Needles & Hooks

Okay, I have plans to be good and do house-selling stuff all weekend, so I decided to extend the knit-fest until bed tonight.

Since my last update, I’ve sewn all the seams on the baby cardigan set from Knit It! that I finished knitting so long ago. Good thing it turns out that it’s huge, so my niece will have plenty of time to grow into it still.

Here it is all ready for a collar and buttons:

Of course, that’s only half the story…

I ran out just after dinner and bought buttons for both this cardigan and the Surplice Jacket. So tonight will be a night of finishing. If I get finished with those, maybe I’ll allow myself to start on a hat for Surplice. Or another Walker Project swatch.

Wish me luck.

It goes so fast. So much time and not nearly as much accomplished as I’d expected.

Since my last update, I’ve finished the Baby Surplice Jacket. All it needs now is a couple of buttons. And I have one ball of yarn left, so I’ll probably make a matching hat.

The finishing of this one was a blast. I decided to do a wrong-side 3-needle bind-off to do the shoulder seams, so from the right side, the garter pattern seems almost unbroken. I also decided not to do any fancy finishing like cuffs or i-cord. I think the sleeves could probably be a little longer, so on the next one I probably will not bind off the cuff stitches, but continue out the ribs there.

I also finished my next Walker Project swatch:

I really have to stop making those and move on to some projects that have been languishing much longer….

Wow, can’t believe so much time has passed! So little knitting left.

Anyway, worked on my latest Walker Project swatch before I went to my massage. Got there a little early and worked on an EZ Baby Surplice Jacket that was my last page proof project at work. Had an idea for a little girl jumper that I ruminated on while getting massaged. Had to stop and run one small errand on my way home (needed change cash for tomorrow’s garage sale), so I stopped into my LYS and looked at some yarn thinking about the jumper idea. Didn’t buy anything!

Came home, sketched out my jumper idea, and worked more on the Surplice Jacket.

It’s time for food now, so I’ll eat and do one other small garage sale task (publicity!) and then go back to the knitting.

Here’s the progress on the Walker swatch:

Here’s the Baby Surplice (needs a couple of more rows then finishing):

It’s official, I don’t knit while I sleep.