knit what? purl who?

I surrender!

Looks like one of the yarn thieves has been apprehended. He's in the hot seat for sure.

What's new in knitting? (aka: have I actually finished anything and reduced the piles of crap that are all over the house?) Well...

Convertible mittens, I shall not speak of you. You continue to mock me. Will I ever love a project again? Perhaps a trip to the LYS to do some thinking...

Ahhh... j'adore. In person, the yarn on the left is brick red, but up close it has blues, purples, greens, and oranges in it. The one on the right is brighter than it appears. It is so delicious and soft. Looks like I might get to make some more endpaper mitts after all. (By the way, Eunny has finally updated her site. That fair isle sweater is amazing.)

Should I bother to show you my (humble) sweater?

This Kenobi sweater is patiently waiting for someone to make it some sleeves. Alas, meet the competition:

That's right, it's finals week. My nocturnal significant other will be sleeping all weekend, so I suppose I should take advantage of the quiet house and do some studying. Will I be able to resist the knitting? The Kenobi jacket? The Brea bag? The endpaper mitts? The project-we-shall-not-speak-of?

Without further delay...

A brown sweater.

Pattern: my own, using Elizabeth Zimmermann's percentage system.
Yarn: Cascade 220, some heathery brown color
Needles: US 8 Knitpicks Circulars

Here is a poor picture of somebody wearing it.

Despite loathing any picture that contains myself, I love this sweater and wear it all the time. Cascade 220 is surprisingly softer than you might think, and is affordable. I plan on making some basic turtlenecks for the fall from it this year.

My mom's sweater is back from the seamstress, but I got bored in the three weeks it took her, so I had to start some new things. I've started Orangina, and Flicca. My friend from work and I are having a mini Flicca-Along (it's just the two of us), using Rowan Yorkshire Tweed. The pattern calls for a chunky weight yarn, I'm using an aran weight and I've already had to rip it out beacuse I was afraid it wouldn't be wide enough across the shoulders. It's already long enough for a dog to sleep under...

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