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September 12th, 2008 · 11 Comments

I apparently have a case of startitis. ¬†Tuesday it was the socks for the little miss. ¬†Yesterday it was a sweater. ¬†Though technically, I tried to start a sweater on Wednesday. ¬†The pattern and I just couldn’t get along regardless of how much I liked the actual sweater.

Here are the socks:

I finished the first one Wednesday night while watching the marathon 14 inning game and immediately cast on for the second.  When Tampa Bay finally won the thing, I had started the short row shaping for the heel.  I finished that up this morning on the ferry.

So last night at SnB, I pulled out my new favorite book, A Fine Fleece: Knitting with Handspun Yarns¬†(as a disclaimer, I am an Amazon affiliate). ¬†I don’t think there is a single item in this book that I wouldn’t knit. ¬†That totally blows my mind. ¬†I actually bought a couple of Lisa’s patterns (one of which is in this book) at MASW a few years back. ¬†Wednesday’s sweater attempt reminded me of a perfect yarn that was moldering in stash: the Elann Peruvian Highland that I bought in 2006 for the FLAK project. ¬†I discarded FLAK because knitting this yarn on US4 to get the specific gauge that was set, was far too painful for anything more than a few periodic rows. ¬†¬†

I swatched last night at SnB and cast on for the back of the cardigan version of Town & Country using US4′s. ¬†I’m two repeats into it now. ¬†Not much to photograph yet, but soon my friends.

I know I’m off my rocker but I’m calling this my Rhinebeck sweater. ¬†Stop laughing. ¬†Seriously. ¬†Cables move fast, right? ¬†Better than little tiny garter stitches at least ;)

Craft on!

Tags: Knitting - Kids · Knitting - Socks · Town & Country

11 responses so far ↓

  • 1 Marcia // Sep 12, 2008 at 12:45 pm

    That’s one of my absolute favorites, right up there with St. Patrick, Two Hearts, Halcyon, Fylingdales…….

  • 2 Tina M. // Sep 12, 2008 at 1:32 pm

    *grin* You go girl. If anyone can do it, you c an. If all else fails, wear some sexy hand knit socks and some capris. With our luck it’ll be stupid hot again like it was last year and it’ll be too hot to wear a sweater anyway.

    Don’t hit me if that actually happens.

  • 3 Jessica // Sep 12, 2008 at 2:12 pm

    ‘Scuse me while I try to stop laughing… ;)

  • 4 Kim // Sep 12, 2008 at 3:16 pm

    Yippee! I got to see the embryonic sweater at lunch today. Lunch was fun as always. It’s gonna be gorgeous! Since you you knit really fast and Rhinebeck is 35 days away, I think you can absolutely do it. No spinning and no other knitting and cut down on the gaming and you’ve got the sweater in the bag. I heart that book too.

  • 5 JessaLu // Sep 12, 2008 at 3:17 pm

    WHAT?!?! rofl

  • 6 --Deb // Sep 12, 2008 at 6:02 pm

    Sure. Of course cables go quickly!

  • 7 Harriet // Sep 12, 2008 at 8:43 pm

    I don’t know…I started a sweater the other night (for Tim) and I’m hoping to get it finished by Rhinebeck. I’m also hoping to get a pair of socks (Tina’s design) finished by then too.

    Okay….everyone…stop laughing now!!!!

  • 8 Carolyn // Sep 12, 2008 at 10:21 pm

    I won’t pass judgement, since I have a back, one front, and about 1 inch of another front so far for the sweater I have been calling my Rhinebeck sweater in private. If I don’t finish, I have my shawl that I can wear so I’m not without new knits to show off as a backup plan.

    But seriously, if you can knit a pair of socks in 2 days (even kid sized socks) you can knit a sweater in 35.

  • 9 Daniele // Sep 13, 2008 at 2:14 pm

    You’ll get it done….. or not. ;)

    Look how fast you got the socks done!

  • 10 Elsie // Sep 13, 2008 at 11:47 pm

    This is a beautiful sweater pattern! I love when I get startitis.

  • 11 Amy // Sep 14, 2008 at 7:36 pm

    Startitis is fun–simply because you’re so excited about so many things. The sweater is beautiful!