Everything

I worked a little bit on everything this weekend.  

I have 2 sleeves well underway.

They are about half completed.  I know this because my plan is to knit to the green and that is only a purple section away on both sleeves.  It looks like little progress from Friday but it is a lot.  Half done.  I keep telling myself that.  Maybe it will keep my MOJO strong.

On Sunday, I went in another direction.  I made a decision on something I was waffling on.

I loved knitting the rib on my nascent Sock Monkey sweater.  The more I knit, the more I became concerned about wearing the rib over time.  I don't want to knit a sweater only for it to grow to oversized.  I want a sweater to remain fresh looking.  Not crisp but not sloppy either.  I want it to make me say 'I did this' when I put it on in the morning.  I want it to feel good.

This

Has become this.

The same idea but no full body ribbing.  I have taken the time to add a couple more stitches to the edges before I did the increases.  I love how that wider edge looks on the back of a sweater with a European shoulder.  Otherwise its going to be a nice basic sweater with a good strong 2 x 2 ribbed edge in the red and cream.  

I guess that really isn't everything.  I did feel like working on my bright yellow Hiraeth sweater.  I didn't get there because I plain ran out of days.  That's going to be my main work once this Kauni miracle is completed.  One master work at a time.

This morning it is back to the chair pad box even if the morning is rapidly ticking away.  Time for tea.  Time to get to work.

Colour games

I will show you a quick shot of the chair pad

It's longer than that now because I did work on it yesterday.  

I wanted to talk about how the Kauni sweater is going.

As you can see, both sleeves are on needles.  I never do two at a time sleeves but on this, I must.

Each colour section of the Kauni took about one body section of ten rows.  I want the sleeves to match the sequence of colour on the body.  Because the sleeves are so much smaller, I need to play a few colour games.

I only had to remove a small walnut of colour to start the second colour section.  It's not too bad.  The bits can be used later with my third ball of Kauni which I won't need to use at all for the sweater.  Once the second colour section is knit on sleeve two, I will go back to sleeve one and knit colour section two and so on, alternating sleeves so the colours match the body with as little fuss as possible.

This sweater is so close to complete. The only thing left once I cast off the last sleeve is to tidy up ends.  This is all a very toothy sort of yarn and I have worked the ends together as I changed yarns.  All there will be is to weave in start and finish ends and then snip the change ends to a tidy length.  Finishing will be quick.

This is going to be today's work.  I really want this done.  It's a perfect sweater for fall and fall is here.  Time to get to work.

A weekend

What is a weekend?  says  the Dowager Countess on Downton Abbey.  A weekend is what you make it. That is what I say.

I made mine and though it wasn't perfect, it was pretty great. Lots of knitting and an epic  F1 race.  

I did start another chair pad and I did go with the blue.  

Just two rows in but it is a start.  I will work on this again today.  

I am so pleased to show you the Kauni sweater.

The body is complete and

the sleeve one is underway.  I got through the first section of stockinette and am halfway through the first garter stitch section.  I did go up to a 4.5 mm needle.  I knit tighter on these short circs when I knit in the round.  

I do want this finished but I needed to put this aside for a bit so I don't get bored or dispirited by it.  I picked up my Sock Monkey sweater.  

There is something so energizing about knitting a two by two rib in a marled yarn.  It might not be your jam, but it does seem to be mine.  And can I just say, I love this yarn.  This is Bendigo Woollen Mills Classic and it's is perfect for this.  Two plys are white or almost white and one is a lovely silvery grey.  I wish I had a slightly less sharp tip for this but since I am going slowly, what I have works.

In racing, Kim Antonelli won the race after coming from very far back on the grid.  It was just great watching this fearless young man.  It was also fun watching the crowds.  In the heart of Ferrari country, the Ferrari fans did not care if he was racing in a Mercedes.  He is young, and is the first Italian driver to win in Italy for 60 years.  

And that was my lovely weekend.