Good enough for me

So close.  So very close.

This is all the yarn that remains to be used up for my third chair pad.  

I.  Am.  So.  Glad. It's almost done.  

As I was starting this chair pad, I picked out and sorted yarn for the next couple of chair pads.

One in green and gold and 

One in a mix of blues and an assortment of dark greys and blacks.  

I really don't want to work on these colours.  Maybe on the blues but I couldn't work on those greens and gold if it killed me.  I just don't have the heart for that right now.  

What I will do, I think is start one in the bag of left overs and assorted colours.  

So long as there is 400 grams in here, a pad will successfully be made.  Though as I paw through things here, maybe I should do the blue first.  Just not the green and gold.  

I am so happy that it is September.  Summer was a blur of pain and disorder and I hope that fall and cooler temperatures will work magic on me.  I also hope I get my house back in order and clean again if I have the energy.  Not feeling good made it so hard to keep up.  I also find it difficult to write when I am not feeling good. Ah well.  I feel good today.  Surprisingly good.  I will take it as I find it.

So today I will finish this third chair pad and then I will knit on a sweater.  I don't know which one but one of three or four.  And that will be enough. 

  

So far so fair.

You can see which way my wandering needles took me.

This is my new yarn from Australia's Bendigo Woollen Mills.  This is the Classic line and I can tell you, it is really nice.  

The sweater I am making takes all of its inspiration from the Sock Monkey Cabin Blanket.  I am startingbwith a European shoulder for a nice casual fit so the deep ribs can relax rather than open up.  

So far, so fair.  

Yahoo. Maybe.

I wanted to knit a lot this weekend.  The world didn't work that way.  It was a difficult weekend.  It wasn't pain so much as tired and uncooperative muscles.  Exhaustion is very wearing.  The heat will be done soon and I am looking forward to that.

I did get some knitting in though.

This is the bottom garter ridge section on the back.  I went with a split at the sides because I want to add an additional 5 ridges so it hangs a bit longer.  The front will be fine with 5 ridges.  

After this the sleeves and that is it.  Then I get to knit with something different.  Yahoo. To be honest I'm getting a bit tired of this sweater.  I have been working on it in earnest for a couple weeks now and I'm just so done with it.  This may lead to a wild cast on.  You just never know where things will take me.