What’s on my needles:

1. Mystery Birthday project (80% done)
I’m sooo excited about this. I hope she will like it. I’ll give you a sneak peak once it’s finished. And then when the recipient gets it- I’ll show you the whole thing.

 
2. Hubby Socks

Still not finished. Poor Hubby.

 
3. Flax Sweater

This one will go into hibernation soon. I have to start on my homework for my Stitches South classes, so I want to finish Hubby’s socks before I go back to working on this one.

First up- an unexpected project jumped on my needles.

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Let’s get right to it, shall we?

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A primer on pockets. I want to know all the different kinds and how to knit each.

A primer on collars. Preferrably ones that can easily be integrated into Top-Down Knitting, but I am not adverse to Pick Up And Knit collars…

Also know any YouTube videos (or blog posts) on either of the above?  List them in the comments!  (Yes I’m lazy, but I never think of these things at home!)

On the needles:

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I’ve seen some other blogs doing this, so I thought I will start.
Mainly just to keep my hobby lifestyle somewhat under control.

 
For January

I bought 8 skeins of yarn, 6 skeins of Red Heart Soft at $5.54 per skein and two skeins of ILTY at $3.66 per skein.  Also bought two books at $6.99 and $9.99 respectively. And a knitting bag at $0.99. (Yes- I’m including every knitting-related expense, even if it’s just a notebook or highlighter pen.)

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On the needles:

1. Flax sweater

I’m currently 12.5 inches from cast on. I’m cautiously LOVING top-down sweaters. LOVING THEM. Seriously- the separation of sleeves from the body is GENIUS, and eliminates the concerns I have with bottom-up sweaters. (You know the whole having to attach sleeves, and the horror stories I’ve heard about having gaps and holes, and extra fabric bunching up at the join…)

I would be farther along, but yesterday’s knitting session was cut short by a bout of food poisoning. Nothing too graphic, just a lot of misery. Today continues the misery, but the stomach cramps have stopped, so at least I can start knitting again.

2. Hubby socks

Yep, still not finished. 🙂

3. Dad’s blanket

I will probably switch to this being my main project, as my dad’s birthday is only 19 days away.

 
I leave you with Google modelling my sweater.

It’s a little baggy on him.