WIPs on the Cusp

Wow!  I am totally blown away by the feedback on the colour series - and speechless, and grateful - and, and..... hard at work on next week's installment!  Thank-you!

Except now I am all in a feverish flutter with colour and new ideas and Spring, and I can't settle down with the knitting.  (I really want to knit a ripple blanket (OK crochet), or a mitred squares blanket, only we already own far more decorative blanket-things than could ever properly fit in this little apartment.  Still working on an appropriate excuse for that one.)  Meanwhile, here's the state of the WIP's:

1) The Lopi Cabled Sweater. 

Every brilliantly sunny day, every snowdrift twinkling into streams and rivulets, every fabulously chic woman surveying the hill in a long sleeved T and cute little vest makes me feel less and less in the mood for this sweater.  The problem with my design process is that an unfortunate chunk of it lives in my brain, where it tends to disappear after a distressingly short interval.  (Scribbled notes on paper vanish with equal rapidity.)  In this case though, I haven't actually planned much past the underarms, and the chart is explicit about where I left off, so I am going to make a note of the needle size (because I will cannabalize the tips before fall), hermetically seal the WIP with its chart and hope for the best.

2) The Red Birthday Sweater - not optional. Well in hand - 4 more inches and then the sleeves start up.  She suspects nothing.

3) The Noro Clapotis scarf.  Two MONTHs after placing the order, I finally received the third ball of Silk Garden.  Thankfully, the colourway matches, and spring is a perfectly acceptable season for scarves.

4) The reason it took two months for the Noro to arrive is that it seemed wasteful of shipping costs to just order a single ball of yarn and so a couple of skeins of Fleece Artist accidentally fell into the cart.  Turns out they weren't in stock after all, and when I enquired after a month of not seeing any yarn, I was advised that the store was waiting on a new batch.  I'm not sure how far 250 yards of giant-size thick and thin wool will go, but I'm kind of hoping it will go as far as a vest.  Any thoughts??

5) Also not optional, but proceeding with inexcusable slowness, the Dulaan sweater - ultimately intended to morph into a free pattern.  For a while this was my homework-supervising knit, but I started to feel that there was altogether too much conflict and frustration diffusing into its fabric, and it fell by the wayside.

6)  I take a wee bit of credit for this one because I (ever so gently) prodded her into it: you should really go visit No Longer Blogless Judy's brand new blog.  She is a wonderful writer, and I am thrilled to be able to see her knitting now, rather than just reading about it in the comments! 

Comments

[Judy]

Why is it that other peoples WIP's always look more interesting than mine? I especially like the Birthday Sweater and the fact that the recipient is unaware of the secret goings-on. I could never understand how I could knit something right under my husband's nose and he would have no clue. He actually stopped asking questions about knitting years ago-he does not have a suspicious bone in his body. (Well, that and the fact that I rarely knit anything for him would discourage him from showing any interest...)
Thanks for the Blog mention- now I feel like I have to put on pants before I sit down at the computer in case someone's watching.

[Nicole]

Hiya! I popped over here from ... feeling tangerine, I think. Just investigating other people's blogrolls. I love what you've done with the header! And the crocus pallette is really lovely.

I do have a question, though. How do you like knitting with the Noro? I've felt it in stores before, and I can't honestly see why people are so crazy about it. Does it knit up well? I don't like the feel of it in the skein, personally.

[elan]

I did a thick & thin vest with a similar gauge of colinette. I think it took 3 skeins but they were 100g each.

[PaulaRed]

Where do we get the cute hat pattern? I love it! Is it your own design?, and if so, when will you be making it available to us? The rest of your knitting is lovely too. Just happened upon your blog somehow.

PaulaRed

[Joanne]

DH comment - I just finished another sweater for my dearest. 20 years of marriage later, 3 teenagers.....and it was the first time I was in deep anxiety about how it might fit (or not), how he'd like the colours (our wool from the sheep, dyed up, designed and knit fair isle in traditional way....)(or not).....and (long pause) he loves it!!! And it fits wonderfully. Whew! Now, I can move onto the other 5 WIP's as I tackle cables......wonderful things.

[hpny knits]

love the colors of the Dulaan sweater. it can be a bit hard to manage WIP. I tend to "favor" this or that.