12th September 2009

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Fall Aspirations

So the temperature has dropped and it is cool and gray and rainy outside. This weather is perfect for knitting and drinking copious amounts of tea! (note to self: find more decaf black tea, preferably lady gray.) The tricky thing becomes sticking with something long enough to finish it!

Right now I am working on (or about to start):

• An afghan in Sheep Shop One wool in beautiful blues using cables from Alice Starmore’s St. Brigid. I cast on after the wedding it is a gift for so I really better stick with that!
• A lace mobius cowl in Three Irish Girls Springvale Super Merino in Devon (a beautiful mix of greens that are very spring like). Meant to do this earlier, but after having made the same pattern (Prickle) for a swap gift I know I can do the whole thing in 12 or so hours of knitting.
• BSJ! That’s right, I’m about the start the famous Elizabeth Zimmerman pattern for the Baby Surprise Jacket. The yarn: Koigu Kertsi Merino Crepe! Excitement level very high. Too bad I need to gauge swatch still. :(
• Pirate/skull hats! Some of my favorite people have moved to Durham and the boys have requested hats, pirate hats. So they’ll get matching hats, one with blue details and the other with red (as requested). It’ll take longer to get cold there, but I still better get started on those… which means going and buying yarn. :)
• Owed hats: 1 for my knitting buddy and pastery expert and 1 for my nerdy love. I already did 1/2 for my buddy, however ran into a problem and since it’s lace and the pattern is flat and I’m doing it in the round I’ve ignored it for probably at least 6 months! For the cutie I actually knit the hat once… to big around and not long enough. Superfast knit if I get my act in gear.

I think that’s a big enough list for now. Should allow lots of options for difficulty, attention, techniques and fiber. :) However I also would like another fall scarf for myself, preferably something that looks smashing with my new brown herringbone blazer/fall coat.

I better get of my computer and pick up my needles!

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