Crafting, mostly

Working on the sweater back. I am done the lower armhole shaping so it's just 'continue in pattern until work measures another 6.5 inches' ish. Not even to sleeve island and I'm already looking at next-sweater patterns. Mostly because I already have a SQ of yarn because knitpicks had a really good sale. But I do already have enough yarn for a sweater.....

I definitely need to get back to the quilt too. I should probably do the things I've been putting off and just pull out the tub with quilt shit in it and make it obnoxious until I do something about it. I definitely like having my space relatively tidy so it should (theoretically) work.

I have cast on a sweater! And knit ~4 inches on the body!

I have also seen all of Stranger Things season 3. These things are definitely related.

So I've got approximately a billion miles of stockinette in the round to knit before I divide for the armholes and that means lots of catching up on shows. Good Omens, here I come.

I got the stitch count where I want it, but I need to go down at least one needle size because the cuff just slides all over the place. Also had to deal with, wait what's worse than yarn barf? The center pull ball decided to just turn itself inside out. Since I was ripping out the small progress I had made to go down the needle size anyway, I took the time to untangle that mess and make a new yarn cake. About 2.5 hours later I was done! Thanks, RPG shows for keeping me company.

I have crochet hooks! I keep working at it, laughing at the total and complete lack of tension, ripping out the little progress I have made, and returning to sock knitting. It's a work in progress.

I think I'm ready. I've been thinking about it for a while, and the only answer I have to the issue is to frog the whole thing, wash the yarn, and start over.

The above statement is applicable to two projects. The purple shawl for J, and the accidental Slytherin blanket. I have worked on my chart reading skills for the shawl and feel I can do a far better job this time around. (by which i mean i am less likely to get lost in the pattern again) And I'm feeling like I might want to use the blanket yarn to teach myself to crochet. I've heard blankets work up much faster once I get the motions down. And it's Caron One Pound so I have doubts that it will be hurt by ripping it out many times.

I started a headwarmer for sister-in-law J on Saturday.

I am over halfway done the pattern as of last night! I always forget how quickly accessories can work up when I'm working with worsted weight yarn.

It is Very Pink, which she likes. She even bought the yarn, so I'm pretty sure she'll like it. I will pick up buttons when I hit Joann's for the shirt muslin, probably Thursday/Friday since I have D&D on Saturday.

This is very exciting! I really hope she likes it enough to use it and that it keeps her head warm on the boat.

I knit on a sock! The sock I cast on the day before my grandmother died, apparently. (yay project notes) And I turnt that heel, worked the gusset and now I'm on the foot. I will be so happy to get this thing off the needles. It looks good, but I am Over cables. Also I am ready to have another pair of handknit socks.

I am also ready to cast on for a headwarmer/headband/not-hat for SIL J, but don't want to have too many knit projects out right now. With the Gryffindor scarf and the quilt top I'm working on, I've got kind of a lot going on and don't want to get myself overwhelmed. 3 projects at once is probably enough.

And I have had a couple of bad pain weeks, so progress on the quilt top has stalled. :/ The fabric is still out and I see it every day, but I just can't make myself do something I know will make me hurt more than I do right now. Even when I really want the end result. Well. We'll see what happens this week and if I need to reassess the goals.

The scrapbook project is looking a little more like a journaling project. I've started transcribing my notes into a character journal where I can then add the 'stuff' my DM has sent for flavor. We're really having an adventure! We might even get to punch some sewer rats next session. Last Saturday was all RP and really fun, but I'm ready for some combat where I can maybe use my spells.