Book 2-No Sheep For You-Amy Singer

The Book saga continues.....finally! I say finally because I have been trying to start the book 2 project all week!

I finished the little ribbed sweater and it is pinned to blocking boards as we speak. I had decided that I was going to do the Tuscany Shawl out of some Asland Trends Class I have in stash.

Looks like it would be beautiful, right? Well....I started.....and re-started it numerous times. This yarn just did NOT want to be this shawl....at all! If you knit, you know what I mean! Sometimes the yarn decides for YOU what it wants to be!!! It did not want to be this either.

It is the River Rock Scarf from the same book. Honestly, I might have been able to convince it to be the scarf.....but I did not want to string the 1500+ beads and tried to add them as I went....just didn't work. Beads sat in the middle of the stitch and really needed to sit between the stitches.....the reason they needed to be pre-strung. Anyway....was not in the mood!

Anyway....gave up on the Asland Trends and dug around in the stash a little more. I finally decided to try the Tuscany again using some 100% silk by Pinguion that I snagged in an estate sale a while back.

Couple of false starts with this one too, but i think it's going to work this time. I almost threw in the towel on this little knitting adventure of mine, but I managed to persevere...lol. Not to say I won't have a diversion project now and then! There are a couple of them nagging me now as a matter of fact!

One of them is called "Wrap Me Up". Sorry I'm too lazy to create a link but if you are on Ravelry you can find it on a pattern search...It's way cool and looks like it would be really fun to do....so it just might "jump on the needles" here one of these days :-)

Maybe out of this?

What do you think? I really kind of wanted to do earth-tone, fallish type colors but had nothing in stash that is self-striping....well, other than sock yarn which would not work obviously!. Because we are really trying to watch our spending this year and get back to being debt free AND go on lots of motorhome trips this year......I didn't feel like I should just go buy whatever I wanted.....I mean it would have been a lot.....if I had paid for it brand new....and the colors I really wanted....so....I scored this off of a Ravelry Buddy...for almost half off retail....what the hey....I like pink and purple! We'll see how long I can stand it before I start this puppy! Being disciplined is, in some ways....over-rated!

Sidetrack & Inbetween

Well.....would have finished this sidetrack project last night but ended up having to rip out the sleeves and start them over! I knew I'd be cutting it close but decided to hold my breath and shoot for the long sleeve version anyway....shoulda, coulda, woulda.....oh, well. Short sleeve version it shall be...lol.

Think it will still be cute and fun to wear! What do you think?

I also finished another wip that has been hanging around a long, long time. It has actually been done except for the seaming for ages. I finally bit the bullet and seamed the thing up so it can be worn....can you tell I HATE seaming....lol!

It is the Tilted Duster from Interweave Magazine. So many people did this pattern. It was a fun knit and would have gone quickly, I think, if I had stuck with it. Anyway, it's done now! Guess I should have gotten a pic of the front....that's the neatest part of the sweater....oh well, guess you will just have to see that when I wear it..lol!

Should finish the sleeves on the sidetrack project tonight or tomorrow....depending on how much Savy & Dax let me knit...lol! We've been getting them on Saturdays for overnights so we can take them to Sunday School/Church on Sunday mornings. Usually take them home after church but coming back and meeting up with David, Amanda and bringing Dad up to watch Super Bowl tomorrow.....so not sure how much knitting will be done!

Once sidetrack sweater is done and blocking Book # 2 in my "knitting book adventure" will commence. Pretty sure I am going to do the Tuscany Shawl from "No Sheep For You" out of the Asland Trends Class that Amanda brought me from the Woolie Ewe in Plano, Tx a while back.

Pics posted when I actually get it going!