Today is a day of patience. I am waiting for yarn to start my jacket, I am waiting for more yarn to start some christmas gifts for persons that read this blog, I am waiting for knitting tomorrow night, I am waiting to go to Craft Essentials tomorrow to get the rest of the yarn for more christmas gifts, I am waiting for our family pictures to be taken on Saturday morning and last but defenitely not least I am waiting to have enough money saved for a trip to DISNEYLAND! This will be the year we go between Thanksgiving & Christmas so we can be doused in the holiday spirit! Living in SoCal it’s sometimes difficult to get in the true holiday swing of things while wearing skirts & sandals.
My plan for the jacket is one of two things. I will swatch the yarn on size 5’s (that is the recommendation given) then I will swatch it on size 9’s & felt the swatch. I am SO hoping that the felted swatch comes out the way I would truly like the jacket to be. Then I will knit the pieces, felt the pieces, trim the felted pieces to the exact shape I want & sew them together on the machine! Now that is a great plan, but as we all know these things can go very amiss! I also have about 200 other items on needles & christmas gifts by the dozens to finish so the jacket may just have to wait until after the holidays but that makes me sad. Maybe I will forgo all other mundane things to give myself more knitting time. Like, no more house cleaning, no more laundry. They can wear things multiple times! Oh & cooking! Who needs food? Well I guess we need food but I am bound & determined to get it all completed before christmas arrives, mark my words!
I ran out of the yarn for the black cardigan with only one sleeve left to finish & then the assembly & collar. So that is on the list for the yarn store tomorrow. Meanwhile I picked up the Debbie Bliss fair isle sweater. I have the back & one sleeve completed so I worked on the second sleeve. That will done this afternoon & then I will cast on the front. It’s a fun, simple, colorful sweater that makes me happy to work on. I can’t wait to have it finished! I also love the Wool of the Andes yarn from Knitpicks that I am using!
Of course I promised pictures of the fan & feather shawl & camping sweater but for some reason I haven’t taken them yet. I will get around to it. The next overcast day will be perfect for a photoshoot!