I'm in a sweater-knitting mood and thus have not one, not two, but three different sweaters on the needles at the moment! I've only been working on the two new ones since last time though, so my long-languishing WIP is long-languishing once again. But who cares - it's not like it has a deadline anyway.
First, I cast on the Long Cabled Vest out of some bulky yarn. I adapted it to be knit in the round, as I don't think I'd ever wear it open anyway, and this way I could eliminate a lot of the purling :-P Time will show if my modifications work (as it's knit bottom up, so I can't really try it on as I go), but I'm honestly not too fussed if I end up frogging it. With such thick yarn I might have been better off with a cardi, but at the time I cast it on, I REALLY wanted to be knitting in the round, so that overruled everything else ;-) And who knows - I might also end up loving it!
The vest didn't really scratch my cast-on itch though, so shortly after, I swatched for and cast on the Twylem cardigan (I know, I know - lots of purling after all!). You guys, I LOVE this knit!!! The yarn is amazingly soft, I love the colour, and the pattern follows a really interesting construction and is so much fun to knit!! One of my favourite knits in a very long time, and I can't wait to finish it so I can wear it.
As always I also have some socks on the needles - one plain vanilla, for when I need to be able to just knit and not look or think, and one with a minor amount of patterning, for when it's okay that I have to look once in awhile (still doesn't require much thought though, fortunately. I've finished the first sock of both, and am racing along with the second, so will probably finish those soon too.... My handknit socks are outgrowing the drawer I keep them in!! Fortunately I managed to pass on two pairs to a friend last month, but still!!! I forgot to take a progress photo of the plain vanilla, but here is the first Jaywalker sock. Great pattern!
But with all those new things on the needles, I only have one finished object since my last post. Henni is moving later this month, and I wanted to give her something as a housewarming present. When we moved, she gave us a "Nisse" (~ Santa's helper), which has been guarding our living room ever since, so I figured I'd get her one too - but since it's May, I quickly gave up on buying one, and made one instead. Took no time at all, and I'm very happy with how it turned out!
