The March To Mordor

A while ago, I started knitting the On The Move (Felted Skate Bag) by Joan of Dark from her book Knockdown Knits. While I decided to add a little pizzazz to the bottom with a little Noro Kureyon, I had recently snagged some Fishermen's Wool on sale and made that the main yarn. One skein of FW in and it looked promising so I went out about town to procure some more fishy woolen goodness to finish the project. Hobby Lobby? Nope. Walmart? None. Now, I have yet to hit Michaels because it's all the way across town and I'm sure they are going to have it in but, seriously? There are places that sell yarn that don't carry FW? That string is everywhere. EVERYWHERE! I'm stalled mid-project and I'm slightly panicked but I will press on with my sweater and try to fake being blissfully unaware that I may have to resort to back alley, black market dealings to obtain my preciousssssssssssss.

Knitting on the sweater at work is proving to be a bit risky as I am constantly losing my place in the set-up rounds for the body. The sleeve looks nice and seems to fit properly but...well, the wait and see and no swatching technique always works out for everyone, yes?

Until next time, Kittens.

Countdown to Deadline: 58 fun-filled Yuletide days and nights

Remaining sweater work: More than most

Terror Alert Level: Green

Series to Knit by: Still waiting for divine inspiration...or something good to come on the tee vee

The First Stitch Is The Easiest

As I was thumbing through the Fall 2013 Interweave Knits magazine I decided I should knit myself a Christmas sweater. Or rather a sweater for myself for Christmas. People get knitted items from me as gifts all the time so why can I not be one of them? After very little (no) consideration, I scribbled my name on my nice list and got to the stitchin'. Well...the stitchin' will commence shortly.

I picked the Filtered Pullover by Amanda Bell...I know an Amanda, I think..., found the needles needed and searched the stash. I decided on Alpaca & Silk in Verte from Blue Sky Alpacas. Half alpaca, half silk - 100% fabulous. Let the games begin!

Now that the easy things have been taken care of comes the hard part: what to watch. Now, for me, this is one of the best and worst parts of knitting. For a larger project such as a sweater there needs to be an equally large body of work to accompany it. I like finding a series with at least two or more seasons to go with a hefty undertaking and there are no shortages out there. Monk is good. It doesn't require intense watching and the characters are fun. But they've recently taken it down from Netflix as instant viewing so that's out. Supernatural is growing on me but there are a lot of moody, quiet scenes that make me look up from what I'm doing and that doesn't help me with cables. Psych is hilarious, White Collar seems like it would be interesting, Burn Notice is great but Jeffrey Donovan is too good looking to spend time not looking at him. (I am not getting paid from USA Network to endorse their wonderful programming and super cute leading men.) I've watched my way through 30 Rock a few times and that would be easy background noise but I just made it through again and want something new. Or at least something I haven't watched recently. I love British television but it does require some thinking on my part and that's not what I'm looking for. I don't want to think and knit. I want to knit and knit! ARRRGGGHHHH! This is frustrating. I'm just going to go through my DVR and watch something until I can figure out what to watch. The Walking Dead would have my stitches so tight the sweater wouldn't fit Barbie. Good Eats would just make me hungry.

I must start my sweater if I am ever hoping to have it finished before I make my way to the Darveaux Rendezvous in Wisconsin with The Doll. 

Countdown to Deadline: 59 fun-filled Yuletide days and nights

Remaining sweater work: All

Terror Alert Level: Green

Series to Knit by: TBD