Looptangle

O me, I am so woefully existential.

I’m kinda stuck in the middle of a bunch of projects at the moment.  Mom picked up the pattern book Brooklyn Tweed used for his cardigan version of the Urban Aran, so that’s good.  Now I’m going to have to choose yarn.  I think I want some of the stuff he used from elann.  We’re thinking we’ll both knit one for ourselves first to get the hang of it, since it is a pattern intended for women, then we’ll know better how to alter them for Dad and B.

I’ve got a third baby booty about halfway done, but I’m stalling out on it because the baby is so far from being born, and the needles are so tiny.  So I’m putting that project to sleep for a little while.

There’s the trip to Canada in November peeking over the horizon that has me anxious to knit a pile of toasty warm goodness.  Most of my Ravelry queue is for that purpose.   I really hate being cold.  I think I need some gorgeous mittens, too, but I haven’t found any that leapt out at me quite yet.

And I’ve got the yarn for the Hemlock Ring blanket (Yes, I am stalking Brooklyn Tweed.) and can start any second, if only the vintage doily instructions weren’t so horrid.  I’ve tried charting them out twice now, and I know there was an error in the first chart, and I got so confused doing the second one that I just couldn’t keep it up.  My next attempt will be to print out the written instructions and highlight every separate “maneuver.”  I get lost in all the k2sl1pssok2tog crap.  I don’t think that exists, but I refuse to look at the pattern right now.  It ANGERS me.

In an effort to jumpstart the old creativity machine, I ran across this FANTASTIC collection of sketchbook prompts.  They suggest going through and altering all the pages of the sketchbook before doing any artwork in it to counteract blank page syndrome.  I really like the idea of doing some washes or textures on the pages - seems like a relaxing process.  There’s a big group campout coming up in a few weeks, and I am putting together some activities that will help me cope with all that togetherness.  I think a couple of knitting projects, a sketchbook, pencils, and watercolors will be just the thing.  Oh, and some books!