WIP Wednesday - What's One More??

Three WIPs this week. Yes, I've added another one ;) I found a test knit that I just could not resist and am once again hijacking on of my nieblings to knit for ;) No pattern page on Ravelry yet, so nothing to link to, but this is Train on the Track... or my two-day progress of it anyway :)

I've finished the first sleeve of my 80s sweater. Haven't yet cast on for the second one, as I wanted to get a proper head-start on the test-knit, but at least I managed to sew in the ends of the sleeve.
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Last week Spinster Beth asked if it had big floofy sleeves - yes, it definitely does!

Unfortunately the Moss Garden KAL has hit a major snag - I don't have enough yarn! I didn't do a gauge check as that's seldom necessary for shawls, and that definitely came back to bite me here. I still have another 15 rows to go including the BO, and only another 12 grams of yarn!

Now what to do??? the way I see it, I have two options. I can make yet another colour change. I have no more of neither the blue nor the green yarn, but this grey is also Candy Skein and might work? Assuming I have enough of THAT of course. I only have as much as I did of the blue. (They're both left-overs from my Elfe-top.
Or I might use this blue instead. It's not quite the same colour as you can see (nor the same yarn this is Champagne from Grignasco instead) but since the green comes between it might be close enough that nobody will notice.
Or... I give it up as a job badly done and frog it. Honestly, I think this is what I'm currently leaning towards. I love the pattern, but I was already iffy about it because of the original colour change. It just didn't work the way it did in my head. Besides, it's Candy Skein... a yarn yummy enough and expensive enough that it deserves to be used for something I love rather than for something I just sort of like. On the other hand, I know from experience that you never completely know what you think of a project until it's finished and blocked. I wasn't too keen on Frost Flowers either, but ended up absolutely LOVING it once I saw it blocked.

Hmm... For the time being I've put it on the back burner, to prevent myself from making a decision based on emotions rather than logic. After all, there's no rush either way. The KAL doesn't end until July 15th, so I can afford mulling it over for awhile longer.

WIP Wednesday - Now for the sleeves!!

I finished the front of my 80s sweater this weekend, and even went so far as to weave in all the ends right away! I hate weaving in ends, so I knew I'd be better off just getting it out of the way immediately. But that means I'm now onto the sleeves! Only gotten half of one done so far, but it's coming along nicely :)

However that means I haven't really been working on my KAL at all. Didn't even manage one full repeat of Chart A since last week. But at least I'm now on my last repeat of Chart A and get to move on to Chart B soon! :)

Top Ten Knitting/Crocheting Projects...

It's been awhile since I did one of these, but since it doesn't look like I'll be posting a FO Fridays post any time soon, I thought it was appropriate :)

Top Ten Knitting/Crochetting Projects I Really Want to Do Sometime Soon... Leaving aside for the moment that I don't yet know how to crochet and that I have somewhere around 5 WIPs going on at the moment ;)

In no particular order...

Amigurumi Minion How adorable is this? Of course I have to make this for Lars! I think even he might be pleased with getting a stuffed toy for once ;) So as you see - I have to learn how to crochet!

The Knitting Octopus Another in the "how cute is this?!" category.

Color Affection 9075 Ravellers can't be wrong ;) Honestly, I had no desire to knit this at first - it was too popular and that put me off it. But then I saw it IRL... and I was sold. Now I know I have to make it!

Maxine Tee Simple and gorgeous. And as it's knit in the round it shouldn't take too long to knit either.

Wombat Blanket I regretted not having this available last winter. It would have been perfect to use when sitting on our couch. I tend to get really cold feet very easily and like snuggling them under a blanket - even when the rest of me is nice and warm. I've actually already bought the yarn for this, so it's just a matter of getting started ;)

Fleurette Jacket Not sure I could actually pull off wearing this, but it's SO gorgeous!

Danish Heart Folded in paper, these hearts grace pretty much every Christmas tree in Denmark. Obviously I need a yarn version as well :)

Boticelli Red This would look awesome on my oldest sister :)

Summer Grey Cute sleeves and neckline :)

Hitchhiker It's funny, I pretty much never wear shawls, but I love knitting them. Besides, this one looks as if it would be as much fun to knit as the Wingspan... and with a name like that, how can I resist?

WIP Wednesday - Same, Same, Same

I have a feeling it'll be awhile before I have another FO to show you. Both of my WIPs are lots of fun to knit, but they do take awhile...

First the Moss Garden KAL. I like the colour change more now than I did when I posted last week, but I still wish I had had enough of one colour for the entire shawl. I still think it may end up looking good once I'm done though :) Just 1.5 more repeats of chart A to go :)

After a brief pause while I got properly going on the KAL, my sweater has taken off again, and I'll hopefully be done with the front by next week.
I'm looking forward to having this one finished. I think it'll be a nice sweater to wear when sitting outside on the cool summer evenings :)

WIP Wednesday - Interrupted by a KAL!

Still working on the "Back to the 80s" sweater. I finished the back and have started the front now :)
Haven't come quite as far as I had expected though, as I was suddenly irrevocably interrupted by a Moss Garden KAL I - completely by coincidence - happened to notice was starting on Ravelry. I love working on it, so unfortunately the sweater has been pushed to the back-burner.

I've just finished the second repeat of chart A. I'm using Candy Skein's Yummy Fingering for it. I didn't have quite enough of one colour (one skein is 425m and this needed 465) so I started off by doing the first repeat of chart A in another colour. I think it'll work out nicely... hope so anyway :)

I really like both the pattern and the yarn, but think if I were to start over again, I'd chose a thinner yarn. It does seem slightly robust (for want of better word), but I'm hoping that's just until it's been blocked.

FO Friday - Wedding Embrodiery

I finally got to give my sister and brother-in-law their wedding present last weekend, so now I get to show it off here as well without spoiling the surprise :)
I'm really pleased with how it turned out, but also very happy to be returning to my regular knitting-schedule again ;)

WIP Wednesday: Back to the 80s, week 2

Knitting flat seems to take a lot longer than knitting in the round. I'm not a huge fan of purling, so I'm glad that at least this isn't all stockinette :)

Still, I like that it's thick yarn on thick needles, so it does knit up quickly enough for my patience to cope with, and the pattern is varied enough to keep it interesting. I only have another 5 cm to go on the back now.
I've made a couple of mistakes here and there (which are not too noticeable on the photo, fortunately :) ), meaning that I'm glad I started with the back so I've hopefully learned my lesson by the time I make the front. I think I may sign up for a test knitting of this once I'm done though, to make sure that the pattern and the adaptions make sense to anybody other than me, myself and I ;)