Wednesday, January 18, 2017

Yarn along - socks and sweaters #2

Joining Ginny at Small Things and the other creative ladies in the Yarn Along! I am really looking forward to seeing what is in everyone's work baskets!

 It is knitting before reading here! The Pikachu sweater is coming along. I want another 2-3 inches before I do the decrease and begin the color-work. I am thinking I should have made it a little looser on him and plan to add a few inches around to the girls' sweaters when it is their turns. My husband and daughter designed Bunny's next sweater during dinner the other day. It will feature a large bunny playing a violin (my daughters both play) in the center body of the sweater and have a circle of carrots decorating the yoke. Thankfully, my husband is actually interested in this, so as soon as I decide on yarn and can give him the gauge he is going to design the bunny/violin section's chart. Also this weird thing happened Monday night, I ran out of the ball of yarn I was using on this sweater, no worries I have four more, but they were all down in my studio and I was tired, so I switched to my socks.
 My socks are coming along, I am about where I want the heel to start. So Monday night after I switched to this project I am knitting along and that's it I am out of the yarn. I am knitting up stash yarn and started this with only one ball. I went to Joann's and managed to get a ball of the same yarn but it is a bit brighter on the ball, I knit five more rows and can't really tell. I am doing the heels and toes in a grey.
My husband is away this week for business and I never sleep well when he is gone. Which is why when I ran out of yarn on Monday for both of the above projects I did not go to bed like a sane woman, I pulled out my very sleeping Milk fiber sweater, this is the Gyre pattern and is for me. After awhile I realized two things 1) twisted rib is easier continental 2) I was going to run out of my ball of yarn soon. I have never had that happen where three projects all needed joining on the same day. I took it as a sign and went to bed!

Reading-wise, I have been fitting my reading in around things and not finishing much.

I did finish Libations of the Eighteenth Century last night. I enjoyed it and will likely try some of the brewing and punch recipes, I might try some of the coffee replacement ones while camping. I do wish the author had looked into the herbs he suggested a bit more thoroughly, in other aspects he mentions things used or methods used that are not considered safe practice anymore, he points that  out but give the historic mention for information. I dislike that pennyroyal and comfrey are listed as flavoring for beer and tea without warnings. The first is traditionally used as an abortificant and the second is strongly linked to cancer and not considered same for ingestion anymore.

I am finding Bloody Old Britain to be slow.

I started reading Treasure Island - never have before - as my treadmill book, I read 70 pages the first day but haven't managed the treadmill since!

Bunny and I are re-reading Anne of Green Cables as a bedtime book. We read through to the third book before but didn't finish and Bunny wanted to restart for continuing on.



9 comments:

  1. I'm trying to stash bust and finish old projects too. I feel your pain when running out of yarn and knowing you need to venture into another part of the house. Usually cold. Good decision to go to bed. I really should read the unabridged version of Treasure Island. One day.

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    1. I am enjoying the book, but the characters seem a foolish, I am not certain how foolish I would consider them if it wasn't a classic story and I didn't know what was going to happen. Nope they are still foolish.

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  2. socks, sweaters, wow! I'm looking forward to seeing the sweater for bunny -- sounds too cute! I enjoy rereading the old classics and children's literature. I'm looking at a community college class on kids lit and if I don't take it, I will at least read the books mentioned in the class description.... my idea of fun! I'm trying to stash bust, too and I hope I don't run out of yarn! Good luck to both of us! Ha!

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    1. That sounds like a fun class, I hope you enjoy it! I think this stash bushing could be a fun challenge instead of a chore. I am planning on looking at it that way anyway.

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  3. you surely have a lot going on - everything is quite beautiful!! i am a one knit at a time kinda' girl!!!

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    1. I am usually more of a one at a time girl in knitting anyway, but the sweater for myself I never count because I have set it aside so many times, I cast on the socks in frustration about having to pick all the color-work out of the blue sweater. It needed a time out.

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  4. I never ever sleep well when my husband is gone either, so you have company! you have lots of knitting projects going on and all of them are quite pretty!

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    1. Thank you Karen, I know sitting there knitting is foolish because I am always so tired the next day but I just can't sleep and would rather be doing something than tossing and turning awake in bed.

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  5. Anne of Green Gables is one of my favorite books. I hope to introduce my daughter, 6 1/2, to it soon.

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