Twitchy

A quiet weekend is always good.  I got in a good bit of knitting and had some fun working on a puzzle of the Glennfinan viaduct.  It was also a race weekend so plenty to keep busy with.

I did not work on Cassie's sweater.  I needed something a bit different.  I picked up that pretty blue sweater made from the yarn cones.

It is such a beautiful colour.  Its ropey texture feels odd in my hands.

It slows the knitting a wee bit but I will put up with it because once it is properly washed, the yarn blooms into the most stunning fabric.  

I am knitting the Tolsta pattern for this because it allows the yarn to be the star.  I might have a sneaky little pocket bit to nip in later, a la the Mayhemma sweater by Asa Tricosa.  It depends if I can find the perfect colours to accent this gorgeous blue.  They are not really useable pockets but I have discovered, after a lifetime of no pockets on my clothes, that I am not a pocket person.  I am interested in decorative pockets though.  I would love to make the bits of colour flash, and that is enough.  The Mayhemma pockets make me smile and the idea of them will be sweet with this yarn.  Yes I will be purchasing the pattern because I want designers to keep inventing sweet little details like this.  

It will be back to Cassies sweater today.  I want to get it finished for her asap.  I do have a small goal for the week though.  It is small and should be doable.  I want to get past the heel on this sock.  

I absolutely cannot do a heel during a race.  I need simple around and around knitting for races and I will be better prepared for the next race.  I am also going to find that missing pair of Kroy Orchid colourway socks.  Those are in a good place for race knitting but I could not locate them in the WIPs bin.  Made for a twitchy race.

Time to get knitting.  Cassie's sweater will not wait. Neither will coffee.