Just right.

I gave myself the weekend off from the Geddy Tee.  It 8snt that I was tired of it.  It is that a break will keep me loving this knit.  

I decided to knit the swatch for my Piennar top.  I pulled out the linen and the Mikonos and began.  It seemed okay.  The yarn was a good match and it made a nice fabric but in a very short time I had to stop.  It had nothing to do with the laces knit 4 together.  My thumb started acting and I stopped to prevent any further injury.  I am really heartbroken over this.  Back that dream goes into the dreams bin inside my head.  Linen saved for later.  I was so looking forward to this top and this yarn.

I have dozens of things I could have picked up but I dipped into the box with the blankets.  The blankets have their own container so that all the WIPs can fit in the WIPs bin.  The Sweet Shop Blanket is the cherries knitting and after sad knitting, I wanted cheery knitting.  

This is the last colour of yarn for the blanket.  All neon, green, yellow, pink, and orange.  I would have loved to have a brilliant bright blue but none was to be had when I bought the yarn.  

Do you see the glitch?  

There was a point where a stitch popped of the needle and though I was sure I got both stitches on that decrease, it seems I did not.  I'm glad it showed up now though.  It has been sewn in and is secure.  

Just what I was looking for.  

Celebrations

I am marking my progress

and celebrating it.  One inch.  

But more than that.  I am now at five inches from the underarm.  Since my plan is to knit to ten inches from the underarm and then do a bit more of the Socks That Rock yarn, before winding the top all up with more teal, I consider myself half done.

Of course I am not taking into account the neckline and sleeve ribbing.  They appear to be relatively wide on the pattern photos, but everyone's mileage seems to vary, as will mine.  

In other brilliant news, I bought the Piennar top pattern.  I can't wait to swatch.

Markers and Keepers

I am now at the point where the top feels as if it is taking forever.  This was on Tuesday.

This was yesterday.

Looks like not much for 2 days of knitting.  You have to look at the tail of the cat to see that there is any progress at all.

Time for a progress keeper.  I only have a couple standard keepers but I do have several crochet markers that I use.  The crochet markers usually come with earring hoops that open and close.  I find myself using a progress keeper more often.  Maybe it's time to invest in a few more.  

I have also noticed that, with all my on going projects, I run low on the best stitch markers.  I like a stitch markers that are a bit heavier.  The stay put nicer than thin lightweight ones do.  This cat

was sent to me by Wet Coast Wools with my last yarn purchase.  It's lovely but it is very lightweight and thin.  I'm glad to have it but for my perfect stitch marker, it would need to be just a bit heavier.  Most of mine are the ordinary bulb kind or little circles.  The fancy ones are some little bead drops and some very fine silver markers Brian gave me from River City Yarns.   They all have the weightier feel I am looking for.

I've been spending some time looking at stitch markers and progress keepers.  It's sort of fun venturing where I haven't been for a long time.  I have not made a decision yet.  Maybe today. 

There is Geddy Tee knitting to do.  I may yet decide to knit on my blanket.  I might pull out something completely different.  Maybe some socks?  I'm not quite sure what I will work on today.  Whatever it is, it is going to be good.