Progress

I finished all the blocking for the Princess pulli - the fabric is so incredibly soft and wonderful. I'll definitely be using the yarn again. And I am almost finished with the zipper for Ribby. Now that it's spring I have two nice new winter sweaters. I did not plan this well at all. At least my Ariann will probably be finished in time for fall '08.

I broke down and got a subscription to Interweave Knits. I'm looking forward to it. I barely read the Self magazine that I subscribe to and I end up buying IK at the grocery store anyway.

I am loving the book that I'm reading, it's Baker Towers by Jennifer Haigh. She wrote Mrs. Kimble which I read a few years ago and really enjoyed. I could actually concentrate on it while I was on the train this morning, which is rare.

Tonight is the last Lizard Ridge class. I finished a square and it looks pretty good. It's weird how the colors come together. There are mistakes - a couple of wraps that I didn't hide, and the night before last when I was working on it I got off track when I was counting, but it isn't apparent. I don't think I'll re-knit it. Hopefully I'll get better at recognizing the wrapped stitches when I'm on a purl side. Julie re-wrote the pattern to show exactly where to hide the wrapped stitches - I got a little careless towards the end.

The beginning...

I started this blog to keep track of my obsessions: knitting projects and books I've read. I have no expectations that anyone else will read this, so it's mainly a chance for me to document my thoughts and progress. Big important thoughts and musings.

Hopefully I can figure out the formatting of this so my posts won't look so stupid. I also have to take some pictures of my knitting and figure out how to add them to the blog.

I am inspired by The Bookish Girl, Mason-Dixon Knitting, Crazy Aunt Purl, January One (whose lovely post inspired me to undertake my own Ariann), and too many others to list. I am constant amazed at how many gifted writers are in blogland.

Like the rest of the knitterly world, I started Ariann last night in my beautiful Plymouth Galway Heather from Kpixie. I'm not quite finished with three other projects:

Ribby Cardi is just awaiting her zipper; Classic Elite Princess Pullover is awaiting her last sleeve (which is thisclose), blocking and sewing; and Third Eye Chullo from the fab Knit Wit is awaiting his eye. This is my sweet and patient husband's Valentine's Day gift. I'm nervous about the embroidery, but am very pleased at how it turned out.