Something different

I have been mangling my yellow Hiraeth.  Successfully I think.  I hope.  

When I started working on it yesterday, the first thing I thought was 'such luxury'.  It slid so soft through my fingers.  The yarn is Arcane Fibre Works and I can only say It.  Is.  Delicious.  

In real life, the yellow is brilliant.  It's such a clear strong colour.  It will break any glum winter spirit I get into.

I have been thinking about shawls lately.  I used to wear one at night to keep the chill off my shoulders.  I need a new one.  It has to be something not too fancy and I need the shape to be simple.  I am thinking about Vera Valimaki's 3/4 Hap shawl or a simple triangle.  I am not set on yarns yet but I am thinking about it.  I do have a lot of choices.  

I love my sweater knitting but it's kind of fun, thinking seriously about something different.

Different things

All the ends are woven in on my sweater and I am wearing it this morning.  It is lightweight and really right for this time of year.  

I wasn't sure what to knit on.  My hands needed to knit but my head was so full of my finished sweater that it was a hard choice.  I randomly pulled this out of the depths of the WIPs bin.

This has been on my needles forever.  It is not a sweater so I usually forget it.  Eventually will get it done but there is no rush.  I moved the progress keeper at the start of the day and what you see here is from the end of the day.  So far, I am at 11 inches so about half done. That is much more than I thought.  

Otherwise, today I am going to pick up my brilliant yellow Hiraeith and am keeping my fingers crossed this next bit works out.  

Done....

Yesterday, just after brunch, I finished the Kauni sweater.

I completely love this.  I love the colours.  I love the fit.  I love gentleness of the way the colours work together.

I still have to weave in ends and clip the colour joins but that won't take long.  It's the mornings work.  

I really would like to work on chair pads to get that project out of the way.  They sit beside me, accusing, saying why don't you work on me, but my wing is still sore.  I have an ache in the muscles between shoulder and elbow.  Some days it is almost gone and the next, I can't carry a cup of coffee.  It's a pain in all ways.

Still, I HAVE A FINISHED SWEATER!!!  Everything else is so much less important.  And that is how I choose to make my wee little world work.