My sweater is at the point where it is time to start on the arms. Because I am not sure how wide the shoulders are and where the sleeves will start, I am having some trouble deciding how many stitches will be needed for each sleeve. That means a try on is needed.
I am trying to do a bit of evening knitting lately. That is shawl territory. Each of the last few evenings, I knit 3 or 4 rows and call it good. That little bit of extra knitting makes my thumb go buzzy so it is time to stop.
I have not resorted to knitting on socks. That will wait.
I have been thinking about blankets lately. I have 2 on my needles. One is my cheerfully bright Sweet Shop Blanket
and the other is, well...it's in flux. I have started a Willow World blanket, an ode to Willow pattern blue and white china. However...
I am not really sure I want this any more. I am not a huge colourwork knitter and I feel that I would rather put my colourwork energy into a sweater. I have been thinking very seriously about changing it to be something brioche or fisherman's rib. Nothing complicated, but something that shows off the lovely blue colour that Marcus and Cassie picked for me ever so long ago. I know that my last half fisherman's project did not finish particularly well.
This is my Linger Vest. It's a pattern from Knitty.com, the Linger sweater, which I still love but could not finish because the double worsted weight of my yarns was too much. I love to wear it though. It is seriously cozy and warm. I really enjoyed knitting the half fisherman's rib and would like to do another half fisherman's rib project. Maybe a blanket?
Sweater first. Then big blankets. That's the plan.
