Well if you're anything like Bernice, I think you'd agree this is an obscene time to be awake and about (in Central Standard Time, at least - for you GMT folks it's not so weird!). However, we're on farm time now, so it's a lot more common for me to have finished my coffee before a lot of people are even awake! I get a lot done...but I'm in bed before 10 most nights. It's a fair trade, I guess.
It's been so busy (still) here that I've barely had time to sit down with knits for myself, but I have had time to scroll the Insta feed and that means only one thing: maker's remorse. I signed up to all kinds of KALs before we moved, and between the international move, the chaos of settling, and the reappearance of the ganglion cyst on my wrist (yeah, GREAT to see that again), my knitting has taken a beating. I seem to have overshot my availability drastically, which means I'm watching with sadness as each deadline approaches...and passes...without my FOs. In order:
- The Salal KAL with Untangling Knots (Andi Satterlund)
I had this in my queue for ages and when she announced a knitalong I was so pleased to have a very good reason to cast on! I got to the sleeves...and my pickup stitch counts were way out, so with the first sleeve, I had to do some Macguyvering, which I didn't write down. Second sleeve came along and I couldn't replicate first sleeve, and while I got it going anyway, I was off the counts twice. I've frogged the second sleeve twice, and since I've missed the deadline, I'll probably frog it again. I want to get it RIGHT!
- The Fall KAL with Joji Locatelli
I knit the Starting Point shawl and if you followed along with that progress, you'll know it didn't go the way I wanted, though obviously it's a gorgeous pattern. It takes more mindfulness than I committed so that's my bad. ANYway. I decided to pick up on this KAL because I wanted to give more of Joji's designs a look, and she's got a huge library of incredible patterns. I picked Japan Sleeves (a pullover) and Fading Lines (a cardi) and actually managed to finish Japan Sleeves, though it once again featured my nemesis: picking up stitches. I used LottieKnits' Queen Bee 4ply and the sweater is so lush and silky! There's a pile of SweetGeorgia Cashluxe Fine waiting for its turn for Fading Lines...but it won't be soon :S
- TFA in Colour KAL with Tanis Fibre Arts
I picked up Camaro during a pattern sale a little while ago and jumped in with both feet. I've got plenty of TFA yarn scraps from various projects and Palette bundles, and I've always loved Tanis's colour sensibilities, though with her rise in popularity, it means I've mostly been watching the updates come and go - everything gets snatched up before I can even log into Etsy! I got down to the end of the stripe sequence for the Camaro and had to wait for the body yarn I ordered, and although it's here, there's NO way I'm banging out that sweater before the deadline of the 11th. It's going to be an awesome sweater though, and I can't wait to finish it up and wear it all the time!
OK so there's my bulleted list of shame. Now onto more exciting things: today I've published a new pattern! If you've got a skein of chunky or extra chunky, today's your day; the
Forager toque is live and ready!
It doesn't take long to knit up (I did two yesterday) and it's super flexible for both gauge and embellishment, so if you're interested in a new toque (that's knit hat, for those of you who don't speak Canadian), head over! It's just CAD$2 right now for the weekend :) Thanks to Bernice (and my mum) for looking it over, and my husband for modeling - he specifically requested the second one I made, so that's the price you pay around here.
Happy Friday!
