Two sweaters is good

I had plenty to entertain myself yesterday.  Our internet was quite firmly out till close to noon.  It's funny, but I bet the hue and cry was bigger for the internet outage than it ever is for a power outage.

I spent my whole weekend working on my yellow Hiraeth sweater.  

It's starting to look like a garment! And yes.  It really is that strong of a yellow.  It is quite glorious. 

I had just joined at the underarms here and I was pretty thrilled.  I have not tried it on just yet.  I like to have a good couple inches knit below the underarm before I do that.  I like that little bit of firmness that it gives before I stretch it all out while I check fit. Next week.  

Today I am going back to my sock Monkey or farmer sock sweater.  I love that thing.

It's odd but when I looked in the bag this morning, I realized, I missed working on it this weekend.  It was my plan to not work on whatever I was usually working on.  When I was doing that in summer, it kept my spirits feeling bright and peppy and I felt eager to get back to my main project.  It worked again.  However, this morning, I want stolid ordinary things.  Sock Monkey sweater it shall be.

And that is it for the morning.  Time for a good cup of coffee and some morning knitting between chores.  

We have no internet this morning.  Lots to tell you all too.  Maybe tomorrow.

Good to go.

My mandated one row on the chair pad is done for the day.  It feels freeing to say that.  

I went on to work on my sweater for most of the morning.  In the afternoon, I dug through a stack of bins from the wool closet.

Besides the fact that I have really nice yarn, I found something that changes me red and black sweater plan.  It started with looking at 4 skeins of Red Cascade 220 at the end of a bin.  Not enough for a sweater so I kept my eyes open on yarns that could work with red to help make a whole sweater.  I found the black Regal and was good to go.  It was all looking good till yesterday.  Yesterday I found 4 skeins of red Regal.  Should I be making the sweater with all Regal?  Now I have to think about it again so it is all going back to the bins.  Sigh.  So many great choices.

After digging in the yarn and making that discovery, it was time to put my feet up.  I decided to knit on my bed shawl.  

First up, I realized this isn't going to be a plain triangle.  It's going to be wider.  Oh well.  It will be a shawl and that is the main thing.  I  think I'm making good headway on it.  I have used about a half a ball of yarn so far.  I have 5 skeins of the teal so it will be a good size before the Hyacinth goes on for the edging.  

It feels a bit odd to be knitting on something other than a sweater.  I love knitting sweaters.  They are what I wear all the time but Shawls have their place too.  I usually wear them snuggled close to my neck to keep me cozy and warm.  I have not had a new shawl in years and years so this whole thing is sort of exciting.  

I have one more stack of bins to go through and then that process will be done for a while.  I have sweaters to knit on.  I want to work on a sock today for a little while.  I am thinking of working on my bright yellow Hiraeth sweater for the weekend.  The brilliance of the yellow will be the perfect antidote for the blustery wet weekend weather.  All good to go.