I promptly cast on for another project right after I put together last week’s post on Color Affection inspiration. But it sat with me all week and by the end of the week I couldn’t wait to work on it again. I pulled it out yesterday and finished all of section 2 and even got […]
WIPs – 2013
Making a little Color Inspiration
I’ve been anxious to get Color Affection off my needles. Completing one Rhinebeck project before September will feel so good but my inspiration has been waning. I’ve hit that part of the project where I just want to cast on something new. It doesn’t help that all the new Fall mags have been coming out. […]
Sock WIP Hall of Shame
I’ve been so focused on Rhinebeck knitting that I’ve hardly looked at anything else. Last night, while looking for something to cure my knitting ennui I checked all my WIPs. 9 pairs of socks. 9 pairs of socks that I cast on in excitement. 9 pairs of socks that I’d love to wear this fall. […]
Math can be a cold-hearted b*tch
Last week’s progress was good – but not good enough. I needed to knit 350 yards last week but I barely hit 200. And I knitted as much as I could. If I didn’t make it last weekend, I had no chance of hitting 350 during other weeks. So, I’ve changed my Rhinebeck goals. I’m […]
She has arms
I knitted as much as I could this week (not nearly as much as I had hoped though) and got to the armholes. I can finally really see a color change! Oh, and I tried it on and it fits too. Phew. Up next is binding off the arms and then lots of straight knitting […]
Yarn has been acquired!
And I’m in love. So much so that the anxiety over screwing it up made it so I couldn’t bring myself to CO the day it arrived. Have you ever experienced that? I finally settled on a size, acquired the right needles and cast on by mid-day Saturday. I’ve only done a few rows but […]