Progress this week

It seems as though the 3rd trimester lazies have gotten a hold of me… my work time has been cut in half and I still can't seem to get anything done around my house!! I have managed to get a little knitting and stitching in:

My socks are coming along, and I think I've finally figured out how to hold my yarn so that it isn't tangled and hard to deal with!

I have finished the fun part of my clock (though I still need to fix 6 o'clock Links hair, not a fan of the pink!) The numbers are next and then to add the hardware! I'm very excited about this! What do you think?

Socks!

Yup, started a pair of socks. I don't know about you, but I love making socks, they're my favorite knit by far! And these suckers are going to keep me busy:

You can't really tell yet, but they are going to be a chevron print! That's right, I'm working on my fair isle technique, and while I am better at it than last time, I am still not what I would call proficient. But they are so fun! 

Do you have a go-to project you like to do?

Hey!

Guess what I did? I technically finished my sweater!! Neat huh?

Except for what you say? That button band is making the sweater all cinchy where it shouldn't? Yup, pretty much. So I ripped the whole band out and than I remembered, I was going to add a little length once I finished the sleeves, so I undid that edge and will continue the rib a little farther and try a swing at that band again. And believe me, there was no amount of blocking that would fix that problem. It is an easy fix and she will be done before I know it!

What have you been working on? :)

Knitin

I've finally gone out and got some yarn to match some lovely knit picks gloss in guava I bought with my sweater yarn (because I needed a few more things to qualify for free shipping... and I'd rather my money be spent on yarn than that!) But before I do anything, I have to wind it up into a ball. Which I've never done on anything but remnants, but I did some pokey-poking around the interwebs and found this!

 

I can totally do that! And so I did. And it took awhile. But it's my first, and with that comes a level of perfection I'm not likely to see in future wound yarn balls made by me:

I'm very happy with the way it turned out. Although, I did try to make it center pull but somewhere in the process I lost that end.... oh well. All long as it isn't a loop of doom threatening to tangle I'm cool.

 

I'm pairing the lovely guava up with some cool grey I found whilst poking around the yarn section at Michael's. It's Loops & Thread sock yarn, stupid soft and only $2.99 for 600+ yd or something ridiculous! I'm am super excited to get started on these suckas! (and these too!)

What are you working on?

Charleston Tea Progress

I've finally gotten around to working on my sweater… only took to almost my 3rd trimester! (To be fair, work has been particularly challenging this summer, which is normally my busy months anyway!

The body is done! 

Here you can see the detail on the back. I'm not entirely convinced that its as long as I want it to be, and is possibly to wide as well. Unfortunately, as it is my first sweater, I'm not comfortable making adjustments until the sleeves are done, at which point I should have a better idea of what I'm looking for.

What do you think? I'm pretty happy so far, but I tend to get sick of big projects after a while, does this happen to you?