Pick a sleeve
My sister was supposed to fly in for her 21st birthday so I was planning for a very busy weekend. But her flight out of San Diego got delayed due to weather in Newark (isn’t it crazy how one side of
the country affects the other!?!?) and she wasn’t going to be able to get in until 22 hours later so she decided to postpone until March. I’m disappointed for her b/c she really wanted to celebrate her 21st on 6th St. in true Austin style, but I’m enjoying the cold weather excuse of holing up, watching the Olympics, and doing a lot of knitting.
I finished the first sleeve on Hopeful yesterday and started the second. But as I started, I realized I had misread the pattern on the first and it ended up being short sleeve length, not cap sleeve because I did too many short rows. I decided to do the second sleeve as designed with the cap sleeve and then pick which one I liked better. I finished the second one today and here’s the results:
So, which length do you like better? Click here for the poll.
I’m bummed because the Lone Star State Knitters are having a meetup in Buda in April and they chose April 21-22. Unfortunately, the 22nd is Earth Day and almost definitely the date of a big
groundbreaking celebration I am coordinating for our newest wind farm outside of Amarillo. Darn, I would’ve loved to have come.
The LLSK’s have been discussing Knit Picks’ Starburst Sweater that was shown on their latest newsletter. We pretty much all love the back, but we hate the front - especially since many of us have large busts. People have discussed altering it, but the description says the sweater is knit in the round starting in the center of the medallion and the thought of trying to modify that is very scary. Is it even doable?
I need to get started on a shower present for my old boss who is pregnant with her first - a boy. The problem is, she is very progressive and wants nothing pastel or babyish or anything. I want to do something that will still get oohs and ahs at the shower, but am looking for suggestions for
something fairly … modern (I don’t know if that is the best word, but basically whatever the oppososite of traditional, classic baby is). Please let me know if you have any ideas.
Finally, here’s Major burrowing in the clean laundry again. Not conducive to folding, but he was so cute literally tunneling through it all.
