Happy weekend

Time seems to really be flying lately. Not only did the weekend come quickly (no doubt because of Monday's holiday), but October is zooming on by. I wrote down the date on Thursday and suddenly realized it was my dad's birthday, which I hadn't seen coming. So I neglected to send him a card - let alone a present. *sigh* I'm a horrible daughter.

Hopefully his Christmas present will make up for it. I'm making good progress on Hank8 again, and have now started the neck shaping, complete with steeks. Here's a photo of the beginning of that:

Since this is going fairly quickly again, I'm toying with the idea of making a Fair Isle (not as complex as this) for my sister's boyfriend. I had chosen a Ron Sweitzer pattern from an old(ish) IK, but then discarded the idea since fall is going by so fast. But if I finish my dad's sweater by early November, I just might go for it. The pattern looks geometric and small enough that I can probably memorize it pretty quickly, and it's not so very many colors, so I could possibly commute with it, at least while I'm still on the body. It just might work. I may be crazy, but hey - I also decided to make myself a lace shawl 6 weeks before my wedding to wear at the reception when I had never tried lace before. And then I finished it with almost a month to spare.

Also I picked colors from J&S that I think will work for the sweater instead of the Shetland 2000 that the pattern is written for. If I did it in the original yarn, it would cost me around $200. Why is Shetland 2000 so friggin' expensive?!?!?! I'll order the J&S direct from them, and do for around $45. Even if I did it in Jamieson, it would only cost me $90. When I order from J&S, I think I'll get a bunch of other colors too for playing with. I've been meaning to do that for some time now.

Besides working a lot this week on Hank8, I also started my cashmere gloves. The cuff is done, and I've just started the thumb gusset.

Oh, and while the Red Sox were breaking my heart in Game 7, I finished a sleeve of my sister's sweater. Hey, I got a lot of knitting done this week!

Comments

[May]

Hi Alison, glad to see your new blog! Very nicely done. And to see your Hank 8. I have not started mine yet and will be ..., I am not sure when actually.