Central park hoodie... (or what have I gotten myself into)

Well... after fits and starts, and more fits and starts I have a decent beginning (for me anyway) on the sweater... The pattern called for 4 inches of ribbing... being one to 'tweek' patterns, I've done 3 1/2 inches... and I have about 3 1/2 inches of the cable patterning... I'm usually not one for doing sweaters... I've knitted 2 others... but I get bored with the knitting after a time and it becomes drudgery... when will it ever end?????? Something that I am liking about this pattern is that there is cable work... and I have to keep track of where I am in the cable pattern...

on the needle part the 2nd...

I had to take a break in knitting the sweater... so that I could finish the slipper sox... they came out great... and my building mate made all the appropriate ooooooohs and ahhhhhhhhs... :-)

They are made from Lionbrand woolease, worsted weight... I cast on 40 stitches on size 8 dpn's.

The thing that I like about woolease... its washable... throw it in the washer... in the dryer... put them back on!!!

Knitting On

Well... its been a while... after working at Northern, I pretty much put down the needles... the hooks, and the spindles... pretty much just didn't want to do anything... I did go to Riverside Artwalk in November, and spent a few hours demonstrating spinning with a friend... but other than that... zip... until Dec. 8th...

I had a guild meeting for a group that does the Riverside Dickens Fair and decided to take some yarn with me... just because... and started these fingerless gloves... in a golden brown... and then finished them the next day at a non-guild meeting / brunch...

When I started knitting on the gloves I again realized how much I like to knit... an have spent the last several days finding patterns for things like scarves based on Orenberg patterns sweaters... more gloves... socks, socks and more socks...

On the needles currently are...

a pair of slipper socks for my building mate her part of the office is always cold... has tile flooring, and no rugs...

a cardigan style sweater from interweaveknits, the Central Park Hoodie (go to project 13)

and various other surprised for the Adult child who is moving to Michigan next month!