Noolie Knits

WIP Wednesday

This poor blog has been neglected long enough!  I've decided that it's time for me to get back into the swing of things and post more often.  I figure a WIP post is a nice easy way to ease back into it (especially since there are only two of them!)

Wisteria

I started this sweater at the beginning of December with the hope that I could finish it in time to wear for Christmas - HA!  I forget what derailed me in December (think it could have had something to do with all the craziness that accompanies the holidays?), but it obviously did not get finished in time.  It didn't help that every time I pick this sweater up, I lose my ability to count!. 

Once I gave up that silly dream, I thought that I could certainly finish it in time to wear to SPA.  Again - HA!  I'm leaving tomorrow for SPA, and as you can see by the picture, there's not a chance in Hell that I'm going to have it finished by then! (although I have knit about 1/3 of a sleeve since this picture was taken.)

I really have no ide why I've had such a time with this sweater; the pattern is well written with  easy to read charts.   I can't tell you how many times I had to rip out rows and redo them! 

I'm not sure if I dare to hope to finish it in time to wear at least once this season; after all, I still have to be able to count while doing the bottom of the sleeves.

Some close ups:

Cauchy

This is supposed to be my February pair of socks for SAM9.  I only have four days left and this is the first sock; do you think I'm going to make it?  I know I can finish this sock tonight and I'll probably get the ribbing done for sock #2 tonight as well.  Finishing a sock in 4 days is certainly possible, but whether I'll actually do it or not remains to be seen.

That's it for tonight - have a good one!

WNBP

Hey there.  Long time no post, eh?  I have no (good) excuses so how about we just pretend I've been here all along and I'll do a Wednesday Night Bullet Post?  Okay, here goes:

• Last time I posted, I mentioned that I was going to have nine days off work (that included 2 weekends).  Sounded good, didn't it?
• I ended up having ten days off.  Sounds even better.
• It wasn't.
• I started my time off a day early and spent the first four days sick in bed (or on the couch).
• I was not quite myself for most of the time I was off work.
• I'm better now.
• Of course, I'm back at work now too.  Oh well.

• I've had what feels like A.D.D. lately; I can't concentrate on anything.
• I've fallen so far behind in my blog reading that I'll never be able to catch up.
• I think I'm going to have to hit the dreaded "mark all read" button and just start over.
• I HATE doing that; I don't like missing out on any news from my blog friends.

• My poor farm on Facebook is in serious need of some attention.
• I don't even want to look at my "Happy" Aquarium; I fear it's not very happy.

• Samm and I took Clover to see Santa one day last week.
• She liked him fine and even talked to him a little.
• She drew the line at sitting on his lap though.

• We also took her to Chuck E. Cheese for lunch the same day to see how she liked it.
• Luckily she's not afraid of the big mechanical puppets on stage because she's having her birthday party there on Sunday.
• Yes, she's having another birthday already.
• I know; I can't believe it either.

• I've done a little knitting.
• Very little.
• I'm working on Wisteria right now using Cascade Eco + in red. 
  
  
   
• I whipped through the neck and thought I'd breeze right through the rest of the patterning in no time.
• Wrong.
• I knit every patterned row two or three times for several days.  (see A.D.D. comment above)
• Thankfully, I have been able to knit each row just once for the last two days.
• I have just 12 rows to go before switching to plain stockinette.
• I was hoping to have this sweater for Christmas (for myself) but I'm not counting on that anymore.

• I started crocheting a scarf the other day for the Red Scarf Project  using Cascade 220 Superwash. 

  

• It really isn't wider on the top than the bottom; it's distorted in this picture.
• The project is running seriously short of scarves this year.
• If you can, please knit or crochet one (or more).  Guidelines are here.
• The deadline is December 15th.

I think I'll end here before another night gets away from me.  Have a good one!