Already!

Remember the mittens I spoke of yesterday?



I finished them a little faster than I expected. Oops. They were going to be the yin to my yang, the boring project to my lace project! Now what? I don't know.

God help me, I don't know.

Cozy!

We decided that with the IBK Dolan in Galenas Merino, a shorter version of Cozy would be ideal. And here she is, about four repeats in.



It's a fun, easy pattern, and I don't think I'll get sick of it for a while. It's such a soft yarn that I had to make it into something that would wrap around me. I did have to rip back one row because I was cocky, and the Knitting Gods, they punish, but otherwise it's a smooth ride so far.

I think I'll finish a mitten from a few years ago during TV-paying attention time though. While the lace isn't complicated, and I am a seasoned multitasker, I tend to be a maven of concentration during such involved shows as 'The Office' or 'My Name is Earl' and I'd rather not have to rip back another row because I missed a yarn over, consistently, on every repeat.

Ta-dah.

Yes, well.

In the interest of something, my knitting blog will be here now, because of...computers and my server going kablooey, and this being easier anyway.

Since I last blogged, I decided to do the Knit from the Stash business that other bloggers are, but mine is a little more strict. No yarn*, no spinning fiber, patterns, books and notions are fine, but no fancy needles as well.

So today, the last yarn of the year arrived. I ordered it at the end of December, and it's dyed to order (does that make sense?) so it didn't come until today, when I think I also did.

Irish Baby Knits Dolan, in Galenas Merino, as pictured. Three balls, 660 yards, the softest stuff in the world. If I ever do end up with a baby to knit for, I know right where to do. So this afternoon will be figuring out what to do with it.

And I have a fancy new digital camera, so pictures pictures pictures to come!

*No yarn, unless an emergency arises, such as last week. I was knitting a cardigan while visiting the boyfriend in New Jersey, and ran out of yarn, but needed the cardigan to be finished for an event. So I HAD to buy yarn. It was only two balls of Patons Classic, I didn't go crazy. I did finish the cardigan, but it needs serious shaping work, because I got impatient. I don't see any more such emergencies arising in the future, however.