Still going

I woke this morning and had no idea what day it was, Monday or Tuesday.  I was pretty certain that it wasn't a weekend day but... It took a while till the world righted itself but right itself it did.  Monday, Monday.

I had a good weekend knitting.  Not great but good.  I knit as much as I could on my Tshirt.  

Joined below the arms!  

I love working on this.  Two rows is so liberating and creative somehow.  I've not done two rows that often if at all for a sweater so it's nice to know that I like it.  My next plan for  Kauni sweater is two rows.  Two colourways.

Sadly, it's cotton and even though I am loving it, I can't knit too long on it without my hands feeling it.  I quit when I feel it.  In fact, today is going to be a no knitting it day.

I alternated knitting the top this weekend, with this.  

I only have the cuff left!  It feels like this is going fast.  Fast but there is a wee problem.  See that stitch marker?  I dropped a stitch on one of the short rows.  I probably ought to have gone back and redone it but you know me.  I can live with it, right?  Right.  I really can.  I will stabilize it when I am weaving in ends.  

The snow here is looking rotten.  It will all be gone soon.  The sun has too much power to be defeated now.  However...it is going to be stormy and snowy and rather miserable over the next few days.  It is the way of springtime in Canada.  

Stripes

It's Friday again and I ought to work on socks but I think I will go with my current obsession.

It's coming along and I am really looking forward to having this done.  It's just going to be nice.  Simple basic and good.

I love stripes.  I really do.  It's such a small thing but till you do it you don't quite understand it.  It focuses you on what's next.  You are always looking forward.  Even though logic tells you that you are working at your usual pace, it feels fast.  

All the mushy ice has gone, melted off by the power of the sun.  Yes there still is a 3 foot bank 9f snow on the lawn but it's looking old and shriveled.  It has a layer of the last snow on it but you can see that the covering is on old bones.  Spring is coming no matter what snow says.  

 

Repairs

I am wearing a favourite sweater this morning.  

It's a simple saddle shoulder sweater knit with some help from Ann Budds Knitting from the Top Down.  I used the start up numbers to get the neck size I want and to get the saddle right and then I go off and just knit.  The yarn is Custom Woollen Mills Mulespinner and Noro Silver Thaw.  This is my favorite yarn combination ever.  The two yarns just create magic.

I haven't worn it in ages because it needed repair.  

All of the armscyes  were a problem.  One had a section where two strands were floating and the loop of a stitch was just sitting there, free.  The problem arises from knitting the yoke a bit too short but also lies in the yarn.  The split for sleeves happened in a row of the Silver Thaw, which is a slightly less sturdy spin than the CWM.  

I found some Regal that is a perfect grey match to use for repairs.  I did what is essentially a duplicate stitch to beef up those pulled open stitches to reinforce the underarms.  

And voila.  Wearable again.  

I have a couple more things needing sorting out.  

This is my Green BFL 2/8 Elton.  I need it now.  It is the perfect lightweight spring and summer morning sweater.  That sleeve edge is iffy after getting caught on the dishwasher rack.

I also need to fix a summer top that gets lots of wear.  

I made a Cascadas Tee out of this bright yellow Patons Hempster.  I loved this yarn and was hoping for more but it was discontinued.  Still I love what I have and want to keep the tee going for a good while yet.  A tiny section of the neck band stitches need repair and this yarn is always at hand. 

So a few more repairs this morning and then two more renewed sweaters to put out, ready for wear.  And then I can spend my day on the fronts of the Lusk cotton sweater.  Fronts are on the menu for today's work.  

There was snow and slushiness happening outside the last few days.  If you are feeling down, search Kew Gardens on YouTube.  Even the winter stuff looks lovely to my winter weary prairie eyes.  Keep your spirits up.  The sun is getting strong enough now to beat the snow.