Progress Report

I’ve gotten much further on my sweater commission, but I’m precariously teetering on the edge of running out of yarn. I’m about 2 inches away from binding off the neck and getting ready to pick up the edges for the ribbing on the fronts, then the neck, and I’ve only got 3 skeins to do it with. It doesn’t bode well!

It looks small, but it will grow with blocking. Check out the sleeves! I’ve never seen or made sleeves this shape before. I’ve done raglan, but not with such deep armholes. It should be very comfortable!

I also have a lot of ends to weave in!

Yesterday being the 4th of July, I got a lot of knitting in. I managed an entire skein on the sweater, and I also finished a skein of yarn on another project I’m working on. This one is entirely selfish, but I love it. I love it a little too much! I got through a skein of Brown Sheep Lamb’s Pride Bulky (the body color) in 2 days — which is remarkable, because I’m working tightly on size 10 needles, and anything larger than a 9 tends to cramp my hands.

Can you tell what it is? I’ll give you a hint. He’ll be holding a whisk and a plunger when I’m done with him.

Also knitting related, I was given an early birthday present yesterday as well! My aunt (grandmother’s sister… sister-in-law??) has upgraded to a new knitting machine. So what should she do with the old one? Hmmmm — easy answer for that! Meet my new room-mate.

I’ve tried it out a little bit, but apparently I need elastic thread. So while I’m waiting to pick that up, my new friend is going to have to sit idly by. It needs a cover — what better than to knit the cover on the machine itself? That’s my first project for it. Am I terribly obsessed to want to use my Doctor Who Scarf scraps? I don’t think so…

And there’s one more thing I want to tell you about! It was a fairly slow day on Saturday when I was working, and my boss brought in her spinning wheel (a Schacht Ladybug). She was kind enough to let me try it! It took a while to get used to having to use my feet and hands together, but once I got going I think I did pretty well. She gave me scrap fiber and a “play bobbin” — the pink/purple single is my handiwork:

Hope everyone had a good 4th of July! Mine was productive, to say the least!