object:

Pattern: Traveling Vines Scarf by Cari Luna
Yarn: Dream in Color Baby, 1/2 skein
Needle: size 5 circular
Date Started: July 27, 2008
Date Finished: September 4, 2008
Comments: Pretty fun pattern. I need to learn how to block better. Maybe I need to invest in blocking wires.

Next Project

Vamp City socks from Knitting Up A Storm. The colorway is Vamp City from Anna's KUAS "Reading the Classics" sock yarn club. You can check out her awesome yarns at her Etsy shop.

How did THAT Happen?

I was shocked and confused when yesterday I realized that I have NOTHING on the needles. That has not happened since the days when I was an occasional scarf and hat knitter.

I guess I should not admit that it was a wholly unexpected. Sometime over the summer I decided that I only want to have two projects going at once- a pair of socks and something else. I think that is a good balance. Two different projects for different moods.

Before I started my new knitting agenda, I wanted to get rid of all languishing projects. I do not understand how people can have incomplete projects for months or even years. Either you still like the project and it is fun to knit or it is not. If it is not, you should frog it.

I finished all of my long-term projects before I went to DC this summer, but I wanted a fresh start in the fall. That means that when I finished the spiral boot socks I talked about in my last post, I did not immediately cast on for another project. After I finished my next project, I realized that meant that I did not have any ongoing projects at all.

The bright side of having nothing on the needles? I have a finished object. I need to block it, but then I will post about it.