A weekend and a Day

It was a perfect sort of weekend.  I extended it by starting my weekend knitting on Friday.  

First thing I picked up was my Tolsta Tee.  

Each time I pick it up, I find myself surprised by the feeling of the yarn.  It's a kind of dense feeling wool, the doubling of which is making a fabric that feels warm in my hands. It's a tiny bit of an odd feeling.  Feeling warm comes from the fibres ability to hold your body heat.  It isn't about how wool radiates heat but somehow, this yarn, doubled, seems to be radiating warmth.  I can't wait to wear this.  

I do have one concern though.  Running out of yarn.  I have one reasonably sized cone and one small cone.  

According to my scale, I should have about 2100 m.  Doubled, I have 1050 m so a bit shy of a full long sleeved sweater.  That is a big part of why there is some white yarn in this sweater.  I hope to stretch it out, enough so I get a decent sleeve.  With luck, there will be enough to get to elbow length before I run out of the green.  

Saturday and Sunday were spent knitting on my Lusk.  

I cannot begin to tell you how much I love this pattern.  The yoke fits exactly how I  wanted it too.  The yarn is great too.  Unless this turns into a failure because of the way the yarn combination drapes,  it is going to be a really great wearable "toile" as a sewer would say.  This is just a pattern attempt to see if I want to use it for some of my very special yarns.  It will be a bonus sweater.  

Today is going to be a day to return to the last sleeve on my Flea sweater.  No rush.  It's certainly a winter sweater.  So my day looks forward to some rather fun knitting.  While I am doing that, I am going to ponder what to do with the leftover yarn bits.  Yes.  There will be some, more than I thought.  But that is for another day.