Knitting and Racing and Happy Hands

First thing, there is an extra r in Fridays post.  I laughed and laughed when I read that.  It stays.  That is the way it goes when I try to do it right.

I had a really good knitting weekend. I worked in the mornings and later in the day and in between was the Mexican Grand Pix.  What a race. Carlos Sainz won which made me happy except that it meant Lando Norris did not win.  But what a  stupendous race.  

My hands are doing just fine.  The last few years I had to be really careful with them as I did my fall knitting,  but by taking decent care of them routinely, they are holding their own.  Weird to speak of them as if they were a thing of their own, I suppose. 

The sweater is looking like a sweater.

It is a fairly wide back of the neck but that is okay because I plan on a double layer wide collar that will tuck in behind itself at the front.  

The first row of ribbing is at the bottom so the body is near the end.  Sadly, I am going to break into ball two of my red before the rib is done and I suspect that I will end up using a good portion of ball two for that, the sleeves and collar.  So it goes. It was only a dream to get two sweaters out of this glorious red.  It's okay because I love this sweater so much and I will think up something great to use these yarns for.  

I have to talk about the yarn.  It is Cascade Eco + and Ecological.  It can be knit at a much larger gauge but when you knit it at this gauge, it becomes a great sturdy sister to Cascade 220, one of my favourite yarns. (All yarns are my favourites).  I did this with some green I had and wear it a lot.  It stays crisp and clean looking through all the daily torture I put it through.  At this gauge, pilling is minimal and performance is king.

My mind is starting to meander through things I would like to knit next.  It's always one of the best parts of the journey.