Wearing a WIP on one’s lap like a blanket means one thing around here.
It is Fall.
For real.
There are nip-sies in the corners; little cold pockets here-and-there in the house, poking.
Yesterday, I was wearing a silk chiffon scarf and when I took it off, I was surpised at the sudden coolness of my neck. The lingering warmth in the silk I held in my hands was a revelation.
Just understanding that that one layer could make such a difference was stunning.
So, even though I’m living in the Land-of-a-Thousand Unfinished Sleeves, it doesn’t mean I’m not enjoying myself. This sweater spreads out nicely over my limbs as I knit and feels so very cozy. I’ve perfected the back-and-forth of knitting with two circulars so it only moves the sleeve to-and-fro in a minimum arc as I go from side-to-side. (BUZZER: overuse of compounds!)
Sorry. :)
Here is one Vonica sleeve finished:
Speaking of LUCK, or lack thereof: about a week ago, we were deeply tweaking the Chic Knits’ website. It appears we poked it with a too-sharp stick, because suddenly, the RSS feeds went whack-a-doodle! They had lost their way but hopefully, we’ve put them back on track. Our sincere apologies for the list-reader angst we delivered – it was truly gruesome.
So we’d like to ask you to do something:
>>> Take this code: wack-a-doodle and use it for 20% off the pattern of your choice for the next 24 hours in the Chic Knits Ravelry Store…
I think everything is making nice so far (can’t remove the old list, though, sorry!) – now all we have to do is finish knitting our second sleeve and block it.
Such a transformation between No blocking / Blocking!
I’m now about 4″ into the next sleeve this morning and if luck holds out, maybe new threads are right around the corner! I’m loving this in wool…
I love that sweater in gray. I don’t know what’s gotten into me this season but gray is calling my name.
I think the feed might still be a bit wonky over on Ravelry — posts keep repeating, 4 and 5 at a time.
I’ve been hankering to knit Twist lately — I think I’ll go pick that up!
I am TOTALLY in love with grey – just can’t get enough…
I just saw the repeats on that list – not sure what’s going on.
Google has been switching a bunch of stuff around today – they just released a new interface for their whole Google Reader family. They also control Feedburner which posts my stuff. Maybe its duping stuff incorrectly YET! I went online and searched around and many others are having this problem too…
WEIRD.
Love the bluey gray! Also love Vonica —
Oh, so that could be why a couple of posts from early last week only showed up on the weekend and now Google Reader says all three recent posts haven’t been read!! Oh, yes, they have :) ) Thanks for the discount too <3
Hoooo-wheeeee, Derica Kane is mine, all mine!!! Thanks Bonne Marie L)
My pleasure!
I’ve got my fingers crossed that the ghost is out of the machine, but you know, it’s the internets, and there’s scary dark corners…
I love this. At first glance, I thought it was denim. Very nice.