Sunday, September 28, 2008

La lune d'automne


Fall at last! I love this season : shorter days, cool nights, football, hockey, vegetables... It is a lovely little stop before the crazyness of winter. I am hoping for less snow than last year, because that was just ridiculous. I'm also hoping for less renovation work, more time to organise my business. I need to make some serious changes soon, and must decide if I need an associate, which is difficult for me. I love being sole captain!


Yarn wise, I've been on a buying frenzy of semi-solid sock yarns. Most of what I had was variegated, not a good choice for more involved patterns. I fell n love with Dream in Color yarns : made a Yarn Harlot one-row scarf in Classy and I just lurve it. It's the one in the photo, I just adore it.


I've gotten almost all my stash on Ravelry. I think I need to shop differently. First, I think I have enough sock yarn for a while. I need to lay off Knit picks because, for the most part, I tend to be dissapointed once I get the yarn. I don't really need any sweater amounts of yarn, but I need more single skeins... I tend to buy in bulk and almost nothing for smaller projects.


So, what's on the needles? For the first time in forever, I have more than 2 WIPs at the same time... 5 to be exact. There's the Gathered pullover : I was waiting for cooler weather to do the seaming, and now the set-in sleeves are giving me trouble. I'll try again after blocking, but I'm also thinking of taking a finishing class cause I really suck at anything other than mattress stitch. I have a Noro hat that should be done soon, a plain Regia sock for calmer moments, and a second Pomatomus to go for SKA on Ravelry. Knitting the first one gave me intense pain in the elbow and wrist, so it's gonna be at least two weeks until I start that one again. I try to vary my needle sizes more, after a full summer of socks on teeny needles.


The big project underway is Forestry, the latest Veronik Avery design for VK Fall 2008 (btw, wow! great projects in this. It's bizarro world, I love this VK more than the fall IK). I'm using some Galway heather I had in stash, it's lovely yarn in a tomato red that should suit me really well. I might run into trouble because I have a little less than the required amount of yarn, but since I have short arms, I should be OK I hope. We'll see. The back is done and I'll start the sleeves next.


So, lots of knitting. After the last online buying frenzy, I swore to myself I wasn't going to buy anything new until I had gone through 10 balls from my stash... I have 1 full and 4 partial balls knit, so it should be good for pre-christmas shopping.


See you soon!