One Crazy Fiber Lady

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!