Time Flies

Wow. I haven't been here in awhile--almost 2 months! I've been really lazy about photographing my FO's, so I haven't had anything to post.

I'm currently working on a few different things. I started Connie Chang Chincio's Metro cardigan with some Ultra Alpaca I had in my stash, and didn't really like how that was looking so I knit the yarn into a pullover that ended up being quite an adventure in knitting. I'll post details about that when I (finally) get a photo of it. But last weekend I went to the Fiber Gallery, in part to shop for yarn for a baby sweater but also to see if I could find something else to use for Metro. I had in mind some kind of smooth, drapey, possibly slightly halo-ey yarn. Then Erin suggested Blackstone Tweed, and...I wasn't immediately sold on the idea, but after much contemplation and staring at various other yarns, I kept going back to the Blackstone Tweed. My mind was finally made up when I looked at a display sweater they have in the shop that's knit in Blackstone Tweed: wow. Perfect. Drapey and soft. I wasn't expecting to choose a tweedy yarn for this project, but I think it will make for an interesting twist. Yesterday I knit up a large-ish swatch, which I washed and blocked. It's just lovely. I chose a teal/deep aqua color, and I think it's going to be a really nice--and slightly unexpected--pairing with this pattern.

Before I actually knit that sweater, though, I am making a hoodie for my niece: Bonne Marie Burns' Cassidy, which I'm knitting with Cascade 220 Superwash in a really nice medium purple heather (my niece's requested color). I'm almost done with the first sleeve. I took a brief hiatus from it to knit something else for a friend (that's a surprise, so I don't want to say anything further about it right now), which is almost done. I'll be getting back to Cassidy soon enough--it's a good project to be working on at the moment. Because it's knit in pieces, and it's a non-fiddly but interesting stitch pattern, it makes for good bus knitting.

And that's all for now. I hope to post again soon with some pictures...